James W. Shigley

            JAMES W. SHIGLEY, of Scott township, Harrison county, was born near Lowell, Ohio, on the 25^th of March, 1845, and is a son of Enoch and Catherine (Shaffer) Shigley, natives of Virginia. The former moved to Crawford county, Ind., in 1854, and located five miles from Leavenworth. Both he and his wife are of German descent.

            James W. was reared principally in Crawford county, and received such education as the schools afforded. In 1863 he joined an independent company known as Charles Lamb’s Mounted Scouts. This organization remained out nine months, and was mustered out in 1864. He then returned to the farm, and in 1881 came to Scott township, this county. He owns 240 acres of good land, well improved and in a fine state of cultivation.

            He was married in 1864 to Miss Lydia Rothrock, born in Crawford county, Ind., and a daughter of H.P. Rothrock, Esq., a native of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Shigley have eight children, viz: Rosa Marshall, Clara I., Edward C., Alva D., James O., Julis C., Bertha M. and Ethel May.

Source: Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington, Indiana by John M. Gresham & Co., 1889. Part 2, page 184.