Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-04-11
Death Of Reed Bi igler., Esq.

1&llsh nelO ones.
Death Of Reed Bigler, Esq.
Red BIdLER, son of Ex-Governor
4ler, of this place. died at Lock
¥, on the I'd instant, at the house
Mr John Watson, a friend and rel
I've Of his mother, in the 29th year
[his age. The circumstances attend
M his death were Of a character pc
[iarly distressing to his relatives and
tnds. He had been i'll for some
IITs, but his disease was net regarded
dangerous, although at times he
110wed symptoms of alteration OF
I'D On the morning of his death
A8 bad concluded to send some clothes
ko the wash-woman, and whilst in the
nctTof getting them out Of his carpet
6ack he had occasion to remove a
slnall selfsetting pistol from a pair of
<fA wers in which he had kept it wrap
ota in doing which he uGwittingly
dkseharged one Of the barrels, the con-
t&nts of which passing through his
nouth, lodged in the back part Of his
h6ad, causing death IN about one hour.
Ibis is the account of the sad affair
An given to us by Mr.. Thomas Watson,
xho was the only person near the de-
otased at the time. Mr.. Biglcr had
sided in the State of California since
1657, during which time he had fol
Iowed his profession of Civil Engineer,
ekcepting three years of the tune,
Vhich he served in the United States
Lint, at San Francisco, in very re-
department. In February
lSst, accompanied by his Father and
Mother, who had been visiting friends
ia California, he returned on Il visit to
his native State and county, intending
to return to the Pacific Coast during
1he Summer or Fall, but alas he has
Hgone to that bourn from whence no
travoler returns" After an absence
of nine years he was permitted, but
br a brief period to enjoy the society
of his relatives and friends Reed was
modest, kind hearted and generous /;
most beloved by those who knew hum
Nest. His deeply distressed Parents
md relatives have the sympathy of
onr community Wecopy the follow
% notice of him from the Philahel-
Ma Age:
"1n 1856, Immediately after leaving
achool, Mr.. Bigler entered upon the
profession of civil engineering, on the
and Erie Railroad, a position
which he filed to the entire satisfac-
bon of the company. Upon the cxpi-
PATTON of his engagement with that
corporation, Mr. Bigler went to Cali.
fornia, and was Immediately associa.
bed with Mr. Kirk, an eminent engin-
|eer, in surveying the overland route
from San Francisco to Salt Lake City,
in Utah. At a subsequent period Mr..
Bigler was appointed to a responsible
post in the Coiner's Department Of the
Mint at San Francisco, where he re
mained for two years, discharging the
duties in such a manner as to secure
the unlimited confidence of the direc
tor of that institution. In 1859, tho
Democrats Of San Francisco nomina
ted Mr.. Bigler as candidate for the
position of City and County Surveyor
He failed Of an election, though run
ming far ahead of his associates, and
|again resumed his profession as a civ.
'il engineer and surveyor, ia which
capacity he acted as one Of the cXplo
ring and locating engineers of the Pa
'cific Railroad from Sacramento e
Placerville. While employed by tlit
company he run three exploring lines
over the Sierra Nevada Mountains, az
Undertaking which was attended viii
dangers and difficulties of no ordinary
character. The Wellington road from
Walker river to Reese river, was alst
located by Mr. Bigler. In 1864 he wai
elected Chief Surveyor Of Douglas
county, an Office which lie declined
owing to desire to return to his ma
|tlvc State; and in 1866 he came bacl
To Pennsylvania, where, in the prim,
Of manhood, he has found grave
Reed Bigler was a frank, honest ant
upright man, respected and beloved
BY all who knew him, and by his deatl
the community will lose valuabl,
member, and his family a son an,
Brother whom they dearly loved, ant
whose memory they will fondly cherisl
b6r Both the Secretary ofthe Treas
nry and the Post Master General, fine