Eli Sigler (1818 - 1904)

Born 18 Nov 1818 in Cumberland, Allegany, Maryland, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Cornish) Sigler — married 13 May 1843 in Lake, Indiana, United States

Husband of Hannah (Allen) Sigler — married 11 Dec 1861 in Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Dec 1904 at age 86 in Hebron, Porter, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Eli was born in 1818 in Maryland. He was the son of Samuel Sigler and Ann "Nancy" Taylor.^[1]

His first wife was Mary Cornish. They were married May 13, 1843.^[2] Together they had 7 children:

1. Sarah Sigler
2. John Anderson Sigler
3. Christopher Columbus Sigler
4. Francis Sigler
5. Caroline Matilda Sigler Brown- likely named after her aunt Caroline Matilda (Sigler) Walton (abt.1830-1893)
6. Bernice Sigler Goff
7. Clinton DeWitt Sigler- likely named after New York Governor Charles DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828)

Eli and Mary lived in Hobart Indiana until 1852, when they became some of the earliest settlers in Hebron.^[3] He started out as a farmer.^[4] Later he opened a dry goods store.^[5][6][7]

His second wife was Hannah Allen. They were married December 11, 1861.^[8] Together they had 7 children:

1. Freddie Sigler- died young
2. Nettie Sigler- died young
3. Edward Sigler
4. Bartlett Woods Sigler- likely named after his uncle Bartlett Woods (1818-1903)
5. Mary Lucena Sigler Nichols
6. Ira Levitt Sigler
7. Charles Sigler

In about 1867 he built a house on Church Street in Hebron, Indiana which is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The architect was Lyman Dunn.^[9]

He died on December 24, 1904 in Hebron, Porter, Indiana, United States. ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ listed as son of Samuel Sigler in short biography of Samuel in Lake county history book. Ball, Timothy Horton. Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of Lake County, Indiana, with a Compendium of History, 1834-1904: A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. United States: Unigraphic, 1904. Page 76. https://books.google.com/books?id=o2dFAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA76&dq=Eli+Sigler+Hebron+Indiana&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiz5KW-rNf0AhU0HzQIHeChD88Q6AF6BAgIEAM
2. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNTD-4QS : 10 December 2017), Eli Sigler and Mary Cornish, 14 May 1843; citing Lake, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004839139.
3. ↑ History of Lake County. United States, Lake County Star, 1934, By Old Settlers and Historical Association of Lake County, Indiana. Page 71. https://books.google.com/books?id=lAcGNZuDWXAC&q=Eli+Sigler+Hebron+Indiana&dq=Eli+Sigler+Hebron+Indiana&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiz5KW-rNf0AhU0HzQIHeChD88Q6AF6BAgEEAM
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJG-5NJ : 19 December 2020), Eli Sigler, Hobart, Lake, Indiana, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ Living in Hebron, next door to his brother Daniel "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4NJ-67F : 18 February 2021), Elis Sigler, 1860.
6. ↑ biography of his son John Sigler by Hamilton, Lewis H., and William Darroch. 1916. A Standard History of Jasper and Newton Counties, Indiana. Volume II. Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Company, Page(s) 661-662, excerpted here: http://www.inportercounty.org/Data/Biographies/Sigler1090.html : accessed 20 Dec 2021., And available on Google books https://books.google.com/books?id=R1smAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA662&dq=Eli+Sigler+Hebron+Indiana&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiz5KW-rNf0AhU0HzQIHeChD88Q6AF6BAgJEAM
7. ↑ mentioned in biography of Samuel Sigler, page 300 of Lake County, Indiana, from 1834 to 1872 by Ball, T. H. (Timothy Horton), 1826-1913, published 1873, https://archive.org/details/lakecountyindian00balliala/page/300/mode/2up
8. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDH3-GT7 : 10 December 2017), Eli Segler and Hannah Allen, 11 Dec 1861; citing Porter, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 005014494.
9. ↑ Wikipedia entry on his house, a registered historic place. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Sigler_House
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images Find A Grave: Memorial #47341206 : accessed 25 November 2021), memorial page for Eli Sigler (18 Nov 1818–24 Dec 1904), Find a Grave Memorial ID 47341206, citing Hebron Cemetery, Hebron, Porter County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Alana Knochel Bauman (contributor 47076457) .

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX65-GZR : 28 May 2021), Eli Sigler, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHS7-675 : 20 December 2021), Eli Sigler, Hebron, Boone Township, Porter, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9MG-KYV : accessed 28 December 2021), Eli Sigles, Boone Township Hebron town, Porter, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 79, sheet 5B, family 124, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,398.

See Also

• FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/family/2WJ8-NH9