VIRGIL BIGGERS

VIRGIL BIGGERS, a successful farmer, is a native of Columbus, Georgia, where he was born in 1850.

His grandfather, Joseph Biggers, a revolutionary soldier, brought his wife, Mary (Countryman) Biggers, and son, F. M. Biggers, from South Carolina, their native state, to settle in Columbus, Georgia. The son developed excellent business talent, and carried on an extensive trade in Columbus for a number of years. His wife, Miss Louisa Gaston, was a daughter of Judge Alexander and Louisa (Blair) Gaston, of South Carolina, who in 1802 came to Georgia, where for many years Judge Gaston held a prominent position in political affairs, as well as in those pertaining to the church, in which he was very active.

Virgil, the son of F. M. and Louisa Biggers, having been reared upon the farm, where he had but limited educational advantages, developed a fondness, as well as an aptitude for agricultural pursuits, to which he has devoted himself, and with very great success. He has a large and fine farm of 700 acres, in an excellent state of cultivation, and is a man generally liked and respected.

In 1876 Mr. Biggers married Miss Alice McClinan, a native of the county, born in 1860; she is the daughter of Freeman and Anna (Hammock) McClinan, the former a native of this county, and long a leading and influential citizen. Mr. and Mrs. Biggers have four children: Pierce, Marion, Clarence and Willis. The parents are earnest and faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Biggers belongs, also, to the masonic fraternity.

Source: Memoirs of Georgia, Containing historical accounts of the states civil, military, industrial and professional interests and personal sketches of many of it’s people, Volume II, The Southern Historical Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 1895

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