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DEATH OF MRS. BIGLER
Mrs.
Susan Bigler,
mother of Gov. William Bigler, of
Pennsylvania, and Gov. John Bigler
of California, died at her residence
in Delaware township, Mercer county,
on Wednesday the 18th with age about 70 years. Her disease was
paralysis. The first attack occurred two years since;
the third and last on Sunday, 12th. After three days of suffering, she expired on Wednesday following. She was a strict member of
the Presbyterian Church, and died in the fullest confidence of the christian.
The Pittsburg Union informs us that she was born in
Lancaster
county
in the year 1784. Her father, Philip Dock was an old resident of that
county, in high repute for integrity among all his neighbors, and noted
for his sternness and indomitable energy. She married Jacob Bigler. About
33 years of age, with a large family of children, they moved to Mercer county,
which was then almost a wilderness. About five years after, Mr. Bigler
died, leaving her in that wild unsettled region, with ten children
dependent upon her alone for support. She maintained them all, maintained
them in knowledge, and impressed upon their minds lessons usefulness to
guide them safely and with honor through subsequent life. During the 28
years of her widowhood, she resided upon the same old farm, about nine
miles from Mercer, on which she died. From the quiet homestead, her
children, as they grew up around her, went out on the journey of life in
different directions. At her death one son is Governor of Pennsylvania and
another Governor of California.
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Lawrence
Journal,
New Castle,
Pennsylvania, March 25, 1854
Susan
Dock, daughter of Philip Dock and Elizabeth Killian of Newville,
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, was born 1783 in
East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, March 15, 1854 in Delaware Township, Mercer County
Pennsylvania. Burial: Bigler Cemetery, Hempfield Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. She married Jacob
Bigler on January 11, 1803 in Newville, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of
John Bigler of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, born 1774 in Dover Township, York County
Pennsylvania. He died June 22, 1827 in Delaware Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
Burial: Bigler Cemetery, Hempfield Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. To Susan was born 12 children.
Submitted
by Tom
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