John Siggins and Clarissa Martin Carter
Husband John Siggins 1 2 3
Born: 1 Feb 1839 - West Hickory, Harmony Twp, Forest Co, PA 4 5 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: William Siggins (1803/1808-1865) 6 7 8 9 Mother: Jane Hunter (1817-1870) 8 10 11
Marriage: 6 Dec 1865 - Olean, Cattaraugus Co, NY 4
Wife Clarissa Martin Carter 4 5
AKA: Clara Carter 10 Born: 29 Apr 1845 - Olean, Cattaraugus Co, NY 4 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Joseph Trumbull Carter (1799-1847) 12 Mother: Olive Fuller (1807-1856) 12
Children
1 F Kate Jane Siggins 4 13
Born: 24 Mar 1868 - West Hickory, Harmony Twp, Forest Co, PA 4 13 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Leopold Paulus Moore (1867- ) 4 13 Marr: 9 Oct 1890 - Tidioute, Deerfield Twp, Warren Co, PA 13
2 F Ida B. Siggins 4 14
Born: 1 Apr 1870 - West Hickory, Harmony Twp, Forest Co, PA 4 14 Christened: Died: Buried:
3 F Clara Carter Siggins 4 14
Born: 26 Aug 1876 - West Hickory, Harmony Twp, Forest Co, PA 4 14 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Edgar Warren Stebbins (1874- ) 4 14 Marr: 9 Jul 1901 14
4 F Florence Evelyn Siggins 14
AKA: Florence Eveleen Siggins 4 Born: 22 Sep 1879 4 14 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Louis F. Ericsson ( - ) 4 Marr: 1 Sep 1906 14
5 M John Siggins, Jr. 4 14
Born: 11 Aug 1881 - Tidioute, Deerfield Twp, Warren Co, PA 4 14 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Allen (1883- ) 4 Marr: 14 Sep 1907 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 4
6 M Ralph Curtis Siggins 4
Born: 25 Jun 1886 - Tidioute, Deerfield Twp, Warren Co, PA 4 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Louise Gertrude Clawson (1891- ) 4 15 Marr: 26 Jun 1911 - Corydon, Warren Co, PA 15
General Notes: Husband - John Siggins
For forty years he engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was later in the oil and lumber business. Politically he was a Republican, and in January, 1906, became an associate judge of Warren County. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
He was the eldest child of a family of eight boys and three girls. His father being in poor health, at the age of fourteen he was doing a man's work, and was practically in charge of the farm.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, he and his brother, William P., were the only sons who were old enough to enlist, and as William P. did become a volunteer, it was necessary that he remain at home to look after the welfare of the family. He was twice drafted but rejected on account of an ankle he had fractured in his younger days. He early realized that his education was not sufficient to enable him to meet the battles of life, so he obtained his father's consent to leave the farm for a time, and attend the select school taught by A. J. Fleming and the District School taught by Samuel Fertig, at Stewart's Run.
On January 1st, 1864, he first became engaged in the mercantile business in the village of Steam Mill and in the fall of that year removed to a store building he had bought at West Hickory, in 1871 he removed to Tidioute where he continued in the mercantile business until 1895 when he retired to engage in other pursuits.
He filled many local offices until 1905 when he was elected Associate Judge of Warren county which office he held for twelve years; he was an active member of the Methodist church and was at one time president of the Board of Trustees of the church at Tidioute. He was a member of Temple Lodge Number 412, F. & A. M., having joined the order while living in West Hickory.
Upon the occasion of the retirement of Judge John Siggins from the Warren County Bench, Jan. 7, 1917, after twelve years of active service, having served with three Presidents, and five Associate Judges, on behalf of his associate members of the bar, Judge Edward S. Lindsay presented him with a handsome silver service. The presentation remarks were highly complimentary and voiced the great esteem in which the recipient was held by his friends and fellow judges.
Notes: Marriage
They were married by Rev. A. P. Ripley, the Methodist presiding Bishop. The young couple made a trip to Buffalo and Niagara Falls and came home by train as far as Irvineton where they expected to take a boat down the Allegheny River to Tidioute, there being no terminal railroad between these two points at that time. However it was so late in the season that no boats were running, so in order to reach home that night they procured a skiff and made the trip safely in spite of the wind and a heavy snow storm, which made the journey an extremely hazardous one. The huge ice cakes which filled the river so hindered their travel that they were five hours in making the trip, reaching home just at dark. Most of their married life was been spent in Tidioute, Pennsylvania. On the occasion of their Golden Wedding Anniversary, fifty of their friends assembled and celebrated the event by speech making, singing and reviewing the happenings of their fifty useful years of life together.
1 —, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 322.
2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 542, 890.
3 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 102, 108.
4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 890.
5 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 102.
6 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 621.
7 —, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 938.
8 —, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 321.
9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 542, 936.
10 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 542.
11 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 95.
12 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 115.
13 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 109.
14 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 110.
15
Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 111.
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