Robert Giffen was a pioneer settler who settled in the vicinity of Wheeling, W.Va. He was born at Kildavee, South End of Argyll County, Scotland. This venturesome pioneer was born in 1743, migrated to America in 1776, or just prior to the widespread outbreak of hostilities in the American Revolution. They located in the Big Spring area of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Robert worked off his indenture and moved his family west to the area near Wheeling by 1785. Here he spent his life, became the father of a remarkable group of people, made his mark on the wilderness, and helped lay the foundations of the institutions peculiar to the United States of America. He was a farmer and his descendants for three generations were mostly farmers. Today they are found in every honorable profession and in almost every state in the Union.
See the "Giffen Genealogic Family History" by Rev. J. W. Giffin D.D., 1927, Central Publishing Co. For more on this pioneering immigrant family.
Note: I've never discovered much in the way of records for Big Spring, Cumberland Co., PA. Some day I hope to research the records of Washington Co., PA.
See the "Giffen Genealogic Family History" by Rev. J. W. Giffin D.D., 1927, Central Publishing Co. For more on this pioneering immigrant family.
Note: I've never discovered much in the way of records for Big Spring, Cumberland Co., PA. Some day I hope to research the records of Washington Co., PA.
Robert Giffen was a pioneer settler who settled in the vicinity of Wheeling, W.Va. He was born at Kildavee, South End of Argyll County, Scotland. This venturesome pioneer was born in 1743, migrated to America in 1776, or just prior to the widespread outbreak of hostilities in the American Revolution. They located in the Big Spring area of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Robert worked off his indenture and moved his family west to the area near Wheeling by 1785. Here he spent his life, became the father of a remarkable group of people, made his mark on the wilderness, and helped lay the foundations of the institutions peculiar to the United States of America. He was a farmer and his descendants for three generations were mostly farmers. Today they are found in every honorable profession and in almost every state in the Union.
See the "Giffen Genealogic Family History" by Rev. J. W. Giffin D.D., 1927, Central Publishing Co. For more on this pioneering immigrant family.
Note: I've never discovered much in the way of records for Big Spring, Cumberland Co., PA. Some day I hope to research the records of Washington Co., PA.
See the "Giffen Genealogic Family History" by Rev. J. W. Giffin D.D., 1927, Central Publishing Co. For more on this pioneering immigrant family.
Note: I've never discovered much in the way of records for Big Spring, Cumberland Co., PA. Some day I hope to research the records of Washington Co., PA.
Inscription
In memory of Robert Giffen, who departed this life Aug. 17th A.D., 1829. In the 86th year of his age.
Gravesite Details
4/2009, the face of this stone is ready to fall off.
