Orville A. Bigham

Dr. Orville Andrew Bingham was born in Alfordsville, Daviess County, Indiana on November 14th, 1864. He was the son of Dr. Augustine William Bigham and Susan Mary nee McCord. He lost his brother in an altercation known as the Alfordsville Tragedy in March of 1883. His first wife Elizabeth Friedman (Semersheim), he married on October 24,1889. She died in 1891. He then married Francis Horny on May 9, 1892. He was county coroner for Dubois County from 1894-1898 serving two consecutive terms. He and his family moved to Batesville in July of 1921 after he served as the Public Health Officer for a significant time following his tenure in Dubois County, IN.  He had several children: John C. who was also a doctor in the area of Oldenburg, IN, Otto Edward, and Alfred Victor and an adopted daughter Leona. Dr. Bigham was a well esteemed doctor and saved many lives. On April 6th 1924, he died at the home of his son John after an illness of nearly a year from neuralgia of the heart.