Author Archives: Barbara
Leonidas’ page added
I want to give everyone the heads up that the page on Leonidas Bigham is posted. In a family where most males lived long and procreated much, Lee was the exception. He was killed during the battle of Chickamauga in … Continue reading
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Hugh Braly Bigham page added
I’ve just finished the page on Hugh Braly Bigham, my great-great-great-grandfather. With 19 or so kids to keep track of, it was a real challenge (as I’m sure it was for him and their mothers) but also very interesting. He … Continue reading
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Who were the “Miss Bighams”?
While doing research on William, I came across an interesting — but mysterious — reference to two Bigham women who ran a hotel in York Spring, Penn., some time between 1740 and 1830. Who were they? I don’t know, but … Continue reading
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William Bigham’s page uploaded
Whew! It took four times longer than anticipated, but the page on William Bigham has been uploaded. This was a particularly difficult narrative to write because there are so many discrepancies in dates, names, places and times in the source … Continue reading
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Don’t you hate common names?
I’ve never particularly liked my first name, Barbara. It seems old-fashioned (which it really is) and comes from the word “barbarian,” meaning foreign or strange (which actually fits me in many ways). Even St. Barbara isn’t exactly the kind of … Continue reading
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