Lu Ann W. Darling
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 162
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John Hiram Highsmith was born 25 August 1855 in Crawford County, Illinois. His parents were William Voorheis Highsmith (1819-1867) and Maria Jane Ford (1820-1905). He married Sarah Ann Carter (1856-1908), daughter of John Carter and Elizabeth Highsmith, 12 November 1876. They had five children. John died 14 December 1889 in Washington County, Oregon. Details their migration to Oregon with relatives James T. Strange (1846-1919) and his wife Winnie Ann Allison (1850-1933); Benjamin Franklin Strange (1862-1934) and his wife Estella Jane Davis; James Davis and his wife Delila Brown and their families.