Son of Nicodemus C. Bigler, a teacher and carpenter whose grandfather migrated to Pennsylvania from Germany in the early 1700's with two brothers. His mother was Hannah Hershey, an extended family member of the Hershey's chocolate family of Pennsylvania.
Husband of Elsie C. Loughrige, who he married on 12/31/1907 in Darke, Adams County, Ohio. She was the daughter of J. A. Loughrige and Martha Myers. Elsie was born 9/25/1880 in Springfield, Ohio, and died on 9/29/1921 at Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. She was buried in the Gettysburg Cemetery.
Father of the following children:
James C. Bigler 1910 - 3/18/1910
(m. Ethel E. _______ 1913 - )
John Bigler
____ Bigler
Bigler served in the Spanish-American War. He joined Company "C", 3rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, US Army. The regiment was organized at Columbus, Ohio on April 26, 1898, and was mustered into the federal service on May 10, 1898. Some companies were mustered into service as late an June 30. At the time of mustering in, the regiment consisted of forty-three officers and 913 enlisted men. The regiment was under the command of Col. Charles Anthony of Springfield, Ohio. The regiment only saw duty in the continental United States before being discharged.
Bigler was briefly a lawyer in Greenville, Ohio, before joining the Marine Corps as an officer in 1904. He served as
a staff officer at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. (he would later return in 1907 to serve as a witness in a hearing to determine of Lt. Jimmie Sutton had shot himself or been shot. Lt. Bigler was there to testify as to the sobriety of another witness who was present for drill that night under Lt. Bigler's command), detachment commander on Midway Island (1905) and then served at the U.S. Naval Station Hawaii with special duty on the USS Iroquois. His next duty station was as the post quartermaster of the US Naval Prison at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He later served two tours in China with the second one being as commander (by them Bigler was a major) of the Peking Horse Marines in 1919 for approximately one month (the first tour is verified as him having been on station in January 1911 through at least 1912 but it is without question he probably was there in 1910).
The 1910 US Census shows Bigler as living in Kittery, York County, Maine, with his wife and their one month old son, James C. Bigler. He was stationed at the naval Prison at Portsmouth, New Hampshire at the time.
Dr Lewis Bigler of Gettysburg, Ohio, was an older brother.
Bigler retired from the Marine Corps as a Major in 1930 and returned to his farm in Ohio. He never forgot his service in China as part of the famous "Horse Marines" and would practice reading/speaking and writing Chinese calligraphy daily for most of the remainder of his life. Bigler died in a long-term healthcare facility in Miami, Ohio, and was buried in the Gettysburg Cemetery (Ohio) on 2/28/1963.
Bigler earned the following military decorations for his time in service:
- Spanish American War Campaign Medal
- Philippine Insurrection Medal
- Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal
- China Service Medal
- World War I Victory Medal
(more to be verified)
**NOTE** - Bigler's World War II "Old Man's" Draft Registration card states that he was born on 6/15/1878 and that his contact is his brother Charles Bigler of Gettysburg, Ohio.
Husband of Elsie C. Loughrige, who he married on 12/31/1907 in Darke, Adams County, Ohio. She was the daughter of J. A. Loughrige and Martha Myers. Elsie was born 9/25/1880 in Springfield, Ohio, and died on 9/29/1921 at Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. She was buried in the Gettysburg Cemetery.
Father of the following children:
James C. Bigler 1910 - 3/18/1910
(m. Ethel E. _______ 1913 - )
John Bigler
____ Bigler
Bigler served in the Spanish-American War. He joined Company "C", 3rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, US Army. The regiment was organized at Columbus, Ohio on April 26, 1898, and was mustered into the federal service on May 10, 1898. Some companies were mustered into service as late an June 30. At the time of mustering in, the regiment consisted of forty-three officers and 913 enlisted men. The regiment was under the command of Col. Charles Anthony of Springfield, Ohio. The regiment only saw duty in the continental United States before being discharged.
Bigler was briefly a lawyer in Greenville, Ohio, before joining the Marine Corps as an officer in 1904. He served as
a staff officer at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. (he would later return in 1907 to serve as a witness in a hearing to determine of Lt. Jimmie Sutton had shot himself or been shot. Lt. Bigler was there to testify as to the sobriety of another witness who was present for drill that night under Lt. Bigler's command), detachment commander on Midway Island (1905) and then served at the U.S. Naval Station Hawaii with special duty on the USS Iroquois. His next duty station was as the post quartermaster of the US Naval Prison at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He later served two tours in China with the second one being as commander (by them Bigler was a major) of the Peking Horse Marines in 1919 for approximately one month (the first tour is verified as him having been on station in January 1911 through at least 1912 but it is without question he probably was there in 1910).
The 1910 US Census shows Bigler as living in Kittery, York County, Maine, with his wife and their one month old son, James C. Bigler. He was stationed at the naval Prison at Portsmouth, New Hampshire at the time.
Dr Lewis Bigler of Gettysburg, Ohio, was an older brother.
Bigler retired from the Marine Corps as a Major in 1930 and returned to his farm in Ohio. He never forgot his service in China as part of the famous "Horse Marines" and would practice reading/speaking and writing Chinese calligraphy daily for most of the remainder of his life. Bigler died in a long-term healthcare facility in Miami, Ohio, and was buried in the Gettysburg Cemetery (Ohio) on 2/28/1963.
Bigler earned the following military decorations for his time in service:
- Spanish American War Campaign Medal
- Philippine Insurrection Medal
- Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal
- China Service Medal
- World War I Victory Medal
(more to be verified)
**NOTE** - Bigler's World War II "Old Man's" Draft Registration card states that he was born on 6/15/1878 and that his contact is his brother Charles Bigler of Gettysburg, Ohio.
