Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Former Massachusetts State Representative
Thomas Wentworth Higginson (December 22 1823 - May 9 1911) was an American Unitarian minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier. He was active in the American Abolitionism movement during the 1840s and 1850s, identifying himself with disunion and... Google Books
Born: December 22, 1823, Cambridge, MA
Died: May 9, 1911 (age 87 years), Cambridge, MA
Grandparents: Anne Appleton, Stephen Higginson, and Susannah Cleveland
Spouse: Mary Potter Thacher Higginson (m. 1879) and Mary Elizabeth Channing (m. ?–1877)
Parents: Stephen Higginson and Louisa Wentworth Storrow
Great-grandparents: Aaron Cleveland, Mary Wentworth, Elizabeth Cabot, and more
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