John Birch Higgs, of Coven, Wolverhampton (1881).
1835 Born in Alvechurch, Warwickshire
1861/2 Patents with John Smith of Coven
1864 Dissolution of partnership Smith and Higgs
1868 Steam Thrashing Machine Proprietor, of Coven, Brewood, Staffs[1]
Sometime in 1870s married Mary A. Higgs, daughter of John Smith
1881 Exhibited at the 1881 Royal Agricultural Show a land cleaner and pulveriser.
1881 Machine proprietor, living in Coven, with Mary A. Higgs 52, Edith M. Higgs 13, Minnie G. Higgs 11[2]
1902 Died[3]