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15923.232 Mary Jane 8 BIGELOW,
dau of Russel 7 (
Russell 6 , Isaac 5 , Isaac 4, Isaac 3, Samuel 2,
John 1 ) and Margaret
(IRWIN) BIGELOW, was born 31 July 1821 at Columbus, OH and married
Rev. Thomas Jackson Pope on 23 November 1843 at Newville, OH.
Thomas
was a Methodist minister and all 4 of their sons became Methodist
ministers
in Ohio and Michigan. Mary Jane died at West Bedford, OH on 13
August 1874 and her widower on either 13 or 14 June 1896 at
Steubenville, OH.
Children of Rev. Thomas and Mary Jane (Bigelow) Pope:
15923.2321t Russell Bigelow Pope, b 20 Oct 1844; d
_____;
m (1) 01 Nov 1857 Naomi Sperry (d 01 Dec 1869); m (2) 27 Dec 1875 Mrs.
Emma
Paul Hudson; res Cleveland, OH; 3 children;
15923.2322 Peter Parker Pope, b 16 Oct 1847; d ______
;
m (1) 15 Sept 1870 Frances Henry; m (2) 05 Jan 1882 Mary Herbert; res
Toledo,
OH;
15923.2323 Thomas Jackson Pope, jr, b 18 Dec 1849;
d _____ ; m _ Aug 1875 Flora Norton; res Grand Rapids, OH
15923.2324t William
Bigelow Pope, Rev., b
03 July 1857; d 04 Aug 1915 Monroe, MI; m 01 Feb 1883 Anna Belle
McCabe; res
Clayton, MI; 3 children known: (see below)
Sources:
The Bigelow Family Genealogy Vol. II Page 402;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
cemetery records OH; correspondence between descendants and Bigelow
Society historian/genealogist;
The Descendants of Robert Armstrong, Indian Captive, by Ralph
Armstrong, Jr.
Forge: The Bigelow Society Quarterly; vol 15 no 1; Jan 1986.
Forge: The Bigelow Society Quarterly; Oct 1981.
"Ohio Archeological & Historical Publications", Vol. 19;
early marriages Richland Co., Ohio;
"History of Richland Co.," ed. by Graham 1881;
correspondence with descendants;
FORGE, "The Bigelow Society Quarterly," Vol. 10, No. 4, Vol. 19,
No. 1;
Tim Janzen at Bend, Oregon Reunion 1998 and e-mail with gedcom attached
which I could not incorporate into computer;
Betty Messer's book "Kansas Saplings" p.10;
Research by genealogist after 1995 (JEL);
1880 reprint of History of Hardin Co., Ohio, (next to Logan Co., Ohio,
which at the time was part of Logan Co.)
15923.2324 William Bigelow Pope, Rev., b 03 July 1857; d 04 Aug 1915
Monroe, MI; m 01 Feb 1883 Anna Belle McCabe;(b 06 May 1860 Sidney, OH,
dau of
David and Charlotte (Anderson) McCabe; d 12 Dec 1946 Ann Arbor, MI);res
Clayton, MI;
Children of William Bigelow and Anna (McCabe) Pope:
1. Jane McCabe Pope, b 09 May 1884 Bay City, MI; d 26 Aug
1969 San Pedro Hosp., CA; m 22 Aug 1908 Aiden Marvin Highley;
2. James Harlan
Pope, b 31 Aug 1885 Clayton, MI; d 31 Dec 1971 Los Angeles, CA; m
06 May 1911 Kitty Bailey Nason; 2 children (FTM)
3. Miriam Anna Pope, b 12 Oct 1890 Manchester, MI; d 03 Aug
1930 Ann Arbor, MI; m 28 June 1922 George William Carter, Rev;
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