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16C53.51 Samuel Cutler 7 BIGELOW, son of Thaddeus Bowman 6 ( Benjamin 5 , Jabez 4 , Eleazer 3 Joshua2, John1), and Polly (CUTLER) BIGELOW, was born at Cambridge, Middlesex, MA on 14 January 1824. When very young, his father moved the family to Troy, NY. His early education led him to pass the bar in MA. In 1853 his eye sight failing, he journeyed to CA to associate himself with his father in business. In 1862 he was elected to the State Legislature and served one term. In 1866 began 10 years of traveling the globe visiting nearly every part of the world accessible to white men. He was the first American to travel the route of the Suez Canal before its completion. Upon returning to San Francisco, he became a director of various corporations, banks, water, insurance, railroads and manufacturing. Samuel married (1) 12 April 1855 Adelaide Willington Bowman. She was born on 18 October 1823 at Lexington, Middlesex, MA and died on 09 May 1864. There were no children of this marriage. On 22 July 1875, at Boston, he married Isabel Otis born 13 February 1836 at Boston. Samuel died on 07 January 1904 at San Francisco - "Banker and Pioneer Succumbs to Heart Failure at his Home" (Jackson St. and Central Ave) ...... S. F. Chronicle, 08 Jan 1904. (see note1)
Only child of Samuel Cutler was by his second wife: Isabel (Otis) Bigelow:
16C53.511 Romela, b 01 March 1876, Rome, Italy; m Samuel Wood; I son.
Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Volume. II page 284.
Bigelow Family Genealogy Volume. I page.364-365;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America.pg 396.
San Francisco Chronicle, Jan 1904.
Note 1:
Subject: bigelow info
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:13:12 -0400
From: Linda Hall <Linda.L.Hall@williams.edu>
Samuel Cutler Bigelow (7) was grad of Williams College, 1845. One
sources says he was 2 years register of the port of Boston. Moved to CA
in 1855. Father a Harvard graduate.
Samuel prepared for college in Manchester, Vt.
Linda Hall
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