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• Suffix	Jr
  Birth	1 Jun 1854	Missouri, probably Saint Francois Co., Missouri
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I105433	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2005 00:00:00
  Family	Sallie RARIDEN, b. 26 Mar 1867, Marion, Saint Francois, Missouri
  Married	21 Jan 1892	Saint Francois Co., Missouri
  Children	1. No CHILDREN
  Family ID	F44622	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Lead Belt News, Flat River, St. Francois County, Missouri, Friday, Oct. 30, 1925.J. W. HIGHLEY PASSED AWAY FRI.James W. Highley, one of the pioneer citizens of this community, died at his farm home east of Desloge last Friday, October 23rd, following a severe stroke which he suffered Tuesday, October 20th. He did not regain consciousness between the time at which he was stricken and death. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church, Desloge, Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Hugh May, pastor, with interment in K. of P. Cemetery, Farmington. He was seventy-one years, four months and twenty-two days of age when he answered his final summons.James W. Highley was born June 1, 1854, in Washington County, and came with his family to St. Francois county early in life. January 21, 1892 he was married to Sallie Rariden and the young couple immediately took up their home on the farm which they have since owned and occupied, from which they have watched the steady growth and development of a busy industrial center as it took form and expanded until it culminated in the present Lead Belt. They have no living children. In passing he leaves his widow, Mrs. Sallie Highley, two brothers, Luke and J. O. Highley, one sister, Mrs. Cinderella Huddleston, one half brother, Harry Highley, and four half sisters, Mesdames Ella Hunt, William Bruett, J. D. Mitchell and Kate Eaton and a number of more distant relatives. James W. Highley, "Uncle Jim" to almost the entire community, was indeed a pioneer citizen and it is a safe statement that but few if any in this entire county enjoyed as wide a circle of friends and acquaintances. He took an active part in politics, being a stalwart member of the Democratic party, and invariably took his position on every public question of importance, expressing his views and stating the reason for his stand with a frankness that held the respect of all who knew him. He dearly loved children and in turn was high in the affections of more than a few little folks of this decade as well as many others who were little ones in previous decades since he has lived in the community. More than one young man has been enabled to get a better education, a firmer start in life, through the help of "Uncle Jim". The general respect and affection in which his neighbors held him was given public expression by the great throng that attended his funeral to pay their last respects and by the many floral offerings from individuals and organizations. Among the latter, the one that would have been appreciated most by James W. Highley, had he been given the power to express appreciation, was a wreath given by the boys of this community who contributed their small portions by the dozen, no one knowing just how many gave their bit for this last gift to their mutual friend.Mr. Highley had been suffering from ill health for some two years past, although he has been up and around during practically all of that time. He has kept actively engaged with his farm management and other business interests and, as in many long years past, has been seen daily on local highways occupying his buggy and driving his horse, most always accompanied by one or more boys. On Tuesday evening, while driving about his farm, one of his employees saw him collapse and fall from his buggy seat. He summoned help and the stricken man was assisted to his home. Medical attention was summoned immediately, but Mr. Highley, while recovering himself to some degree, never appeared to be fully conscious from that time until the end.The News offers sincere sympathy to bereaved relatives. According to the St. Francois County, Missouri Cemeteries Book for K of P Cemetery in Farmington, Sally [Sallie] Highley, wife of James W. Highley, was born Mar. 26, 1867 and died Apr. 20, 1947. She was daughter of Theodore & Mary Ann (Patterson) Rariden.