Husband William C. Quiggle 1
Born: 14 Mar 1858 - Wayne Twp, Clinton Co, PA 1
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Father: Richard Quiggle (1829-1895) 2
Mother: Elizabeth Adams (1829-1896) 1
Marriage: 15 Jun 1885 - Pine Creek Twp, Clinton Co, PA 3
Wife Mary E. Martin 3
Born: - Pine Creek Twp, Clinton Co, PA
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Father: Alexander Martin ( -Bef 1898) 3
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Children
1 M Walter Gregg Quiggle 3
Born: 1888 3
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2 F Beulah May Quiggle 3
Born: 1890 3
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3 M Joseph Boyd Quiggle 3
Born: 1893 3
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General Notes: Husband - William C. Quiggle
He was born in Wayne township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania, where he attended the public schools for a time, although he was mainly indebted to his own efforts for his education, private study enabling him to gain a wide range of information on the topics of the day. When his father lost his limb, the young lad began to help in the support of the family, securing employment on the railroad at $1.80 per day of twelve hours. After spending three years in this work he went to Big Rapids, Michigan, where he was employed for a time in the lumber business. On returning home he rented a farm on shares from Robert C. Cook, of Pine Creek township, Clinton County, and for two years he worked with a pick and shovel for the National Transit Co. (Standard Oil Co.), receiving $1.75 per day. Later he was employed for two years in unloading coal for the same company (at $50 per month), and in eight years he walked the pipe line something over 29,000 miles (receiving $60 per month), in the Cumberland Valley, Adams County, Pennsylvania. He also worked for them as foreman. In 1895 he was appointed engineer of their pumping engines at Pine Station, and, as he had become a proficient in telegraphy in the meantime, he was also made the operator and engineer at that point, his salary for this being at present $85 per month. In 1886 he built a neat dwelling-house in the town at a cost of $1,000.
Socially, he belonged to La Belle Valley Lodge No. 232, F. & A. M., at Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania; in his religious views he was an active worker in the Methodist Church at Pine Station, being a teacher in the Sabbath-school. He believed in the principles of sound money, and later in life voted the Republican ticket, though formerly a Democrat. He was especially devoted to the cause of temperance. Mr. Quiggle was also an inventor, having invented a lamp burner, in which the wick can be adjusted from either side of the lamp, which he placed with a firm in Massachusetts on a royalty, which netted him a snug income.