Nathaniel Simpson Siggins and Amanda M. Switzer

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Husband Nathaniel Simpson Siggins ^{1 2}

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           Born: 8 Aug 1841 - Tionesta, Forest Co, PA 2
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           Died: 26 Jan 1893 - Bradford, McKean Co, PA 2
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         Father: Nathaniel Hood Siggins (1807-1874) 1 3 4
         Mother: Emeline Harriet Range (1813-1852) 1 4 5

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       Marriage: 1 Jan 1865 2

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Wife Amanda M. Switzer ^{2 6}

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           Born: Nov 1839 2
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           Died: 9 May 1912 2
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Children

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1 F Estella May Siggins ⁷

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           Born: 6 May 1864 7
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         Spouse: Walter Scott Churchill (1855-      ) 7
           Marr: 22 Jun 1885 7

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2 M Harry Scott Siggins ⁷

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3 M Percy Wallace Siggins ⁷

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           Born: 18 Mar 1879 - Branford, PA 7
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4 F Merta E. Siggins ⁷

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           Born: 27 Mar 1882 7
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         Spouse: William Fossel Noxon (      -      ) 7
           Marr: 1893 7

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General Notes: Husband - Nathaniel Simpson Siggins

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He was one of the first to enlist when the call came for volunteers for the Civil War; he served his country well for three years; he was serving in the capacity of a musician, having a decided talent for the use of the fife and drum and he loved martial music and folk songs, and was always ready to do his part in caring for his wounded companions. He carried his brother James from the battlefield on one occasion at the risk of his own life. He did much to keep up the spirits of his comrades; his fund of wit and humor seemed inexaustible. His letters to his betrothed, Amanda M. Switzer, whom he married at the close of the war, were models of poetic composition, portraying the pathetic and tragic incidents of his daily life at the front. His stories and poems written for the local papers were of genuine literary merit.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 542.

2 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 133.

3 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 621.

4 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 96.

5 —, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 938.

6 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 124.

7 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 138.