Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau ia ki County Cavan, Ireland, a, i tae mai ki Kanata i te tau 1846, i whakatūria ai ia hei kaimau me te kaimoana i Guelph. I mahi ia i runga i te kaunihera taone mo Guelph, i mahi ano hoki hei koromatua o te taone. He kaikauwhau ia mō te hōia o te rohe, ā, i mahi ia i te wā o ngā whakaekenga a te Fenian.
He aha? I hinga a Higinbotham i a George Alexander Drew mo te nohoanga a te kawanatanga i te 1878. I muri mai ka mahi ia hei kairēhita mo te Rohe o Wellington.