Background
Higgins, John Clark was born on August 17, 1838 in Linden Hill, Saint George’s, Delaware, United States. Son of Anthony Madison and Sarah Clark (Corbit) Higgins.
Higgins, John Clark was born on August 17, 1838 in Linden Hill, Saint George’s, Delaware, United States. Son of Anthony Madison and Sarah Clark (Corbit) Higgins.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Delaware College, 1856.
Farmer, a founder of vulcanized fibre industry, Wilmington. Master Delaware Grange, 1890-1894, lecturer, 1886-1890. Became consul at Dundee, Scotland, 1897.
Republican nominee for government of Delaware, 1896.
Trustee Delaware College.
Member American Guernsey Breeders Cattle.
Married Elizabeth C. Reybold, December 13, 1860.