James W. Quiggle

Quiggle was born in Wayne, Pennsylvania on January 20, 1820.{{cite book |last1=Shoemaker |first1=Henry W. |title=Eldorado Found, the Central Pennsylvania Highlands: A Tourist's Survey |date=1917 |publisher=Altoona tribune publishing Company |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tNMwAQAAMAAJ |access-date=7 October 2021 |language=en}} He was the son of Johannes "John" Quiggle (1764–1845) and Rebecca ({{nee}} Nicely) Quiggle (1776–1854).{{cite book |last1=Nicely |first1=Ronald Earl |title=The 50,000 Year DNA Journey of the Knusli Family |date=19 May 2014 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=978-1-304-54454-4 |page=70 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fPjGBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA70 |access-date=8 October 2021 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Revolution |first1=Daughters of the American |title=Lineage Book |date=1902 |publisher=The Society |page=208 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZGDD-nHSEcgC&dq=Margaret+Rebecca+Nicely+Quiggle&pg=PA208 |access-date=8 October 2021 |language=en}}

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

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).{{cite book |last1=Meginness |first1=John Franklin |title=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 |date=1996 |publisher=Heritage Books |isbn=978-0-7884-0428-3 |page=261 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NQFu5DfPSvwC |access-date=8 October 2021 |language=en}} 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.

After his service abroad, he returned to Clinton County where he served as Deputy Attorney General and later, prosecuting attorney.{{cite web |title=James W Quiggle |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=4379&body=S |website=www.legis.state.pa.us |publisher=Pennsylvania State Senate |access-date=6 October 2021 |language=English}}

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.{{cite web|title=PA State Archives: Manuscript Group 114 HENRY W. SHOEMAKER COLLECTION 1841-1955|url=http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/mg/mg114.htm|access-date=8 December 2011}} Together, they were the parents of three children:

• Harry Quiggle (b. 1850), who died young.
• James Clarence Quiggle (1851-1921), who was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1890 and 1892.{{cite web |title=JAMES C. QUIGGLE |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=6074&body=H |website=www.legis.state.pa.us |publisher=Pennsylvania General Assembly |access-date=7 October 2021 |language=English}}
• Blanche Quiggle (1853–1928),{{cite news |title=Mrs. Blanche Q. Shoemaker. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1928/05/04/archives/mrs-blanche-q-shoemaker.html |access-date=6 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=4 May 1928}} who married Henry F. Shoemaker in 1874.{{cite news |title=H.F. SHOEMAKER DIES; ONCE RAILROAD HEAD; Pioneer of Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, Coal Operator, Banker, Gave Grandson $2,000,000. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1918/07/04/archives/hf-shoemaker-dies-once-railroad-head-pioneer-of-cincinnati-hamilton.html |access-date=6 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=4 July 1918}}{{cite news |title=H.F. Shoemaker Estate $1,000,000. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1918/07/27/archives/hf-shoemaker-estate-1000000.html |access-date=6 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=27 July 1918}}

He owned "Restless Oaks", the family estate in McElhattan, Pennsylvania (near Lock Haven).{{cite book |last1=Bronner |first1=Simon J. |title=Popularizing Pennsylvania: Henry W. Shoemaker and the Progressive Uses of Folklore and History |date=1 November 2010 |publisher=Penn State Press |isbn=978-0-271-04221-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tqr4wEXsQfUC |access-date=6 October 2021 |language=en}}

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."

Through his daughter Blanche,{{cite book |last1=Matthews |first1=John |title=Complete American Armoury and Blue Book: Combining 1903, 1907 and 1911-23 Editions |date=June 2009 |publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com |isbn=978-0-8063-4573-4 |page=109 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a79aQefT1wEC |access-date=6 October 2021 |language=en}} he was a grandfather of diplomat Henry Wharton Shoemaker (1880–1958),{{cite news |title=H. W. SHOEMAKER, EX-DIPLOMAT, DIES; Former Envoy to Bulgaria Was Historian, Author, Publisher and Colonel |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1958/07/16/archives/h-w-shoemaker-exdiplomat-dies-former-envoy-to-bulgaria-was.html |access-date=6 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=16 July 1958}} stockbroker William Brock Shoemaker (1882–1906),{{cite book|last1=Leonard|first1=John William|title=Men of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries|date=1907|publisher=L.R. Hamersly|page=1960|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nW1bTkMF2UMC&pg=PA1960|access-date=26 February 2018|language=en}}{{cite news|title=BROKER SHOEMAKER KILLED.; Elevator Started as He Was Getting Off and Crushed His Leg.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1906/06/22/archives/broker-shoemaker-killed-elevator-started-as-he-was-getting-off-and.html|access-date=26 February 2018|work=The New York Times|date=22 June 1906}} and poet Blanche LeRoy Shoemaker (1886–1967).{{cite news |title=Alfred Wagstaff Dead – Son of Late Colonel Was Well Known in Social Life of New York |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1930/12/11/118201212.pdf |access-date=18 April 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=11 December 1930}}{{cite news |title=WAGSTAFF BABY CHRISTENED.; Named Alfred Wagstaff, Third -- Receives Great-Grandfather's Tankards. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1908/12/01/archives/wagstaff-baby-christened-named-alfred-wagstaff-third-receives.html |access-date=6 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=1 December 1908 |page=6}}{{cite news |title=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. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1921/07/31/archives/mrs-bs-wagstaff-weds-donald-carr-her-new-poem-marriage-read-at.html |access-date=6 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=31 July 1921}}

Through his son James, he was a grandfather of James Williams Quiggle.{{cite news |last1=TIMES |first1=Special to THE NEW YORK |title=ISOBEL CREW ENGAGED; Vassar Graduate Will Be Wed to James W. Quiggle Jr. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/05/08/archives/isoelce_w-gage-vassar-graduate-will-be-wedi-to-james-w-quiggle-jr-.html |access-date=7 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=8 May 1949}}

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