Simon Claiborne and Ella Frances Miller Highers
Ella Frances Miller (dau. of Robert Miller and Martha Burnett Miller)
and Simon Claiborne Highers (son of Jacob Highers and Eleanor Wilson
Highers) on their wedding day 1898. Photo was taken in Rome/Rock City, TN
(Smith Co.);marriage was in Dixon Springs, TN (Smith Co.) Simon was a
owner of the Highers Brothers Buggy Shop which is pictured on this website:
Pherbia Armpster (Armp) Highers sister of Simon is also pictured on this website:
Ella Frances Miller
Ella Frances Miller, b. 8 Sept. 1879, Sewanee, TN d. 16 April, 1965, Dixon Springs, TN. Ella
was the daughter of Robert F. Miller and Martha Burnett Miller. Robert died about 1880, and
Martha died in Nashville in 1884. Ella lived with Burnett and Miller relatives in Nashville until
around 1889, when she went to live with Fannie and Thomas Price in the Rome area of Smith
Co., TN. Fannie (Frances E. Miller Slade Price) was a sister to Ella's father, Robert Miller.
"Simon and Ella were married in the Union Church on the 30th day of Jan.
1898 in the presence of the Union Church congregation."
(from the family Bible)
Simon Claiborne and Ella Frances Miller Highers had the following children:
1. Frances Louise "Fannie Lou" Highers, b. 26 November 1898, m. Joseph "Jodie" Glasgow Beal,
23 December 1915, d. 2 September 1991
2. Banks Samuel "Huck" Highers, b. 1901, m. Lucille Jones, aft. 1918, d. 18 July 1979
3 James Miller "Shack" Highers, b. 1903, m. Virginia Robertson, aft. 1919, d. 1977
4 Buford Nelson Highers, b. 1905, m. Mary Day Crowder, d. 1989
5 Ellen Wilson Highers, b. 1907, d. 1914
6 Simon C. "Snooks" Highers, b. 1911, m. Mary Emily Willis, d. 1981
7 Infant (girl) Highers, b. 8 December 1914, d. 11 December 1914
8 Josephine Davis Highers, b. 6 May 1916, m. Homer Alexander Cutrell, 31 August 1941, d. 22 August 1997
9 Thomas Beasley Highers, b. 1919, m. Robbie Elizabeth Bowman, d. 1982
10 Infant (boy) Highers , b. 4 May 1922, d. 5 May 1922
Submitted by Fran Cutrell Rutkovsky, granddaughter
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Ellen Wilson Highers, circa 1908
Photo provided by Linda L. Clements
Ellen Wilson Highers, circa 1908 daughter of Simon and Ella Highers born 1907and died 1914.
Ellen died when her clothing caught fire and her obituary is on this website:
Simon and Sisters
Simon C. Highers had 3 sisters. The oldest one, Celia, died when he was about a year old.
That leaves Jane and Pherbia Armpster ("Armp") I think that's Jane on the left and Armp on the right.
Seated: Ella Frances Miller Highers
Ella Frances Miller Highers and Children
Photo and caption provided by Linda L. Clements
September 8, 1962 at Arthur Tooley's 50th birthday party and Ella's 84th
birthday, Muhlenberg County, KY. Photo was taken by and labeled by Paul
Camplin, Muhlenberg County newpaper reporter and friend of Art Tooley.
Highers Children standing left to right:
Frances Louise (Fannie Lou), Banks Samuel (Huck), James Miller (Shack),
Buford Nelson, Simon C. (Snooks), Josephine Davis (Josie), Thomas Beasley (Tom)
Unknown Photo
She may have been a guest at the wedding, as it's taken around those same rocks,
and may be the same time frame. It's possible that it's Ella's cousin,
Sarah Ellen Slade Franklin (later Minton).
The text at bottom is : "J. B. Chapman & Co. Out Door Photographers"