U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sigler, George Phillip (1854-1931) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Ritchie County by Minnie Kendall Lowther Wheeling News Litho. Co., Wheeling W.Va., 1911 Page 526 Dr. George Phillip Sigler has been one of the prominent business factors of the town for thirty years. He was born in the "Starr settlement" on Indian creek, on March 10, 1854, and entered upon the battle-of-life as clerk in his father's (J. R. Sigler) store at Cairo. He began the study of medicine in 1875, and was graduated from the University School of Medicine, at Baltimore, in 1877; and practiced his profession at Ellenboro and at Harrisville, before coming to Pennsboro in 1880, where he has since been identified as druggist. He has been associated with various other enterprises here; among which are the Wholesale Grocery Company, the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank, the Pennsboro Mill and Feed Company, and the Pennsboro Manufacturing Company; and he is an official member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His marriage, to Miss Addie Lowther, daughter of Robert and Mrs. Jane McKinley Lowther, took place in May, 1878, and Bertram R., Robert Harold, and Grace P., who is now Mrs. A. D. Prunty, are the fruits of this union. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Ritchie County, WV #7143 FULL-NAME: George P. Sigler BIRTH-DATE: April 10, 1854 BIRTH-PLACE: Cairo, W.Va. DEATH-DATE: May 4, 1931 (at age 77y-24d) DEATH-PLACE: Pennsbory, Clay District, Ritchie County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: M. (Bessie Means) OCCUPATION: Dr. Medicine FATHER: J. R. Sigler (born in Maryland) MOTHER: Jane Moats (born in U.S.A.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: INFORMANT: Bertram Sigler (of Pennsboro, W.Va.) BURIAL: Pennsboro, W.Va. ------------------------------------------------------------------- (1st wife of George P. Sigler) Register of Deaths, Ritchie County, WV (Page 181) FULL-NAME: Addie Sigler AGE-AT-DEATH: 56y-4m-14d DEATH-DATE: April 2, 1915 DEATH-PLACE: Pennsboro MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Housewife CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Primary Cause: Purpura Haemorrhagica; Secondary Cause: Cerebral Haemorrhage INFORMANT: L. P. Jones, M.D. ------------------------------------------------------------------- (2nd marriage of George P. Sigler) Marriage License, Ritchie County, WV (Page 299) George P. Sigler (widower, age 68, born in Ritchie County, WV) Mrs. Lorena Bessie Means (widow, age 36, born in Tyler County, WV) were married February 2, 1923 at Pennsboro, WV, by Arthur Lazenby, a Minister of the Gospel ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Ritchie County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/ritchie/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------