BIO:  William Brooks Bigler, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Windsor Township, Pg 201

WILLIAM BROOKS BIGLER, M. D., was born October 6, 1833, in Fairview Township, York County.  His 
father’s family was of Swiss origin; his mother’s of Scotch-Irish, having immigrated to this 
country from County Antrim, Ireland, about 1752, and settled in Delaware; thence the great-
grandfather, Brooks, went to Cumberland County, Penn., purchased a tract of land from William 
Penn, on Yellow Breeches, and built a mill, where he made flour for Braddock’s army.  This mill 
is now owned by Elias Hake.  David Bigler was a farmer; was married in December, 1832, and had 
a family of three sons and five daughters.  He died in August, 1872.  William B. Bigler 
attended Jefferson Medical College, from which he graduated in 1865.  He has been school 
director, and was a member of the legislature 1883-84.  October 12, 1865, he married Amelia M. 
A. Boyer; to them have been born the following named children:  William M., Edith M. and Mabel 
B.  Dr. Bigler is a Mason.