James W. Quiggle

James Williams Quiggle (January 20, 1820 – November 28, 1878) was an American railroad magnate, politician and diplomat.

James W. Quiggle
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 14th District
In office
1855–1858
Preceded byWilliam F. Packer
Succeeded byFrancis Jordan
Personal details
Born
James Williams Quiggle

(1820-01-20)January 20, 1820
Wayne, Pennsylvania
DiedNovember 28, 1878(1878-11-28) (aged 58)
Spouse
Cordelia Mayer
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(m. 1848)​
RelationsHenry Wharton Shoemaker (grandson)
Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff (granddaughter)
Children3
Parent(s)John Quiggle
Rebecca Nicely

Early life

Quiggle was born in Wayne, Pennsylvania on January 20, 1820.[1] He was the son of Johannes "John" Quiggle (1764–1845) and Rebecca (née Nicely) Quiggle (1776–1854).[2][3]

He studied law with James Gamble in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania.[4]

Career

In 1841, Quiggle was admitted to Clinton and Lycoming bar. From 1853 to 1855. He was elected as a Buchanan Democrat and served in the Pennsylvania State Senate representing District 14 (Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Sullivan counties).[5] He was a Lt.-Col. on Governor William F. Packer's staff before fellow Pennsylvanian, President James Buchanan, appointed him U.S. Consul to Antwerp. During the Civil War, he attempted to persuade Gen. Giuseppe Garibaldi to command military operations for the Lincoln administration, a plan abandoned by early 1863.[4]

After his service abroad, he returned to Clinton County where he served as Deputy Attorney General and later, prosecuting attorney.[4]

Personal life

On July 2, 1848, he married Cordelia Mayer (1828–1914), the sister of Judge Jacob Mayer. The Mayers were direct descendants of Richard Buffington, an agent for William Penn who came to Pennsylvania from England in 1675.[6] Together, they were the parents of three children:

He owned "Restless Oaks", the family estate in McElhattan, Pennsylvania (near Lock Haven).[11]

Quiggle died in 1878 and was buried in Lock Haven where a "fine granite monument to his memory stands in the old Quiggle burial ground one mile east of the Quiggle homestead."[1]

Descendants

Through his daughter Blanche,[12] he was a grandfather of diplomat Henry Wharton Shoemaker (1880–1958),[13] stockbroker William Brock Shoemaker (1882–1906),[14][15] and poet Blanche LeRoy Shoemaker (1886–1967).[16][17][18]

Through his son James, he was a grandfather of James Williams Quiggle.[19]

References
  1. Shoemaker, Henry W. (1917). Eldorado Found, the Central Pennsylvania Highlands: A Tourist's Survey. Altoona tribune publishing Company. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  2. Nicely, Ronald Earl (19 May 2014). The 50,000 Year DNA Journey of the Knusli Family. Lulu.com. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-304-54454-4. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  3. Revolution, Daughters of the American (1902). Lineage Book. The Society. p. 208. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  4. "James W Quiggle". www.legis.state.pa.us. Pennsylvania State Senate. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  5. Meginness, John Franklin (1996). History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania: Including Its Aboriginal History, the Colonial and Revolutionary Periods, Early Settlement and Subsequent Growth, Organization and Civil Administration, the Legal and Medical Professions, Internal Improvements, Past and Present History of Williamsport, Manufacturing and Lumber Interests, Religious, Educational and Social Development, Geology and Agriculture, Military Record, Sketches of Boroughs, Townships and Villages, Portraits and Biographies of Pioneers and Representative Citizens, Etc., Etc. Heritage Books. p. 261. ISBN 978-0-7884-0428-3. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  6. "PA State Archives: Manuscript Group 114 HENRY W. SHOEMAKER COLLECTION 1841-1955". Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  7. "JAMES C. QUIGGLE". www.legis.state.pa.us. Pennsylvania General Assembly. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  8. "Mrs. Blanche Q. Shoemaker". The New York Times. 4 May 1928. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  9. "H.F. SHOEMAKER DIES; ONCE RAILROAD HEAD; Pioneer of Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, Coal Operator, Banker, Gave Grandson $2,000,000". The New York Times. 4 July 1918. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  10. "H.F. Shoemaker Estate $1,000,000". The New York Times. 27 July 1918. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  11. Bronner, Simon J. (1 November 2010). Popularizing Pennsylvania: Henry W. Shoemaker and the Progressive Uses of Folklore and History. Penn State Press. ISBN 978-0-271-04221-3. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  12. Matthews, John (June 2009). Complete American Armoury and Blue Book: Combining 1903, 1907 and 1911-23 Editions. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-8063-4573-4. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  13. "H. W. SHOEMAKER, EX-DIPLOMAT, DIES; Former Envoy to Bulgaria Was Historian, Author, Publisher and Colonel". The New York Times. 16 July 1958. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  14. Leonard, John William (1907). Men of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries. L.R. Hamersly. p. 1960. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  15. "BROKER SHOEMAKER KILLED.; Elevator Started as He Was Getting Off and Crushed His Leg". The New York Times. 22 June 1906. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  16. "Alfred Wagstaff Dead – Son of Late Colonel Was Well Known in Social Life of New York" (PDF). The New York Times. 11 December 1930. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  17. "WAGSTAFF BABY CHRISTENED.; Named Alfred Wagstaff, Third -- Receives Great-Grandfather's Tankards". The New York Times. 1 December 1908. p. 6. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  18. "MRS. B.S. WAGSTAFF WEDS DONALD CARR; Her New Poem, "Marriage," Read at Ceremony at Her Country Home in Manchester, Vt.VERONICA FRAZIER, BRIDEMarries Cecll Murray in St. Philip's,at Garrison--Miss JeannetteRoss Weds J.P. Vogel". The New York Times. 31 July 1921. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  19. TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (8 May 1949). "ISOBEL CREW ENGAGED; Vassar Graduate Will Be Wed to James W. Quiggle Jr". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
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