New York Times
7 Mar 1878
Yesterday morning about 11 o’clock Mr. Asa Biggs, of the firm of K. Biggs & Col, commision merchantes, of Norfolk, Va., died suddenly from rehumatism of the heart. The deceased was 68 years of age, and was a native of North Carolina. In antebellum days he had a national reputation as a jurist and politiican. Previous to his departure from North Carolina he had been in public life for fully 35 years, having been a member of the Convention of 1835, which framed a State Constitution. He represented his district in Congress during the administration of President Polk. Subsequently he was elected by the Legislature to the United States Senate, but resigned his seat in that body to accept the appointment for the District of North Carolina under Mr. Buchanan’s Administration. After the breaking out of the late war he recevied the appointment from the Confederate Government of District Judge for the same district. He removed to Norfolk in 1869, becoming a partner with his brother in the house of K. Biggs & Co. He also engaged in the practice of law, being associated with the Hon. W.N.H. Smith, who is the present Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. Judge Biggs was an earnest Christian, and was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church. He leaves a large family.