Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Gov. John Bigler and Elizabeth Reeves Graham




Husband Gov. John Bigler 1

           Born: 8 Jan 1805 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Nov 1871 - Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
         Buried: 


         Father: Jacob Bigler (      -      ) 1 2
         Mother: Susan Dock (      -      ) 1 2


       Marriage: Abt 1847 - Mt. Sterling, Brown Co, IL



Wife Elizabeth Reeves Graham

           Born: Abt 1809 - New York
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Nov 1873 - Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
         Buried: 


Children

General Notes: Husband - Gov. John Bigler


A Democrat, he served as the third governor of California from 1852 to 1856 and was the first California governor to complete an entire term in office, as well as the first to win re-election. He was appointed by President James Buchanan as the U.S. Minister to Chile from 1857 to 1861.


Notes: Marriage

Their child:
1. Virginia Bigler.

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Sources


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

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


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