Charles M. Higgins

Biography

Charles M. Higgins, born in 1854, bore witness to a century of immense change and met each development with steady resolve. His life was marked by a measured devotion to the people and institutions of New York, where he quietly tended to the well-being of those around him.

When he passed in 1929, friends and neighbors remembered a man of calm generosity whose thoughtful words and actions made Green-Wood Cemetery a fitting resting place for a life well lived.