Harrison William Sigworth and Phebe Bowen
Husband Harrison William Sigworth 1
Born: 25 Feb 1837 2 Christened: Died: Aft 1921 Buried:
Father: John Henlen Sigworth (1811-1866) 3 4 Mother: Frances "Fannie" Neely (Abt 1809-1903) 1 3
Marriage: 19 May 1863 5
Other Spouse: Jennie Meade (1846-Aft 1921) 5 - 18 May 1892 5
Wife Phebe Bowen 5
Born: 1842 Christened: Died: Aug 1890 5 Buried:
Father: Hon. Thomas S. Bowen ( - ) 2 Mother:
Children
1 M Dwight L. Sigworth 2
Born: 1864 2 Christened: Died: 1896 2 Buried:Spouse: Amanda Chace ( - ) 2 Marr: 1890 2
2 M DeBird Sigworth 2
Born: 1868 2 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Zenonia Welch (1869-1919) 2 Marr: 1893 2
3 M Fred Byers Sigworth 2
Born: 1873 2 Christened: Died: Aft 1921 Buried:Spouse: Rose Helberg (1873- ) 2 Marr: 1904 2
4 F Gladys Love Sigworth 2
Born: 1876 2 Christened: Died: Aft 1921 Buried:Spouse: John A. Hull (1871- ) 2
5 M Harry William Sigworth 2
Born: 1878 2 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Daisy Hileman (1879- ) 2 Marr: 1903 2
6 M Miles Ashley Sigworth 6
Born: 1887 6 Christened: Died: 1888 6 Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
General Notes: Husband - Harrison William Sigworth
I, H. W. Sigworth, taught district school three winters; commencing Nov., 1854, in Pa., attending Cooperstown Academy in the fall of 1856. In Sept., 1857, F. W. Byers and I came West. I taught the Clarno, Green County, Wisconsin, school four winters, in all 19½ months. The summer of 1861 I taught the Orangeville, Ill., school and studied medicine in Dr. Naramore's office. I attended State University of Wisconsin in the summers of 1859 and 60, one term I sawed wood in the boarding hall for my board and the other summer batched it.
In March, 1858, I came to Iowa and tramped from Dubuque into Jones County, then through Strawberry Point, West Union, Mason City, Forest City, to Blue Earth City, Minn., where I filed on 160 acres of Government land, from there to Chatfield, Minn., where I preempted it. While in Minnesota I worked for a farmer at 75 cents a day, being paid in lumber at $2 a hundred. When I left there I sold it for $1 a hundred, cash.
In the summer of 1860, I had a share in putting down an oil well at President on the Allegheny river in Pennsylvania. Our tools hung on a long spruce pole and we kicked it down. It proved a duster-that terminated the oil business for me. I soldiered in Co. “H” 67th Ill. Inf., graduated at Rush Medical College, January, 1863, and located at Waubeek, Linn County, Iowa, in April for the practice of my profession. In 1877, I moved into my present residence in Anamosa, Iowa, where I expect to end my days; never having moved but once; from Waubeek to Anamosa.
May 18, 1863, I was married to Miss Phoebe Bowen of Clarno, Green County, Wisconsin. Her father, Hon. T. S. Bowen, was State Senator in Wisconsin in 1852-1854. She was indeed a helpmeet in those pioneer days and died in August, 1890.
May 18, 1892, I was married to Miss Jennie Meade of Anamosa, Iowa. Her father, Geo. W. Meade, came by team from Courtland County, New York, to Anamosa. My wife was one year old the day they landed here, June 14, 1847. Her father served in Co. “E” 31st Iowa. He took a severe cold at the battle of Arkansas Post. It developed into pneumonia, which caused his death.
Myself and all members of my family have been and are members of the Baptist Church and its societies. Present wife and daughter, D. A. R.'s, Clubs and so forth. Sons and self, Knight Templars and other secret orders. I have been school director and alderman.
Wife and I attended Knight Templar conclave in Chicago in 1879, and at San Francisco, Calif., in 1882; National G. A. R. encampments at Milwaukee, Wis., Philadelphia, Pa., and Cleveland, Ohio. Attended World's Fairs at Chicago, Buffalo and St. Louis.
In 1899 wife, daughter and I spent the summer in Europe. We toured Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, France, England and Scotland.
We visited Yellowstone National Park in 1892, snowballed on top of Pike's Peak in July and picked strawberries in Florida in February. I have made 16 trips to Pennsylvania, and at different times have taken my family to visit my native hearth in Pennsylvania, which I hope to do again in September, 1921. In our California trip we took in the sights around Denver, Colorado Springs, the canyons of the Arkansas and Colorado, Salt Lake City, ten days in San Francisco and vicinity, and home via Los Angeles and Santa Fe, N. M.
June, 1913, wife and I made a trip on the Mississippi from Dubuque to St. Paul and return. This is called the “Scenic route on the upper Mississippi.” On return we passed on down to Clinton. While sitting in the stern of the boat looking out over the fertile prairies of Illinois, the thought came to me how nice it would be if my children and grands could take this pleasure trip. Then I said to myself, they SHALL take it next year, if the Lord permits me to live until then. Also the selfish thought that on the boat they could not get away and run around town as they did at a reunion of the family at my home in Anamosa the year before, so I could not visit with them.
Sunday morning, June, 1914, wife and I, my son Dwight's widow Amanda Chace Sigworth, and son Dwight C. Sigworth, my grandson, of Stanton, Neb.; Son DeBird, wife and daughter, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Son Dr. Fred Byers and wife, of Anamosa, Iowa; Son-in-law, Att'y J. A. Hull, daughter Gladys Hull, their children, Thirza, John III, D. Sigworth, and their nurse, of Boone, Iowa; and son Dr. Harry Wm., and wife, of Waterloo, Iowa (17 in all) boarded the excursion steamer Morning Star at Dubuque, Iowa, for one of the finest of pleasure trips. Tuesday, 9:00 a. m., found us at St. Paul. Tuesday evening many of our old friends, formerly residents of Anamosa, now of Minneapolis, called on us on the Morning Star. It was a joyous reunion. During our stay we visited some of the most important places of interest in the Twin Cities, among them the beautiful parks and lakes, the noted Minnehaha Falls, St. Anthony's Falls, Fort Snelling, also some of the finest public buildings. We sailed away from these interesting scenes Wednesday at 3:00 p. m., down the river to Prescott and up to Stillwater for a short time. We arrived at Dubuque Friday morning, thus passing the entire route by daylight, and reached home at Anamosa the same evening, all having thoroughly enjoyed the outing from start to finish. [GSNF, 12]
1 H. W. Sigworth, M.D., Genealogy of Sigworth-Neely Families (Anamosa, IA: Metropolitan Supply Co., 1921), Pg 12.
2 H. W. Sigworth, M.D., Genealogy of Sigworth-Neely Families (Anamosa, IA: Metropolitan Supply Co., 1921), Pg 15.
3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 750.
4 H. W. Sigworth, M.D., Genealogy of Sigworth-Neely Families (Anamosa, IA: Metropolitan Supply Co., 1921), Pg 11.
5 H. W. Sigworth, M.D., Genealogy of Sigworth-Neely Families (Anamosa, IA: Metropolitan Supply Co., 1921), Pg 13.
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H. W. Sigworth, M.D., Genealogy of Sigworth-Neely Families (Anamosa, IA: Metropolitan Supply Co., 1921), Pg 17.
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