Nelson Levanway ⁹ BIGELOW

Nelson Levanway ⁹ Bigelow and wife Margaret Evelyn Bell.

15146.1149    Nelson Levanway ⁹ BIGELOW, son of Edwin Wallace ⁸ ( Henry ⁷ , Ephraim ⁶, Nathan ⁵, John ⁴, John ³, Samuel ², John ¹) and Margaret Ann (McGRAVEN) BIGELOW, was born at Preemption, Mercer co., OH
on 24 April 1874. He married 12 September 1900 Margaret Evelyn Bell (1874-1956). Nelson died 23 January 1943. He and his father were early Kansas Pioneers. 7 children.
     A family reunion was held at Detroit Lakes, MN during the first week of August 1976?. The gathering made its headquarters on Lake Melissa at a spacious cottage owned by Walter Bigelow, son of Nelson and Margaret (Bell) Bigelow, before his death in 1971. In 1976 the cottage was owned by Walter's daughter and husband, Jean and Jerry Waldera.
     Nelson and Margaret had seven children who grew up on the family farm in Woodson co., KS. the six remaining brothers and sister, their children and grandchildren, and the in-laws, came to the reunion, making a total of 48 present out of a possible 65. the ages ranged from four months up to over seventy years.
     Three members of the 10th generation had prepared beautiful memory books which were full of family history and autobiographies they had gathered from various members of the family.

Children of Nelson L. and Margaret (Bell) Bigelow:

15146.11491 Edwin H.

15146.11492 Walter, b __ ; d __ 1971

15146.11493 Marie, b ___ ; m ____ Yealon; had dau: Carol Yealon, m Harold Schneider.had son Brian Eric Schneider, born 28 Mar 1976 in WI.

15146.11494 Lucy, b __ ; m Matthew Kirsch, b 9 Sep 1907 MT.

Sources:
Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Vol II, pg 312;
Correspondence with descendants;
Lucy (Bigelow) Kirsch, Forge: The Bigelow Society Quarterly; Vol. 5, No. 4, p. 74, Oct 1976.
Forge: The Bigelow Society Quarterly; vol 8, pp 3-8.
Forge: The Bigelow Society Quarterly; vol 15 no 1; Jan 1986.pic above
obituaries.

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