James H. ⁷ BIGELOW

Children of James and Sarah Ann (Webb) Bigelow, born in Shalersville Twp, Summit co, OH:

12169.451t    George E., b 20 June 1851; d 1900-1910; m 22 Sept 1869 Belle G. Green; 8 children;

12169.452     Arlie J., b 14 May 1863; d 03 Sept 1865 at age 2 yrs, 3 mos, 20 days; note2

Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Volume. II page ;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
U.S. Census 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910; Portage County Marriages 1808-1850, Vol. 1;
Forge: The Bigelow Society Quarterly, 17(2):27,30; 1988;
note2: family group sheet from Patricia Bigelow;
U.S. Census 1840-1850-1860-1870);
note: Forge "The Bigelow Society Quarterly, Vol.17 (2): 27, 30; April 1988);
letter dated 20 April 2004 from Richard Hale Zimmerman ../rod2008a/zimmer04.htm 

New Note 08/14/06:
From: Pamela Klein  < carpediem@manabeads.com >   and
Richard H. Zimmerman  <  rhz1415@starpower.net  >

Samuel ( ), Bigelow, son of _____________ Bigelow and Mary (Lyman) Bigelow, was born
     In a letter from Richard Hale Zimmerman, 507 Leighton Ave., Silver Spring, Maryland 20901-4825, dated 20 Apr 2004:
"Samuel Bigelow was born in Connecticut, possibly Hartford, at some point  between 1775 and 1800.  He is mentioned in G. B. Howe's work, "Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America" in which the information was supplied by his grandson, George  
In this account, Samuel was supposed to have been born in 1776, his father died soon after and his mother, Mary Lyman Bigelow, then married a man named Conn.  Dick Zimmerman was unable to confirm any of this in his 13 March 2004 letter.  U. S. Census records for 1810 through 1840 recorded only a range of years for those enumerated and from these one can deduce a birth date for Samuel anytime between 1775 and 1800.  Census records for 1850 (age 65) and 1860 (age 75) indicate a birth date in the latter half of 1784 or the first half of 1785.  His tombstone seen in July 2003 indicates that he died 23 December 1863 at age 81, indicating a birth date in 1782.
   "...Census records show that he lived in Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut in 1810, 1820, 1830 after which he is recorded in Streetsboro Township, Portage County, Ohio.  Pat Bigelow indicated that he moved to Streetsboro in 1833 ("Forge:  The Bigelow Society Quarterly" 17(2):27,30;1988)  In Salisbury, he married Phebe Minard (born 20 October 1793 in Salisbury) about 1809 "Forge, same ref".  All eight of their children were born there and the seventh, Hiram L., died when about a year old and is buried at Town Hill Cemetery, Salisbury.
   "...Portage County in northeastern Ohio is part of the Western Reserve of Connecticut, also called New Connecticut, and this entire region had many early settlers from Connecticut ("Harlan Hatcher, The Western Reserve; The Story of New Connecticut in Ohio, Bobbs-Merrill 1949).  The first settlers arrived in Streetsboro in 1822, although the Township itself did not become independent of the adjoining townships until 1827.
   "Phebe Minard Bigelow died 18 July 1849 at the age of 56 years, 6 months (source: tombstone, Streetsboro Cemetery, Streetsboro Twp., Portage Co., Ohio).  In 1850, Samuel was recorded on the U.S. Census with the family of his daughter and son-in-law, Mary and Robert Smith.  He married 4 November 1850 Elizabeth R. Bow (born about 1798), who apparently survived him.  He died 23 December 1863 and was buried in Streetsboro (source: U.S. Census 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860; Early Marriage Bonds of Ohio - Portage Co.; Forge: The Bigelow Society Quarterly, 17(2):27,30;1988; family group sheet from Patricia Bigelow; tombstone, Streetsboro Cemetery, Streetsboro Twp., Portage Co., Ohio)."
Zimmer notes:
1.5  James Bigelow was born in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT, 28 Feb 1821 and died before 1900 in Nebraska. He married 12 Sep 1847 Sarah Ann Webb (27 Dec 1827-bet 1910 and 1920) in Portage Co., Ohio. He was a farmer and lived in Shalersville Twp., Portage Co., which is the township East of and adjoining Streetsboro Twp. from at least 1850. In 1873, he moved his family to Nebraska and lived in Geneva, Fillmore Co. Between 1900 and 1910, Sarah moved to Chicago, IL, with her daughter-in-law, and lived with her granddaughter, Venice Bigelow Jackson. (U.S. Census 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910; Portage County Marriages 1808-1850, Vol. 1; Forge: The Bigelow Society Quarterly, 17(2):27,30; 1988; G.B. Howe, 1890, Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America)

