Background
Higginson, Henry Lee was born on November 18, 1834 in New York, United States. Son of George and Mary C. Higginson.
Higginson, Henry Lee was born on November 18, 1834 in New York, United States. Son of George and Mary C. Higginson.
Entered Harvard, 1851, but did not complete course (honorary Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1882. Doctor of Laws, Yale University, 1901. Doctor of Laws, Williams College, 1912).
Employe in counting-house of South. & East. Austin, Boston. Then went to Vienna; studied music Served in the United States Volunteers in Civil War, becoming major and brevetted lieutenant colonel, 1st Massachusetts Cavalry.
Severely wounded at Aldie, Virginia, June 1863.
Member Lee Higginson & Company, bankers and brokers, since 1868.
Married Ida Agassiz, December 5, 1863.