Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


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James [2] Bigger and Mary Biggart


Husband James [2] Bigger 1 2 3 4 

           Born: Abt 1786
     Christened: 
           Died: 1861 - Hanover Twp, Beaver Co, PA 5
         Buried: 


         Father: Thomas Bigger (1738-1829) 3 4 6 7
         Mother: Elizabeth Moore (      -1836) 2 3 4 5


       Marriage: 1816 5 8

Wife Mary Biggart 3 4 

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Hanover Twp, Beaver Co, PA
         Buried:

Children
1 M Samuel Bigger 3 5 8 9 

           Born: 19 Oct 1819 - Hanover Twp, Beaver Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jane Fulton (      -      ) 3 5 9

2 F Jane Bigger 8 10 11 

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Dec 1895 12
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William Hall (      -1856) 13

         Spouse: Matthew Nickle (1822-1904) 10 14 15
           Marr: 8 Oct 1868 12

3 F Mary Bigger 8 13 

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1914
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Rev. James Paden Moore (      -Bef 1914) 8 13

4 M Thomas Bigger 3 4 5 

           Born: 9 Jan 1826 - Hanover Twp, Beaver Co, PA 3 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary T. Nicholson (1834-Aft 1888) 4 5 16
           Marr: 2 Nov 1854 3 8

5 F Eliza Ann Bigger 13 17 

           Born: Abt 1829
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1914
         Buried: 

         Spouse: David Nickle (1834-      ) 10 13

6 F Martha T. Bigger 18 19 20 

           Born: 19 Apr 1830 - Hanover Twp, Beaver Co, PA 18 20
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Jan 1909 - Hanover Twp, Beaver Co, PA 20
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Joseph Kerr Buchanan (1830-1894) 18 19 21
           Marr: 16 Feb 1865 18 20

7 F Ellen Bigger 8 13 

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1914
         Buried: 

         Spouse: David Nicholson (      -Bef 1914) 8 13

8 M James Moore Bigger 3 8 13 

           Born: 31 Mar 1834 - Hanover Twp, Beaver Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1914
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Margaret Morrow (      -      ) 8 13

9 M John R. Bigger 8 13 

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Colorado
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Anna Childs (      -      ) 13

10 M Robert M. Bigger 8 13 22 

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Oct 1862 22
         Buried:  - Fort Delaware

         Spouse: Anna Keiffer (      -      ) 22

General Notes: Husband - James [2] Bigger


He served in the War of 1812, as a private, being stationed at Fort Malden.

In the year 1816 he purchased a farm in Hanover township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. This farm was formerly owned by Magnus Tate, and contained four hundred acres, mostly new land. He built a two-story house of logs, which was later replaced by a fine, large, brick residence. He was one of the earliest men of the county to promote agricultural progress. It is said that he owned the first threshing machine ever used in the township, or in that vicinity. Men came many miles to see it. He also owned the first mower, and obtained many other agricultural implements before his neighbors did. He was very naturally regarded as a leading man in the community.

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Sources

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 902.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1014.

3 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 827.

4 —, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 403.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 848.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 387, 1014, 1182.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 847.

8 —, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 404.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 707.

10 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 878.

11 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 581, 849.

12 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 581.

13 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 849.

14 —, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 266.

15 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 580.

16 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 827, 878.

17 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 879.

18 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 830.

19 —, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 393, 404.

20 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 846.

21 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 845.

22 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 857.

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