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Counties of PORTER and Lake Indiana.
Historical and Biographical
Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor
Charles Blanchard, Biographical Editor
F. A. Battey & Co., Pub., Chicago - 1882

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        GEORGE BIGGART was born in Ireland May 21, 1816, and is a son of
     SAMUEL and MARGARET BIGGART, also natives of Ireland; the former born
     in 1791, the latter in 1795.  In 1835, they came to America and went
     to Trumbull County, Ohio, thence to Porter County, Ind., and thence to
     California, where they died.  GEORGE BIGGART came, with his parents,
     to Trumbull County, Ohio, where he remained until 1837, when he came
     to Porter County; he attended the land sales at La Porte, and pur-
     chased 220 acres of land.  On July 27, 1842, he was married in
     Jennings County, Ind., to PARMELIA EDMISTER, who was born in the same
     county October, 1819.  This union resulted in nine children - MARION
     (deceased), JEROME (deceased), ROBERT, ALFRED (deceased), SARAH,
     MARTHA (deceased), MARY, PARMELIA and JANE.  After his marriage, Mr.
     BIGGART removed to Porter County, and occupied the farm he had pre-
     viously purchased, and on which he has since remained.  He now owns,
     in all, 640 acres.

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