Suggested edit: The son of James & Agnes (McGaughey) Bigham, in 1860 he was a clerk living with and/or working for merchant James Guinn in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Gettysburg June 16, 1863, mustered into federal service there June 23 as a private with Co. B in the six-month organization of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry (182nd Pa), and honorably discharged with his company February 20, 1864. He allegedly served as Abraham Lincoln's body guard in November 1863 during the president's visit to Gettysburg that culminated with his Gettysburg Address. Although tales of people's purported interactions with Lincoln are often apocryphal, in Bigham's case they appear to be true.
He married Elizabeth McCright ca. 1864 and fathered Agnes McGaughey (b. 01/21/65, d. 10/03/65), James (b. 04/17/66, d. 05/17/67), William Douglass (b. 02/18/68, d. 09/07/68), Margaret Eliza (b. 11/12/69 - married Samuel Thomas Knox), Mary Arnold (b. 12/26/70 - married a Sherer), Jennie Belle (b. 10/05/73 - married Hugh Clarence Gordon), and Hugh Paxton (b. 03/20/77). In 1890, he was operating a store in Cumberland Township, Adams County, but later moved to Altoona, Blair County, and still later relocated to Chambersburg, Franklin County, where he died at his home.
Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334)
He served with Company B. 21 st. PA. Cavalry, (182nd PA.) when President Lincoln came to Gettysburg to dedicate the National Cemetery, chosen with his brother Pvt. Rush BIgham to stand guard at the Will's house while Lincoln was there.
At the age of 23, on June 16, 1863, Hugh Paxton Bigham enlisted for the Union in an independent cavalry troop Company B of Home Guards composed entirely of young men from the vicinity of Gettysburg.... This full company was accepted by the Pennsylvania governor and sworn in for six months by Major Heller. H.P. Bigham served as Orderly Sergeant, or First Sergeant, of Company B, 21st Pennsylvania Regiment....Sgt. Bigham was mustered out of the Union's service at Chambersburg, on Febuary 20, 1864.... He did not re-enlist because he had developed a fever.... However, he did pay $300 to the United States government so he would not be drafted, a common practice during the Civil War.
- Bev
The H. Paxton Bighams had seven children, three sons (James, William, and Hugh Paxton, Jr.) and four daughters (Agnes McGaughey, Margaret Eliza, Mary Arnold, and Jennie Belle). Four of them all three sons and their daughter Agnes died within 1 to 13 months after they were born. Of the three daughters, only Mary Arnold, wed to the Rev. W.J.D. Scherer, had children: Margaret Roseman, Mary Elizabeth, and Jennie Belle Scherer. Only one of these three daughters, Jennie Belle Scherer Detrich, had children.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Gettysburg June 16, 1863, mustered into federal service there June 23 as a private with Co. B in the six-month organization of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry (182nd Pa), and honorably discharged with his company February 20, 1864. He allegedly served as Abraham Lincoln's body guard in November 1863 during the president's visit to Gettysburg that culminated with his Gettysburg Address. Although tales of people's purported interactions with Lincoln are often apocryphal, in Bigham's case they appear to be true.
He married Elizabeth McCright ca. 1864 and fathered Agnes McGaughey (b. 01/21/65, d. 10/03/65), James (b. 04/17/66, d. 05/17/67), William Douglass (b. 02/18/68, d. 09/07/68), Margaret Eliza (b. 11/12/69 - married Samuel Thomas Knox), Mary Arnold (b. 12/26/70 - married a Sherer), Jennie Belle (b. 10/05/73 - married Hugh Clarence Gordon), and Hugh Paxton (b. 03/20/77). In 1890, he was operating a store in Cumberland Township, Adams County, but later moved to Altoona, Blair County, and still later relocated to Chambersburg, Franklin County, where he died at his home.
Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334)
He served with Company B. 21 st. PA. Cavalry, (182nd PA.) when President Lincoln came to Gettysburg to dedicate the National Cemetery, chosen with his brother Pvt. Rush BIgham to stand guard at the Will's house while Lincoln was there.
At the age of 23, on June 16, 1863, Hugh Paxton Bigham enlisted for the Union in an independent cavalry troop Company B of Home Guards composed entirely of young men from the vicinity of Gettysburg.... This full company was accepted by the Pennsylvania governor and sworn in for six months by Major Heller. H.P. Bigham served as Orderly Sergeant, or First Sergeant, of Company B, 21st Pennsylvania Regiment....Sgt. Bigham was mustered out of the Union's service at Chambersburg, on Febuary 20, 1864.... He did not re-enlist because he had developed a fever.... However, he did pay $300 to the United States government so he would not be drafted, a common practice during the Civil War.
- Bev
The H. Paxton Bighams had seven children, three sons (James, William, and Hugh Paxton, Jr.) and four daughters (Agnes McGaughey, Margaret Eliza, Mary Arnold, and Jennie Belle). Four of them all three sons and their daughter Agnes died within 1 to 13 months after they were born. Of the three daughters, only Mary Arnold, wed to the Rev. W.J.D. Scherer, had children: Margaret Roseman, Mary Elizabeth, and Jennie Belle Scherer. Only one of these three daughters, Jennie Belle Scherer Detrich, had children.