Son of Nicodemus C. Bigler, a teacher and carpenter whose grandfather migrated to Pennsylvania from Germany in the early 1700's with two brothers. His mother was Hannah Hershey, an extended family member of the Hershey's chocolate family of Pennsylvania.
Husband of Elsie C. Loughrige, who he married on 12/31/1907 in Darke, Adams County, Ohio. She was the daughter of J. A. Loughrige and Martha Myers. Elsie was born 9/25/1880 in Springfield, Ohio, and died on 9/29/1921 at Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. She was buried in the Gettysburg Cemetery.
Father of the following children:
James C. Bigler 1910 - 3/18/1910
(m. Ethel E. _______ 1913 - )
John Bigler
____ Bigler
Bigler served in the Spanish-American War. He joined Company "C", 3rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, US Army. The regiment was organized at Columbus, Ohio on April 26, 1898, and was mustered into the federal service on May 10, 1898. Some companies were mustered into service as late an June 30. At the time of mustering in, the regiment consisted of forty-three officers and 913 enlisted men. The regiment was under the command of Col. Charles Anthony of Springfield, Ohio. The regiment only saw duty in the continental United States before being discharged.
Bigler was briefly a lawyer in Greenville, Ohio, before joining the Marine Corps as an officer in 1904. He served as
a staff officer at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. (he would later return in 1907 to serve as a witness in a hearing to determine of Lt. Jimmie Sutton had shot himself or been shot. Lt. Bigler was there to testify as to the sobriety of another witness who was present for drill that night under Lt. Bigler's command), detachment commander on Midway Island (1905) and then served at the U.S. Naval Station Hawaii with special duty on the USS Iroquois. His next duty station was as the post quartermaster of the US Naval Prison at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He later served two tours in China with the second one being as commander (by them Bigler was a major) of the Peking Horse Marines in 1919 for approximately one month (the first tour is verified as him having been on station in January 1911 through at least 1912 but it is without question he probably was there in 1910).
The 1910 US Census shows Bigler as living in Kittery, York County, Maine, with his wife and their one month old son, James C. Bigler. He was stationed at the naval Prison at Portsmouth, New Hampshire at the time.
Dr Lewis Bigler of Gettysburg, Ohio, was an older brother.
Bigler retired from the Marine Corps as a Major in 1930 and returned to his farm in Ohio. He never forgot his service in China as part of the famous "Horse Marines" and would practice reading/speaking and writing Chinese calligraphy daily for most of the remainder of his life. Bigler died in a long-term healthcare facility in Miami, Ohio, and was buried in the Gettysburg Cemetery (Ohio) on 2/28/1963.
Bigler earned the following military decorations for his time in service:
- Spanish American War Campaign Medal
- Philippine Insurrection Medal
- Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal
- China Service Medal
- World War I Victory Medal
(more to be verified)
**NOTE** - Bigler's World War II "Old Man's" Draft Registration card states that he was born on 6/15/1878 and that his contact is his brother Charles Bigler of Gettysburg, Ohio.
Husband of Elsie C. Loughrige, who he married on 12/31/1907 in Darke, Adams County, Ohio. She was the daughter of J. A. Loughrige and Martha Myers. Elsie was born 9/25/1880 in Springfield, Ohio, and died on 9/29/1921 at Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. She was buried in the Gettysburg Cemetery.
Father of the following children:
James C. Bigler 1910 - 3/18/1910
(m. Ethel E. _______ 1913 - )
John Bigler
____ Bigler
Bigler served in the Spanish-American War. He joined Company "C", 3rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, US Army. The regiment was organized at Columbus, Ohio on April 26, 1898, and was mustered into the federal service on May 10, 1898. Some companies were mustered into service as late an June 30. At the time of mustering in, the regiment consisted of forty-three officers and 913 enlisted men. The regiment was under the command of Col. Charles Anthony of Springfield, Ohio. The regiment only saw duty in the continental United States before being discharged.
Bigler was briefly a lawyer in Greenville, Ohio, before joining the Marine Corps as an officer in 1904. He served as
a staff officer at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. (he would later return in 1907 to serve as a witness in a hearing to determine of Lt. Jimmie Sutton had shot himself or been shot. Lt. Bigler was there to testify as to the sobriety of another witness who was present for drill that night under Lt. Bigler's command), detachment commander on Midway Island (1905) and then served at the U.S. Naval Station Hawaii with special duty on the USS Iroquois. His next duty station was as the post quartermaster of the US Naval Prison at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He later served two tours in China with the second one being as commander (by them Bigler was a major) of the Peking Horse Marines in 1919 for approximately one month (the first tour is verified as him having been on station in January 1911 through at least 1912 but it is without question he probably was there in 1910).
The 1910 US Census shows Bigler as living in Kittery, York County, Maine, with his wife and their one month old son, James C. Bigler. He was stationed at the naval Prison at Portsmouth, New Hampshire at the time.
Dr Lewis Bigler of Gettysburg, Ohio, was an older brother.
Bigler retired from the Marine Corps as a Major in 1930 and returned to his farm in Ohio. He never forgot his service in China as part of the famous "Horse Marines" and would practice reading/speaking and writing Chinese calligraphy daily for most of the remainder of his life. Bigler died in a long-term healthcare facility in Miami, Ohio, and was buried in the Gettysburg Cemetery (Ohio) on 2/28/1963.
Bigler earned the following military decorations for his time in service:
- Spanish American War Campaign Medal
- Philippine Insurrection Medal
- Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal
- China Service Medal
- World War I Victory Medal
(more to be verified)
**NOTE** - Bigler's World War II "Old Man's" Draft Registration card states that he was born on 6/15/1878 and that his contact is his brother Charles Bigler of Gettysburg, Ohio.
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