Governor
John
Bigler
Born in Landisburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Jacob Bigler
and Susan (Dock) Bigler
Brother of
Fannie (Bigler) Kitch, Jacob G. Bigler, Mary Anne (Bigler) Kitch, Catherine (Bigler) Mitchell, William Dock Bigler, Suzanna (Bigler) Cleary, Caroline E. (Bigler) Rose, George Washington Bigler, Emelia Bigler and Margaret (Bigler) Livermore
Husband of
Elizabeth R. Graham
— married
about 1846 in Mt. Sterling, Brown County, Illinois
Father of
Virginia M. (Bigler) Cummings
Died
at age 66
in Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, United States
Profile last modified
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| Preceded by 2nd Governor John McDougall |
John Bigler 3rd Governor of California  |
Succeeded by 4th Governor J. Neely Johnson |
Contents |
Biography
John Bigler is Notable.
- John Bigler (1805-1871) was born in Carlisle Pennsylvania.
- In 1831 he and his brother William bought the Centre County Democrat newspaper in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
- In 1835 he sold the paper to study law and subsequently opened a law practice.
- In 1848 John traveled to California upon hearing of the gold excitement and soon entered state politics. [1]
- He served as second Speaker of the California State Assembly during 1850-1851, as third Governor of California from 1852-1856 (during which the state capital moved permanently to Sacramento), and as the ninth United States Ambassador to Chile from 1857 to 1861, under President Buchanan.
- His brother, William Bigler (1814-1880) was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Beginning in 1831 he and his brother John published the Centre County Democrat in Bellefonte, PA. [1]
- In 1833 William founded his own political newspaper, the Clearfield Democrat. He became wealthy in the lumber business, and in the 1840s served in the Pennsylvania State Senate. [1]
Birth
- Born 8 Jan 1805 at Landisburg, Cumberland County, PA[1]
Death
- Died 29 Nov 1871 at Sacramento, CA [1]
Burial
- Burial at City Cemetery, Sacramento, CA
- Find A Grave John Bigler Famous memorial; BIRTH 8 Jan 1805 Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA; DEATH 29 Nov 1871 (aged 66) Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA; Parents: Jacob Bigler
1774–1827 and Susan Dock Bigler 1783–1854; Spouse: Elizabeth Graham Bigler 1809–1873.[2]
Marriage
- Married to Elizabeth R. Graham between 1846 and 1849 at Mt. Sterling, Brown County, Illinois
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 BIGLER, John, published in ["Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume 1"] Editors: James Grant Wilson, John Fiske. (Edition reprint) (Publisher Gale Research Company, 1888) (Original from the University of Michigan) (Digitized Sep 1, 2006) (Free e-book. Available at Google Play) (page 202) Accessed 09 Sep 2023 by Scheffer-943.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/4204/john-bigler: accessed 9 September 2023), memorial page for John Bigler (8 Jan 1805–29 Nov 1871), Find a Grave Memorial ID 4204, citing Sacramento City Cemetery, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.
- http://www.oac.cdlib.org/search?style=oac4;Institution=California%20State%20Library::California%20History%20Room;idT=001548678
- http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr2003-31328/
- John Bigler on Wikipedia
- Source: S17 Record ID Number: MH:S17 User ID: 2580DA8D-82B3-45D1-803E-9DCA7AEF4A45 UPD 22 SEP 2012 17:34:03 GMT-5 Title: Gorman Family Archives
- Source: S55 Record ID Number: MH:S55 User ID: 6F7F89BC-F730-40A6-808A-4D35E0A9738A Author: Jacquie Moran Title: Pat Connolly Text: MyHeritage.com family tree Family site: Pat Connolly Family tree: Pat-Connolly Media: 3684821-1 Type: Smart Matching Record ID Number: MH:SC132 Page: John Bigler Event: Smart Matching Role: 1000743 Data: Date: 20 OCT 2012 Text: Added by confirming a Smart Match Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Christopher Gorman for creating WikiTree profile Bigler-110 through the import of Gorman 2013-09-07 1526.ged on Sep 14, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Christopher and others.
Research Notes
FamilySearch Person: LZ9M-HGW
MERCER COUNTY PAGenWeb Project | BIGLER FAMILY | Descendants of Susan Dock and Jacob Bigler (http://pagenweb.org/~mercer/people/families/bigler.html)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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"United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5SK-X8BX : 29 July 2020), Governor John Bigler, 1871.
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN6L-JWR : 28 May 2021), John Bigler, 1870.
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