Orson 7 BIGELOW
Sierra City Cemetery; Sierra City, Sierra County, CA
Orson and Armenia (Webster) Bigelow had at least one child:
16164.621 John Alton, b 1850 Crown Point;
d 11 Aug 1875 age 15 years, 29 days.(see below)
Sources:
The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Volume II, page 188;
The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Volume I child;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
History and Biographical Record of the Sierras, pub. 1906;
census of Sierra co., CA.
Bigelow House, Sierra City, CA:
This old house was built in 1867 for Orison Bigelow who
also owned a local gold mine and hotel in town. The story goes
that a builder from
upstate New York was hired to build the house and it does resemble
the front
gable side wing houses seen around towns in that area.
The house stayed in the Bigelow family until purchased by the
first "outsiders" in 1990 who are current owners.
The old house has been updated in recent years starting with new
electrical wiring, a screened porch, insulation, new siding milled
to exact original specifications, central forced air heating, and
new double pane wood windows just to name a few projects. There is
also new interior and exterior paint.
The Cottage was built in the 1980's and sits on its own separate
parcel. It has been recently renovated and has a kitchen and
bathroom. It is approximately 384 square feet in size and sits on
a lot that is approximately 15,246 square feet.
The grounds are nicely landscaped and include several fruit trees
and huge stately black oaks. The outbuildings include storage
sheds and workshops
and an old Chicken Coop complete with raised bed gardens. Newly
installed
paved driveway leads you to house and Cottage with parking and
turn around.
The picture below is the house of "Orison", not the
Hotel.......ROD
rodbigelow@netzero.net
