Thankful Cousins Higgins

1819 - 1889  (70 years)

• Name	Thankful Cousins Higgins  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	31 Jan 1819	Eden, Hancock, Maine, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1850	Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA   [2]
  	Thankful and Justus Gilley
  Census	1860	Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA   [5]
  	Thankful Gilley and children
  Census	1880	Eden, Hancock, Maine, USA   [3]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of Reuben Salsbury
  Death	19 Mar 1889	Maine, USA   [1]
  Burial	Mountain View Cemetery, Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA   [1]
  	Thankful and Justus Gilley are buried together
  Person ID	I19553	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 1	Reuben Salsbury,   b. 28 Nov 1802, Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA
  Marriage	29 Dec 1871	Eden, Hancock, Maine, USA   [1, 6, 7]
  	Thankful Trussel and Reuben Salisbury
  Family ID	F7405	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Henry Trussel,   b. 1801   d. 1869 (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	Aft 1860  [1, 8]
  Family ID	F5404	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 3	Justus Woods Gilley,   b. 26 Jan 1815, Eden, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 17 Jan 1860, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1837  [1]
  Children	1. Lewis W Gilley,   b. 22 Jan 1843, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 5 Mar 1907, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F7207	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Census - Thankful and Justus Gilley - 1850 - Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA Census - Thankful Gilley and children - 1860 - Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA Death - 19 Mar 1889 - Maine, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S10705] Find a Grave: HIGGINS Thankful Salisbury 1819-1889, Thankful Cousins Higgins Gilley Salisbury. Thankful Higgens married (1) Justus Woods Gilley about 1837, (2) Henry Trussel about 1861, and (3) Reuben Salisbury on 29 Dec 1871 Thankful and Justus Gilley are buried together https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93371124/thankful_cousins_salisbury [S9910] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 255; Page: 355b. 1850 United States Federal Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 255; Page: 355b [S8915] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Eden, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 480; Page: 342A; Enumeration District: 157. 1880 United States Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Eden, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 480; Page: 342A; Enumeration District: 157 [S404] Ancestry.com, Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll Number: 52. Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922 Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll Number: 52 [S93] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2009;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine; Page: 608. 1860 United States Federal Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine; Page: 608 [S399] Ancestry.com, Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1922, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2010;), Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll Number: 87. Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1922 Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll Number: 87 [S10708] Ancestry.com, Maine, U.S., Marriage Index, 1670-1921, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;). [S93] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2009;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine; Page: 610. 1860 United States Federal Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine; Page: 610