1.5.1  George E. Bigelow was born 20 Jun 1851 in Shalersville Twp. (possibly Ravenna), Portage Co., OH and died between 2 Jun 1900 and 15 Apr 1910. He married 22 Sep 1869 Belle G. Green (16 Feb 1851-after 1920). They lived with his parents (1870) and he farmed with his father. They moved to Nebraska in 1873 with his parents. He was in the mercantile business and farming in Geneva, Nebraska and later moved to Lincoln where he was in real estate and was a Christian evangelist (1900). He was the candidate of the Prohibition Party for governor in 1888. He supplied information on Samuel, James and himself to G.B. Howe. Belle lived with daughter Venice Bigelow Jackson in Chicago, IL, in 1910 and 1920. (U.S. Census 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920; Forge: The Bigelow Society Quarterly, 17(2):27,30; 1988; G.B. Howe, 1890, Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America)

1.5.1.1  Maude Bigelow was born 15 Mar 1872 in Shalersville Twp. (possibly Ravenna), Portage Co., OH and died 27 Jan 1886 in Lincoln, NE. (U.S. Census 1880; family group sheet from Patricia Bigelow; G.B. Howe, 1890, Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America)

1.5.1.2  Blanch Bigelow was born 18 Feb 1874 in Geneva, Fillmore Co., NE and died 18 Aug 1874 in Geneva. (family group sheet from Patricia Bigelow; G.B. Howe, 1890, Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America)

1.5.1.3  Venice Bigelow was born 6 Jun 1875 in Geneva, Fillmore Co., NE, and married about 1894 Charles B. Jackson (1868-). They moved to Chicago, IL, before 1910 and lived there in 1910 and 1920. (U.S. Census 1880, 1910, 1920; family group sheet from Patricia Bigelow; G.B. Howe, 1890, Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America)

1.5.1.4  Erritt B. Bigelow was born 11 Jun 1877 in Geneva, Fillmore Co., NE and was single in 1900 when he lived in Lincoln, NE, with his parents. (U.S. Census 1880, 1900; family group sheet from Patricia Bigelow; G.B. Howe, 1890, Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America)

1.5.1.5  James Garfield Bigelow was born 9 Jan 1880 in Geneva, Fillmore Co., NE and died 6 Sep 1880. (U.S. Census 1880; family group sheet from Patricia Bigelow; G.B. Howe, 1890, Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America)

1.5.1.6  Clifford George Bigelow was born 7 Nov 1883 in Geneva, Fillmore Co., NE and married (1) about 1907 Lula L. _______ and (2) about 1915-1918 Joette Penn ______. He lived with his parents in Lincoln, NE in 1900, in Chicago, IL, in 1910 and was in Boston, MA, before 1918. His second wife was born in South America, emigrated to the U.S. in 1894(?)  and was naturalized as a citizen in 1915. (U.S. Census 1900, 1910, 1920; World War I draft registration card [Clifford George Bigelow]; family group sheet from Patricia Bigelow; G.B. Howe, 1890, Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America)
1.5.1.6.1  Dolores J. Bigelow was born Mar 1919 in Boston, MA. (U.S. Census 1920)

1.5.1.7  Helen M. Bigelow was born 31 Jul 1889 in Lincoln, NE. She lived with her parents in Lincoln, NE, in 1900 and with her sister Venice Bigelow Jackson in Chicago, IL in 1910. (U.S. Census 1900, 1910; family group sheet from Patricia Bigelow; G.B. Howe, 1890, Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America)

1.5.1.8  Hawley Spencer Bigelow was born 22 Apr 1896 in Lincoln, NE and died Aug 1970 in Chicago, IL. He lived with his parents in Lincoln, NE, in 1900, with his sister Venice Bigelow Jackson in Chicago, IL in 1910, and with his wife in Chicago in 1920. He married between 5 Jun 1917 and 13 Jan 1920 (probably 1919) Olga M. ______, who was born in Canada, emigrated to the U.S. in 1908 and was naturalized as a citizen in 1919. (U.S. Census 1900, 1910, 1920; World War I draft registration card [Hawley Spencer Bigelow]; Social Security Death Index [Hawley Bigelow]; family group sheet from Patricia Bigelow)

1.5.2  Arlie J. Bigelow was born 14 May 1863 in Shalersville Twp.(possibly Ravenna), Portage Co., Ohio and died there 3 Sep 1865 at age 2 years, 3 months, 20 days. (family group sheet from Patricia Bigelow; tombstone, Evergreen Cemetery, Streetsboro)

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