Sanders G. Pigg

SANDERS PIGG son of James and Mary (Neeley) Pigg, of North Carolina and Virginia respectively, was born in White County, Tenn., May 13, 1813, but owing to the removal of his parents to McMinn County, he was reared to manhood in the last-named county.

Six months was the sum total of his schooling advantages, but so well did he improve this time that he learned to read and write readily and transact ordinary business. Having considerable skill in the use of tools, he learned the carpenter's trade, and made that his occupation many years.

Together with his parents, he removed to Sullivan County, Ind., in 1829, remaining with his father until twenty-one years of age, when he located a "claim" in Wright Township, Greene County, but a year later exchanged this property for a farm owned by a brother-in-law, W. Gamble. This he has cleared and improved, and now owns a fine farm of 314 acres.

In 1870, he erected his present brick dwelling, a building that reflects not only credit upon himself but his township as well.

In this county, on the 16th of October, 1832, he was married to Miss Hannah Gamble, who was born in White County, Tenn., in about the year 1818, the fifth child born to the union of Martin and Susan (Shadden) Gamble, both of whom were natives of the Old Dominion. To them eleven children have been born--Mary E., James, Morgan G., Wiley H., Susanna, Andrew J., John H., Eliza E., Elizabeth A., William C. and Emma. The last three named are deceased

. Mr. Pigg is a member of the Christian Church, a Democrat, and one of the few remaining of our old pioneers. On first coming to Indiana, it was a new country, filled with wild animals and game of various kinds, and so new was the country and so thick the game that Mr. Pigg has seen as many as eighty-seven deer in one drove.

WRIGHT TWP.

Source: History of Greene and Sullivan Counties, state of Indiana: from the earliest time to the present, together with interesting biographical sketches, reminiscences, notes, etc. Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., 1884 824 pgs. page 433.

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Sanders PIGG, one of the oldest settlers in Greene County, died at his residence in Wright Township, last Saturday, February 14, with enlargement of the glands of the neck, having lain seventy-five days without anything entering his stomach except some fluid. For twelve days he took no nourishment of any kind, except water.

Mr. PIGG was born in White County, Tennessee, May 12, 1813, and moved to Sullivan County, Indiana in 1829. October 16, 1832, he was married to Miss Hannah GAMBILL, and has lived on his present farm about fifty years. His remains were carried to Antioch Church, Sullivan County, for burial. Funeral conducted by Rev. Joseph PATENT. Mr. PIGG leaves a wife, eight children and a host of grandchildren to lament his absence. He lived a member of the Christian Church for 55 years and died in that faith.

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Sanders PIGG, one of the oldest settlers in Greene County, died at his residence in Wright Township, last Saturday, February 14, with enlargement of the glands of the neck, having lain seventy-five days without anything entering his stomach except some fluid. For twelve days he took no nourishment of any kind, except water.

Mr. PIGG was born in White County, Tennessee, May 12, 1813, and moved to Sullivan County, Indiana in 1829. October 16, 1832, he was married to Miss Hannah GAMBILL, and has lived on his present farm about fifty years. His remains were carried to Antioch Church, Sullivan County, for burial. Funeral conducted by Rev. Joseph PATENT. Mr. PIGG leaves a wife, eight children and a host of grandchildren to lament his absence. He lived a member of the Christian Church for 55 years and died in that faith.