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Henry William Bigler



Birth28 August 1815Shinnston, Harrison, Virginia, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Henry William Bigler (1815-1900), memorial #51650.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Henry William Bigler, ID: KWJ8-33H.

    Utah Military Records Section of State Archives, Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives, 1966), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Henry W. Bigler (24 November 1900); citing Utah, Division of State Archives, Military Records Section, "Wasatch County - Wayne County," image 427, FHL microfilm 485503.

    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), p. 78, n. 4; citing Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Henry Bigler, folder "Roll of company number 1, 1845 " (#1), image 5, line 6.

    Salt Lake Herald-Republican, Salt Lake Herald-Republican (Salt Lake City, Utah: Herald-Republican Pub. Co., 1909-1918), "Discoverer of California Gold Dies at St. George," 27 November 1900, p. 2, column 4 and 5.

    Mormon Battalion Company B return list (Salt Lake City, Utah), Entry for Henry W. Bigler, page 1, line 19.

Death24 November 1900St. George, Washington, Utah, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Henry William Bigler (1815-1900), memorial #51650.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Henry William Bigler, ID: KWJ8-33H.

    Utah Military Records Section of State Archives, Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives, 1966), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Henry W. Bigler (24 November 1900); citing Utah, Division of State Archives, Military Records Section, "Wasatch County - Wayne County," image 427, FHL microfilm 485503.

    Salt Lake Herald-Republican, Salt Lake Herald-Republican (Salt Lake City, Utah: Herald-Republican Pub. Co., 1909-1918), "Discoverer of California Gold Dies at St. George," 27 November 1900, p. 2, column 4 and 5.

Burial27 November 1900St. George City Cemetery, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Henry William Bigler (1815-1900), memorial #51650.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Henry William Bigler, ID: KWJ8-33H.

    Utah Military Records Section of State Archives, Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives, 1966), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Henry W. Bigler (24 November 1900); citing Utah, Division of State Archives, Military Records Section, "Wasatch County - Wayne County," image 427, FHL microfilm 4236721.

FatherJacob Bigler Jr.
MotherElizabeth Harvey

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   • Cynthia Jane Whipple
Married18 November 1855Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Henry William Bigler and Cynthia Jane Whipple, ID: KWJ8-33H and KWVS-44V.

          Children:
               Elizabeth Jane Bigler
               Charles William Bigler
               Henry Eugene Bigler
               Jacob Edwin Bigler
               Emily Elvira Bigler


   • Eleanor Parthenia Emett
Married6 March 1878St. George, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Henry William Bigler and Eleanor Parthenia Emmett, ID: KWJ8-33H and ID: KWJ8-334.

          Children:
               Maud Bigler
               Eleanor Bigler
               Edna Catherine Bigler
               Henry William Bigler
               Adelbert Bigler
               Myrtle Ivy Bigler


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• 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1870Farmington, Davis, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880St. George, Washington, Utah Territory, United States

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• 1870 Population CensusFarmington, Davis, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusSaint George City & Precinct, Washington, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1900 Population CensusSt George precinct, Washington, UtahExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

Jonathan H. Holmes/Samuel Thompson CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

       Departure2 Jul 1848
       Arrival6 Sept 1848
William McBride CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

       Departure23 Apr 1855
       Arrival21 Jul 1855
Frederick A. Mitchell CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

       Departure8 Sept 1858
       Arrival26 Oct 1858

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