Butler County PA Archives Obituaries.....Bigham, Thomas  February 15, 1864
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 Presbyterian banner. (Pittsburgh, Pa.): April 20, 1864
Died near Centreville, Butler County, Pa., on the 15th of February, 1864, Mr. Thomas
Bigham, a member of the Presbyterian church of Centreville, aged 82 years, 6 months,
and 21 days. The deceased was born on the 25th of July, 1781, in Adams County, Pa.,
where he spent the early part of his life. In 1806 he left the home of his youth and
removed to Butler County, which was at that time but sparsely settled, and scantily
supplied with the comforts and higher privileges of life. Here he continued, amidst
the privations incident to a newly settled country, making steady advancement and
preparing for future enjoyment, until the war commenced with great Britain in 1812,
when, at his country's call, he forsook the peaceful pursuits of agriculture, and
hastened to the scene of martial strife. Having served in that war, and assisted in
repelling the threatened danger, he returned to the quiet pursuits of domestic life,
in which he continued with great comfort and prosperity till his death...

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