Suggested edit: The son of James & Agnes (McGaughey) Bigham, in 1860 he was a clerk living with and/or working for merchant James Guinn in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Gettysburg June 16, 1863, mustered into federal service there June 23 as a private with Co. B in the six-month organization of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry (182nd Pa), and honorably discharged with his company February 20, 1864. He allegedly served as Abraham Lincoln's body guard in November 1863 during the president's visit to Gettysburg that culminated with his Gettysburg Address. Although tales of people's purported interactions with Lincoln are often apocryphal, in Bigham's case they appear to be true.
He married Elizabeth McCright ca. 1864 and fathered Agnes McGaughey (b. 01/21/65, d. 10/03/65), James (b. 04/17/66, d. 05/17/67), William Douglass (b. 02/18/68, d. 09/07/68), Margaret Eliza (b. 11/12/69 - married Samuel Thomas Knox), Mary Arnold (b. 12/26/70 - married a Sherer), Jennie Belle (b. 10/05/73 - married Hugh Clarence Gordon), and Hugh Paxton (b. 03/20/77). In 1890, he was operating a store in Cumberland Township, Adams County, but later moved to Altoona, Blair County, and still later relocated to Chambersburg, Franklin County, where he died at his home.
Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334)
He served with Company B. 21 st. PA. Cavalry, (182nd PA.) when President Lincoln came to Gettysburg to dedicate the National Cemetery, chosen with his brother Pvt. Rush BIgham to stand guard at the Will's house while Lincoln was there.
At the age of 23, on June 16, 1863, Hugh Paxton Bigham enlisted for the Union in an independent cavalry troop Company B of Home Guards composed entirely of young men from the vicinity of Gettysburg.... This full company was accepted by the Pennsylvania governor and sworn in for six months by Major Heller. H.P. Bigham served as Orderly Sergeant, or First Sergeant, of Company B, 21st Pennsylvania Regiment....Sgt. Bigham was mustered out of the Union's service at Chambersburg, on Febuary 20, 1864.... He did not re-enlist because he had developed a fever.... However, he did pay $300 to the United States government so he would not be drafted, a common practice during the Civil War.
- Bev
The H. Paxton Bighams had seven children, three sons (James, William, and Hugh Paxton, Jr.) and four daughters (Agnes McGaughey, Margaret Eliza, Mary Arnold, and Jennie Belle). Four of them all three sons and their daughter Agnes died within 1 to 13 months after they were born. Of the three daughters, only Mary Arnold, wed to the Rev. W.J.D. Scherer, had children: Margaret Roseman, Mary Elizabeth, and Jennie Belle Scherer. Only one of these three daughters, Jennie Belle Scherer Detrich, had children.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Gettysburg June 16, 1863, mustered into federal service there June 23 as a private with Co. B in the six-month organization of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry (182nd Pa), and honorably discharged with his company February 20, 1864. He allegedly served as Abraham Lincoln's body guard in November 1863 during the president's visit to Gettysburg that culminated with his Gettysburg Address. Although tales of people's purported interactions with Lincoln are often apocryphal, in Bigham's case they appear to be true.
He married Elizabeth McCright ca. 1864 and fathered Agnes McGaughey (b. 01/21/65, d. 10/03/65), James (b. 04/17/66, d. 05/17/67), William Douglass (b. 02/18/68, d. 09/07/68), Margaret Eliza (b. 11/12/69 - married Samuel Thomas Knox), Mary Arnold (b. 12/26/70 - married a Sherer), Jennie Belle (b. 10/05/73 - married Hugh Clarence Gordon), and Hugh Paxton (b. 03/20/77). In 1890, he was operating a store in Cumberland Township, Adams County, but later moved to Altoona, Blair County, and still later relocated to Chambersburg, Franklin County, where he died at his home.
Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334)
He served with Company B. 21 st. PA. Cavalry, (182nd PA.) when President Lincoln came to Gettysburg to dedicate the National Cemetery, chosen with his brother Pvt. Rush BIgham to stand guard at the Will's house while Lincoln was there.
At the age of 23, on June 16, 1863, Hugh Paxton Bigham enlisted for the Union in an independent cavalry troop Company B of Home Guards composed entirely of young men from the vicinity of Gettysburg.... This full company was accepted by the Pennsylvania governor and sworn in for six months by Major Heller. H.P. Bigham served as Orderly Sergeant, or First Sergeant, of Company B, 21st Pennsylvania Regiment....Sgt. Bigham was mustered out of the Union's service at Chambersburg, on Febuary 20, 1864.... He did not re-enlist because he had developed a fever.... However, he did pay $300 to the United States government so he would not be drafted, a common practice during the Civil War.
- Bev
The H. Paxton Bighams had seven children, three sons (James, William, and Hugh Paxton, Jr.) and four daughters (Agnes McGaughey, Margaret Eliza, Mary Arnold, and Jennie Belle). Four of them all three sons and their daughter Agnes died within 1 to 13 months after they were born. Of the three daughters, only Mary Arnold, wed to the Rev. W.J.D. Scherer, had children: Margaret Roseman, Mary Elizabeth, and Jennie Belle Scherer. Only one of these three daughters, Jennie Belle Scherer Detrich, had children.
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