Bios: EDMUND E. BIGLEY, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
  
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      EDMUND E. BIGLEY,
  
  [p. 578] plumber and dealer in plumbers' supplies, with business
  location at Nos. 48 to 54 South Croton Street, New Castle, is one of the
  city's enterprising and successful business men. He was born at New
  Castle December 3, 1854, and is a son of William B. and Martha A. Bigley.
  
  The late William B. Bigley was born in Butler County, Pennsylvania, and
  died at New Castle in October, 1905, where he had been engaged in
  business as a merchant tailor for many years. His wife was born in
  Mercer County and died at New Castle, in August, 1904.
  
  Edmund E. Bigley was reared and educated at New Castle, and in 1878
  started to learn the plumbing business and completed his knowledge of
  the trade at Cleveland, in which city he lived for nine years. When he
  left Ohio he went to Pittsburg and followed a plumbing business there
  until 1892, when he came to New Castle and went to work for the firm
  that put up the steel plant at New Castle. In 1894 he entered the employ
  of Stevenson Bros. and continued with that firm for seven years. In 1900
  occurred a strike which threw him out of employment, but he secured a
  political office?the taking of the census for the Third Ward?and when
  that duty was satisfactorily completed Mr. Bigley concluded to embark in
  a business of his own. His capital was limited, but he needed few
  equipments and found a workshop in a piano box, back of the Lawrence
  Savings and Trust Company, which sufficed from July to October. In the
  interim he had been busy and then rented a room in Apple Alley, for
  which he paid $1 a week, in which he remained during the winter, and in
  the spring he was able to secure a satisfactory room on Neshannock
  Avenue and his business pressed him so hard that for a time he was
  obliged to take in a partner. At present he conducts it alone. His
  perseverance, courage and industry have brought him the success he now
  enjoys. In April, 1907, he settled in his present commodious quarters,
  where he carries a large stock and guarantees expert work.
  
  While living at Cleveland Mr. Bigley was married to Miss Carrie M.
  Spieth, a daughter of Jacob Spieth. She was born and reared in Defiance
  County, Ohio, and died May 28, 1908, at New Castle. They had five
  children born to them, namely: Martha K., Mary G., Hazel Belle, Helen
  M., now deceased, and William Jacob. Mr. Bigley is a member of the
  Methodist Episcopal Church.
  
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  20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
  Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
  Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
  
  
  Updated: 9 Nov 2001