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Judge James B. Biggs, judge of the Gibson County Court, and native of the county, was born September 11, 1824, and is a son of Luke and Marina Biggs, natives of North Carolina. James B. began doing for himself at the age of seventeen, and was a resident of Louisiana for one year. He then returned, but removed to Arkansas, thence to Mississippi. He was overseer of a plantation in the latter State one year, and then returned home and engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1858 he was elected tax collector of Gibson County, and held the office one term. Since that time he has given his attention to farming, and has also been engaged in the practice of law since 1870. In 1877 he was elected chairman of the county court, and held the office until 1885. He was re-elected in 1886. In 1847 he married Elizabeth C. Thomson, and by her became the father of three children: Parilee T., Mary C. and Henry L. Mrs. Biggs died in 1861, and, in 1863, he married Addie M. Northern, who died in 1869. His third wife was Eliza A. Carroll. Mr. Biggs is a Democrat, a member of the Christian Church, and of the F. & A. M. fraternity. He is also a member of the board of health of Gibson County. He was the first male child born in Gibson County after its organization, and was born in the same building in which the county was organized.