Hon. James C. Quiggle and Ella L. Quiggle

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Husband Hon. James C. Quiggle ¹

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           Born: 29 Dec 1851 - Lock Haven, Clinton Co, PA 1
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         Father: Hon. James W. Quiggle (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Cordelia Mayer (      -Aft 1898) 1

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       Marriage: 23 Feb 1882 2

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Wife Ella L. Quiggle ³

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         Father: Jacob Quiggle (1822-      ) 4
         Mother: Eliza Hilborn (      -      ) 5

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Children

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1 M James W. Quiggle, Jr. ²

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2 M Edmund B. Quiggle ²

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3 U [Infant] Quiggle ²

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General Notes: Husband - Hon. James C. Quiggle

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In 1856 his parents removed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and in 1859 he accompanied them to Antwerp, Belgium, his father being United States consul at that port, where he sojourned for about two years and a half, and attended French and German schools. In November, 1861, he returned to Philadelphia with his parents, where he resided, and attended school and commercial college. He was intended for the law, and was regularly entered as a student in the court of pleas of Philadelphia, but after reading about a year he was obliged, owing to defective eyesight, to abandon his intentions to follow the profession. In October, 1871, before he was twenty years of age, he was tendered the office of United States consular agent at Cornwall, Canada, which he accepted, serving until March 10, 1872, when he resigned. In 1873 he removed to his father's farm in Wayne township, Clinton county, where he has since resided (except while in Canada), engaged in agricultural and lumbering pursuits. In 1876 he was selected to fill an important position in the office of the chief secretary of the United States centennial commission at Philadelphia, which he held for five months. He has been treasurer and auditor of Wayne township, and in February, 1879, was unanimously elected justice of the peace, and served until September 1, 1887, when he resigned to accept the United States consulship at Port Stanley and St. Thomas, Canada, to which he had been appointed by President Cleveland on August 31, 1887, which office he held until April 19, 1890, when he was superceded for purely political reasons by the Harrison administration, he having represented his country so acceptably as to call forth the commendation of the Department of State in a special dispatch, thanking him for the satisfactory and economical manner in which he conducted the business of his office.
Before his return from Canada Mr. Quiggle was unanimously re-elected justice of the peace of Wayne township for five years from May, 1890, but resigned December 1, 1890. In August, 1890, he was nominated by acclamation for member of the Assembly, by the Democratic convention of Clinton county, and was elected in November following over Capt. James W. Fredericks (Republican) by 546 majority. He served in the Legislature as a member of the committees on Ways and Means, Federal Relations, Manufactures and Bureau of Statistics. In 1892 he was again nominated for the Legislature, and elected without opposition by an overwhelming majority. In the session of 1893 he served on the committees of Appropriations, Elections, Federal Relations, and Printing. On October 10, 1893, he resigned to accept the appointment of U. S. consul at Collingwood, Canada, and served till September 6, 1897, when he resigned. Mr. Quiggle was always a consistent Democrat, and taken an active interest in politics. He was a delegate to county conventions, and in 1885 was a delegate to the Democratic State Convention, and for five years he was a member of the Democratic Standing Committee, serving as its secretary in 1884.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 570.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 571.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 571, 606.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 571, 604.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 605.