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, Jefferson Reese (1820-1894) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Ritchie County by Minnie Kendall Lowther Wheeling News Litho. Co., Wheeling W.Va., 1911 Page 509 J. R. Sigler, who was so long identified with the business affairs of this town, came to this county from Evansville, Preston county in 1849; but later went to Gilmer county where he was engaged in the tannery business, at Glenville, at the breaking out of the Civil war; but in 1862, he returned to Harrisville where he remained until the time of the building of the "Calico railroad" when he came to Cairo. Here he was engaged in the mercantile business for many years, and here he passed from earth; but in the Harrisville cemetery he slumbers. He was first married to Miss Mary Stevens, daughter of Israel Stevens of Taylor county, who died in 1847 leaving two sons, John W., who lost his life in the Union cause, on the Lynchburg raid; and J. J. Sigler, of Harrisville. His second wife was Miss Jane Moats, daughter of Jacob Moats, of Cairo, and she was the mother of the following named children: Ella, late wife of H. P. McGregor, of Wheeling, and mother of H. E. McGregor, of Cairo; Mattie, is the widow of the late Dr. J. R. Lowry, of Parkersburg; Myra is Mrs. Charles E. Batson, of Cairo; Cora, Mrs. Thurston Coffman, of Parkersburg; Ollie, Mrs. Frank Gaylord, of Clarksburg; Addie was the late wife of the Rev. Mr. Beard, of the Presbyterian church; George P., is the druggist at Pennsboro; and Walter was killed by the train in his boyhood. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Record of Marriages, Ritchie County, WV (Page 6) Jefferson R. Sigler Jane Moats were married December 6, 1849 by Wm. Sexsmith ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Deaths, Ritchie County, WV (Page 29, No. 375) FULL-NAME: J. R. Sigler BIRTH-PLACE: Md AGE-AT-DEATH: 74 years DEATH-DATE: March 24, 1894 DEATH-PLACE: Cairo, W.Va. MARITAL-STATUS: Married CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Angina Pectoris There's a large double-tombstone in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie County, WV J. R. Sigler Jane Moats Mar. 3, 1820 his wife Mar. 24, 1894 1832-1907 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------