James Gamaliel 9 BIGELOW
Woodlawn Cemetery; Ada, Hardin County, OH
Children of James and Avis Avonelle (Balcoma) Bigelow:
16321.61321 William Henry, b 31 Aug 1876 Van Wert, Paulding co.,OH; d 1946 Lima, Allen co., OH; m 01 Aug 1918 Ola E. (Hullinger) BORDEN (b 04 Aug 1888; d 1935); 1 child known.
16321.61322 Ernest J., b 22 Aug 1878 OH;
d 09 Oct 1958 (aged 80) Kenton, Hardin County, OH; m 25 Sept 1904
Lena L. Woods in Hardin Co OH; Children: Avis, Richard, and
Bernard
16321.61323 James Clayton, b
1880; d 28 Aug 1955 (aged 74–75) (see obit) Lima, Allen
County, OH; m _ July 1901 Rose Viola Houser; (1880-1955)(see obit); Child: Davis
Carl Bigelow (1901-1919)
16321.61324 Martha Abigail, b 22 May 1888/90
Ada, Hardin co.,OH; d 04 Dec 1945 (aged 59) Saint Louis, St. Louis
County, MO; m 1918 Edwin E. Ashton ( b 20 Apr 1892 Lima, Allen
co.,OH; d 01 July 1969 (aged 77)) Lima, OH; 2 sons: Edwin E. jr.
and James A. Ashton;
3 dau listed but not found:
Alice BIGELOW-31970
Lois BIGELOW-31971
Velma BIGELOW-31972
Sources:
The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Volume II, page 505;
correspondence with descendant
Query from: Bill Bigelow E-mail:
bbigelo1@ix.netcom.com
James Clayton Bigelow
James Clayton Bigelow, 74, of 911 W. Kibby St., retired postal
clerk, was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Rita's Hospital at 7
p.m. Sunday following a coronary attack.
A native of Van Wert, he was a postal clerk here until 1950 when
he retired after 39 years of service. He was married in Ada in
July, 1901. The widow, Rose V., survives.
Also surviving are two sons, the Rev. J. Vaughn Bigelow, and
Evangelical United Brethren Church pastor, Port Clinton, and Jack
C., 517 E. 3rd St., president of the Lima local, American
Federation of Musicians, and instructor in music at Wapakoneta;
two daughters, Mrs. D. William Kruse, Elida, and Mrs. Donald M.
Taylor, 122 1/2 W. Kibby St.; two brothers, Walter E., Niles,
Mich., and Ernest J., Dunkirk; two sisters, Mrs. Albert
Sindelbaugh, Akron; Mrs. Fred Schockey, 210 1/2 E. Market St.; 10
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
The body will remain in the Chiles & Son Funeral Home until
services at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the First Nazarene Church. The
Rev. M. E. Clay will officiate. Burial will be in Woodlawn
Cemetery, Ada.
(published in The Lima News, Monday, August 29, 1955)
Rose Viola Bigelow
Mrs. Rose Viola Bigelow, 83, of 911 W. Kibby, died at 4:45 p.m.
Wednesday in Springview Manor Nursing Home following an extended
illness.
Born Jan. 7, 1883, she was a daughter of Davis J. and Sarah L.
Brannon Houser. She was married to James Clayton Bigelow, who died
in 1955.
Mrs. Bigelow was a member of the First Church of Nazarene.
Survivors include two sons, James Vaughn of Lucky and Jack Clayton
of 1161 Catalpa; two daughters, Mrs. William (Olive) Kruse of 846
Eastown Rd., and Mrs. Donald (Mildred) Tayor of 122 1/2 W. Kibby;
a brother, William A. Houser of 78 Waldo Alley; six sisters, Mrs.
Clarence (Nora) Wolfley of Ada, Mrs. Charles (Mae) Fisher of Ada,
Mrs. Lester (Ollie) Baird of Cleveland, Mrs. Harry (Daisy) Meyer
of Willoughby, Mrs. Harvey (Hattie) Clum of Emmettsburg, Iowa, and
Mrs. Gordon (Fairie) Kuhn of Algonna, Iowa; 10 grandchildren, and
12 great-grandchildren.
Services will be 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Chiles and Sons - Laman
Funeral Home with Rev. Dennis Lauman officiating. Burial will be
in Woodlawn Cemetery, Ada.
Friends may call after 7 tonight at the funeral home.
(published in The Lima News, Thursday, August 25, 1966)
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