William BIGLER

                   Philo Farnsworth is related on all my Farnsworth's......
Philo Farnsworth quote....
INVENTOR OF TELEVISION CREDITED GOD FOR CREATIONS
See http://www.sltrib.com/2002/sep/09022002/utah/utah.htm
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On 7 September 1927, Philo Farnsworth, made history when he transmitted 
a
single line of light in a makeshift lab in San Francisco, California.
"There you have it," said the 21-year-old Farnsworth, "electronic television." Years later in a television interview conducted one year before his death, Farnsworth said: "I am a deeply religious man; I know that God exists. I know that I have never invented anything. I have  been a medium by which these things were given to the culture as fast as culture could earn them. I give the credit to God."
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Main Sources:  Census Records;Marriage Record; Cemetery Stone Inscription;Obituary, etc.

AFN:   3X5Z-TT

BIRTH:
1840   Census, Stark County, Ohio (Brookfield)  

1850 Census, Defiance County, Ohio  Milford Township Film 020222, p.085
Oliver FARNSWORTH 54,    Carpenter,  Born:  Vermont.
Edna              40                  B:     Vermont.
Albert            20                  B:     Mass.
Francis           18                  B:     Mass.
*Ellen              16                  B:      Mass.
Eliza A.          14                 B:      New York
Charles           12                 B:      Ohio
Lucy                7                  B:     Ohio
Mary               3                  B:     Ohio
Milton             1                  B:     Ohio

1860 Census, Milford Twp, Defiance Co, Ohio
C. M. Hulbert Family p. 90

   1870 Census,Milford Twp,Defiance Co,Ohio P.32...Ellen 35, White, Keeping
House ...Born:Mass.

1880 Census, Milford Twp, Defiance Co.,Ohio p 5
Clement    60        Born: Ohio      Parents: Vermont
*Ellen         46        Born:  Mass    Parents:  Mass..
Children:
Edna         18        Born:  Ohio
Frank        13   
Oliver Farnsworth       84        Boarder         Mass (Ellen's parents)
Edna       "                    70                              Mass

1900 Ohio Soundex  Film 1247231  Code B246
Defiance County; Milford Twp. Vol 43  ED 15  S7 L24
William Bigler    Apr 1835    65  Bn: Ohio
Ellen M.Bigler  wife   Feb 1834   age 66  Bn: Massachusetts

MARRIAGE:  FHL/SLC Film  0317361 Defiance Co., Ohio Marriage Records Farnsworth, Ellen M. md  Hulbert, Clement M.  20 June 1852  Vol 1 p71   G.W.Chapman, Minister

OBITUARY:  Obiturary reads:  Ellen Bigler....Ellen M., daughter of Oliver and Edna Farnsworth, was born in Boston, Mass.,25 Feb 1834.  With her parents she came to Defiance County (Ohio) in 1842, and remained a resident of Milford Township until her decease.  She was married to Clement M. Hulbert, 20 June 1852.  Two children preceded her to the better land, and in 1889 her husband died.  On 2 May 1900, she was united in marriage with William Bigler.  She was a devoted wife and mother, cheerful in disposition, she aided in making life more pleasant for others and was most highly esteemed by a large circle of acquaintances.  She departed this life 25 June 1907. Aged 73 years and 4 months.  A husband, three daughters and one son, five sisters, three brothers, fifteen grandchildren, with other relatives an many friends mourn their loss. Funeral services occurred from the home on Wednesday, conducted by Elder J.W.Lilly, Interment at Lost Creek Cemetery.

CEMETERY:  Lost Creek Cemetery....

FAMILY RECORDS:  Family records in Omer Hootman file in possession of Eleanor Law Johnson, c/o 530 S.4th St,Las Vegas,NV 89101.  Family register listed Ellen Farnsworth born Tuesday, Boston, Mass  25 Feb 1834.