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Submitted: 3/29/21 • Approved: 3/29/21 • Last Updated: 4/1/21 • R1368391-G0-S3
17 Feb 1848 - 13 Feb 1905
Marriage:
1) Harriet Green Huggins 19 November 1868 Johnson, Illinois
2) Emily F Walker Grider Huggins 30 Apr 1899 Jackson County, Arkansas*
Urban Lloyd "U L" Huggins son of Urban Lloyd Huggins and Jane (Pirtle) Huggins.
*Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957
Name: Urbane L Huggins
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 30 Apr 1899
Event Place: Jackson, Arkansas, United States
Event Place (Original): , Jackson, Arkansas, United States
Residence Place: Alicia, Lawrence, Arkansas
Sex: Male
Age: 51
Birth Year (Estimated): 1848
Marriage License Date: 25 Apr 1899
Spouse's Name: Emily F Grider
Spouse's Residence Place: Alicia, Lawrence, Arkansas
Spouse's Sex: Female
Spouse's Age: 35
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1864
**Obituary
Contracted in Argenta
Death of Prominent Alicia Physician from Smallpox
Son Is Also Dead
Hoxie, February 15. -(Special)-Monday Last
Dr. U. L. Huggins, a prominent physician residing at Alicia, died at that place with smallpox. His son, Oscar, a local conductor on the Iron Mountain, about two weeks ago contracted the disease, presumably at Argenta, and was taken to the pest house in Little Rock and died. The doctor visited his son and contracted the disease, resulting in his death.
Arkansas Democrat Little Rock, Arkansas 16 Feb 1905 Thursday page 1
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ALICIA [city] DEATH FROM SMALLPOX.
Doctor Huggins, Father of Oscar Huggins, Died From Awful Disease at His Home.
Hoxie, Feb. 15. [1905] -- Monday last
Dr. U. L. Huggins, a prominent physician residing at Alicia, died at that place with smallpox. His son, Oscar, a local conductor on the Iron Mountain, about two weeks ago contracted the disease, presumably at Argenta, and was taken to the pest house in Little Rock and died. The doctor visited his son and contracted the disease, resulting in his death.
Source: Newport Daily Independent, Newport, Arkansas, Thursday, Feb 16, 1905, Page 5, Column 3. www.GenealogyBank.com
Source: Newport Daily Independent., February 16, 1905, Image 4, Newport, Arkansas, Image provided by: Arkansas State Archives. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
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Tuckerman [city] Quarantined.
Hoxie, Ark., Feb. 16 -- On account of one case of smallpox being in Walnut Ridge and the death of Dr. Huggins Monday at Alicia with this disease it is reported that Tuckerman has quarantined against those towns, including this place and Swifton. For information of the public and Tuckerman in particular, there is no disease or sickness of any kind among the citizens of Hoxie.
Source: Jonesboro Evening Sun, Jonesboro, Arkansas, Thursday, Feb 17, 1905, Page 1.
Additional information located on find-a-grave by Florence Carrie Brown, cell: 352-223-0919, email: FamilyHistoryResearchTutor@gmail.com; a cousin of Dr Huggins' 2nd wife Emily Emma F. Walker, aka Mrs. Emma Grider.
Obituary, family and marriage information provided by researcher on AGP.
Contributed on 3/29/21 by denise.bratcher63
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