Catherine Lucille Abata, b: 1914 -

^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on the moon}

^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}

^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}


			^{James Blackburn Higdon}^{b.1863 LOUISVILL, KENTUCKY d.1911 Fannin Co., Texas}

		^{Henry Clay Evans Higdon}^{b.1890 Whiteside, Tennessee d.1971 Dallas, Texas}	^{Margaret Carmichael Girdley}^{b.1858 Marion Co., Tennessee d.1901 Seagoville, Texas}

	^{William Thomas Higdon}^{b.1918 Texas d.1989 HOUSTON, TEXAS}		^{Frank Beecher Hale}^{b.1872 Long Island, Alabama d.1953 Palacios, Texas}

^{Bill Joseph Higdon}^{b.1945 HOUSTON, TEXAS d.2003 HOUSTON, TEXAS}		^{Ethel Grace Hale}^{b.1895 Sulfur Rock, Arkansas d.1986 Dallas, Texas}	^{Mary Clinton Palmer}^{b.1870 Sulphur Spring, Arkansas d.1900 Suflur Rock, Arkansas}

^{Dorothy Ann Higdon}^{b.1947 HOUSTON, TEXAS d.1998 HOUSTON, TEXAS}



	^{Catherine Lucille Abata}^{b.1914 d.1984 HOUSTON, TEXAS}