George W. Shigley was born in Xenia, Greene Co., Ohio to Adam Shigley and Isabel Chambers. He married Sarah Hampton on the 15th of Feb. 1849 in Tippecanoe Co., Indiana. Together they had nine children born in Indiana and Kansas.
George was a veteran of the Civil War. He enlisted on the 16th of Dec, 1863 in Benton Co., Indiana at the age of 40. He was a Pvt. in Co. D, Regt. 58 of the Ind. Inf..
After the war he and his family moved to Kansas where he lived until he died.
From his son Grant G. Shigley FAG posting:
His father George W. Shigley was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and was of Scottish descent. When four years of age he was left an orphan and when a little lad of eight summers was bound out to a man with whom he resided for several years. When he arrived at man's estate, he removed to Tippecanoe County, Indiana, where he purchased land from the government. There he married Sarah Hampton, who was born in Columbus, Ohio, a daughter of James Hampton, a farmer of this state. After his marriage Mr. Shigley carried on farming until 1862, when he enlisted in Company G, 52nd Indiana Infantry, being mustered in at Indianapolis. He served for three years under Generals Grant, Sherman, Logan and Thomas and participated in many of the most important engagements of the war, including the battle of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge. He went with Sherman on the celebrated march to the sea and was present at the fall of Atlanta. He also participated in the grand review at Washington, and after being mustered out at the National City returned to his home in 1865. In 1866 he removed to Allen County, Kansas, where he purchased and operated a farm, making it his home until 1870, when he went to Montgomery County where he entered a homestead claim. Ten years later he removed to Parson, Kansas, where he lived retired until his death, which occurred December 19, 1882, when he was 67 years of age. In 1875 he built a church at Independence, Kansas, and gave it to the United Brethren congregation. He was long a zealous and faithful worker in that denomination. His wife still survives him and is now living with her daughter in Humboldt, Kansas at the age of 77 years.
George was a veteran of the Civil War. He enlisted on the 16th of Dec, 1863 in Benton Co., Indiana at the age of 40. He was a Pvt. in Co. D, Regt. 58 of the Ind. Inf..
After the war he and his family moved to Kansas where he lived until he died.
From his son Grant G. Shigley FAG posting:
His father George W. Shigley was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and was of Scottish descent. When four years of age he was left an orphan and when a little lad of eight summers was bound out to a man with whom he resided for several years. When he arrived at man's estate, he removed to Tippecanoe County, Indiana, where he purchased land from the government. There he married Sarah Hampton, who was born in Columbus, Ohio, a daughter of James Hampton, a farmer of this state. After his marriage Mr. Shigley carried on farming until 1862, when he enlisted in Company G, 52nd Indiana Infantry, being mustered in at Indianapolis. He served for three years under Generals Grant, Sherman, Logan and Thomas and participated in many of the most important engagements of the war, including the battle of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge. He went with Sherman on the celebrated march to the sea and was present at the fall of Atlanta. He also participated in the grand review at Washington, and after being mustered out at the National City returned to his home in 1865. In 1866 he removed to Allen County, Kansas, where he purchased and operated a farm, making it his home until 1870, when he went to Montgomery County where he entered a homestead claim. Ten years later he removed to Parson, Kansas, where he lived retired until his death, which occurred December 19, 1882, when he was 67 years of age. In 1875 he built a church at Independence, Kansas, and gave it to the United Brethren congregation. He was long a zealous and faithful worker in that denomination. His wife still survives him and is now living with her daughter in Humboldt, Kansas at the age of 77 years.
George W. Shigley was born in Xenia, Greene Co., Ohio to Adam Shigley and Isabel Chambers. He married Sarah Hampton on the 15th of Feb. 1849 in Tippecanoe Co., Indiana. Together they had nine children born in Indiana and Kansas.
George was a veteran of the Civil War. He enlisted on the 16th of Dec, 1863 in Benton Co., Indiana at the age of 40. He was a Pvt. in Co. D, Regt. 58 of the Ind. Inf..
After the war he and his family moved to Kansas where he lived until he died.
From his son Grant G. Shigley FAG posting:
His father George W. Shigley was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and was of Scottish descent. When four years of age he was left an orphan and when a little lad of eight summers was bound out to a man with whom he resided for several years. When he arrived at man's estate, he removed to Tippecanoe County, Indiana, where he purchased land from the government. There he married Sarah Hampton, who was born in Columbus, Ohio, a daughter of James Hampton, a farmer of this state. After his marriage Mr. Shigley carried on farming until 1862, when he enlisted in Company G, 52nd Indiana Infantry, being mustered in at Indianapolis. He served for three years under Generals Grant, Sherman, Logan and Thomas and participated in many of the most important engagements of the war, including the battle of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge. He went with Sherman on the celebrated march to the sea and was present at the fall of Atlanta. He also participated in the grand review at Washington, and after being mustered out at the National City returned to his home in 1865. In 1866 he removed to Allen County, Kansas, where he purchased and operated a farm, making it his home until 1870, when he went to Montgomery County where he entered a homestead claim. Ten years later he removed to Parson, Kansas, where he lived retired until his death, which occurred December 19, 1882, when he was 67 years of age. In 1875 he built a church at Independence, Kansas, and gave it to the United Brethren congregation. He was long a zealous and faithful worker in that denomination. His wife still survives him and is now living with her daughter in Humboldt, Kansas at the age of 77 years.
George was a veteran of the Civil War. He enlisted on the 16th of Dec, 1863 in Benton Co., Indiana at the age of 40. He was a Pvt. in Co. D, Regt. 58 of the Ind. Inf..
After the war he and his family moved to Kansas where he lived until he died.
From his son Grant G. Shigley FAG posting:
His father George W. Shigley was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and was of Scottish descent. When four years of age he was left an orphan and when a little lad of eight summers was bound out to a man with whom he resided for several years. When he arrived at man's estate, he removed to Tippecanoe County, Indiana, where he purchased land from the government. There he married Sarah Hampton, who was born in Columbus, Ohio, a daughter of James Hampton, a farmer of this state. After his marriage Mr. Shigley carried on farming until 1862, when he enlisted in Company G, 52nd Indiana Infantry, being mustered in at Indianapolis. He served for three years under Generals Grant, Sherman, Logan and Thomas and participated in many of the most important engagements of the war, including the battle of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge. He went with Sherman on the celebrated march to the sea and was present at the fall of Atlanta. He also participated in the grand review at Washington, and after being mustered out at the National City returned to his home in 1865. In 1866 he removed to Allen County, Kansas, where he purchased and operated a farm, making it his home until 1870, when he went to Montgomery County where he entered a homestead claim. Ten years later he removed to Parson, Kansas, where he lived retired until his death, which occurred December 19, 1882, when he was 67 years of age. In 1875 he built a church at Independence, Kansas, and gave it to the United Brethren congregation. He was long a zealous and faithful worker in that denomination. His wife still survives him and is now living with her daughter in Humboldt, Kansas at the age of 77 years.
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