Jacob Bigler and Susan Dock

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Husband Jacob Bigler ^{1 2}

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Wife Susan Dock ^{1 2}

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         Father: Philip Dock (1757-1830) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Killian (1763-1848) 1

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Children

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1 M Gov. John Bigler ²

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2 M Gov. William Bigler ^{2 3 4 5 6}

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           Born: 13 Jan 1813 or 1 Jan 1814 - Shermansburg, Cumberland Co, PA 2 4 7
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           Died: 9 Aug 1880 8
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         Spouse: Maria Jane Reed (      -      ) 6 8 9 10
           Marr: 23 Mar 1836 8 10

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General Notes: Husband - Jacob Bigler

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While his son William was quite young Jacob Bigler and his wife removed to Mercer County, Pennsylvania, in what proved to be a disastrous attempt to build up their fortunes; for the elder Bigler had been induced to purchase a large tract of wild land, the title to which was defective, and in a short time he found himself bereft of everything but a small farm.
The sustenance of his large family depending upon the products of a new farm in a wilderness country, the father, aided as he was by the labors of his children, was obliged to exert himself too severely, and before he had succeeded in placing his family on a fair footing in the world, he succumbed to disease, and he passed away, leaving his widow and children to wrestle with the difficulties of a backwoods life.

1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 480.

2 William C. Armor, Lives of the Governors of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: James K. Simon, 1873), Pg 413.

3 Lewis Cass Aldrich, History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 709.

4 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 337.

5 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 110.

6 Carl Ross McKenrick, My Family and Antecedents (Baltimore, MD: Self-published, 1949), Pg 9.

7 William H. Egle, An Illustrated History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Harrisburg, PA: De Witt C. Goodrich & Co., 1876), Pg 255
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8 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 339.

9 Lewis Cass Aldrich, History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 84.

10 William C. Armor, Lives of the Governors of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: James K. Simon, 1873), Pg 415.