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          Life Summary
Full name
              William Higby
          Place of Birth
              
          Burial Place
              
          Birth Date Certainty
              Exact
          Death Date Certainty
              Exact
          Gender
              Male
          Race
              White
          Sectional choice
              North
          Origins
              Free State
          No. of Spouses
              1
          No. of Children
              2
          Family
              Ellen Marie Ringot (wife) 
Education
          Other
              Other Education
              University of Vermont (VT)
          Occupation
          Politician
          Attorney or Judge
          Journalist
              Relation to Slavery
          White non-slaveholder
              Political Parties
          Republican
              Government
          US House of Representatives
          State legislature
          State judge
          Other state government
               
     
 
