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Bigelow Isaac Wilson [Male] b. 16 JUL 1829 Plain City, Madison Co, OH - d. 3 MAY 1908 Newark, OH

They resided in Newark where Isaac was a clerk in the railroad office and served as county clerk. He was also the 8th mayor of Newark. Amanda died 24 Feb 1869 of childbed fever after the birth of their sixth child. Isaac's older sister then lived with the family serving as housekeeper and mother. In 1860 his work took him to Bellaire, OH and in 1883 to Marion, OH. He died 3 May 1908 in Newark and is buried with his wife in Cedar Hill cemetery.

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Bigelow Charles Fuller [Male] b. 19 AUG 1856 Newark, OH - d. 20 OCT 1926 St. Louis, MO

Charles was with the Wabash RA as freight agent in St. Louis where they resided.

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Bigelow Edward Russell [Male] b. 1863 Newark, OH - d. 23 OCT 1893 Washington, DC

He was a pharmacist

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Davis Anna Bigelow [Female] b. 10 APR 1920 Washington, DC

she was an art teacher in the Duxbury school system

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Bigelow David [Male] b. 22 FEB 1809 Ballston Spa, Saratoga Co, NY - d. 24 FEB 1879 Wapakoneta, OH

After the War of 1812, the family moved to Madison county, OH and David was married there on 29 November 1827 to Hannah Bradford. She was born __ 1810 in OH. David was a farmer and land speculator. In 1840, he was living in Brown township, Franklin county, near his parents. In 1850, he was in Moulton township, Auglaize, and later, in 1860 and 1870 he was in Logan township, Auglaize. He died at Wapakoneta 24 February 1879 and is buried in Fought cemetery near Wapakoneta. Hannah died at unknown date, but after 1870. Beside David's headstone are 4 small graves with worn, illegible small stones, as if for children. Since, in 1830, the census shows he had two daughters under 5 years of age and the next known child was born in 1834, we can assume at least 2, perhaps all 4, of these stones are for his children.

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Bigelow Jonathan [Male] b. 22 FEB 1809 Ballston Spa, Saratoga Co, NY - d. 10 JAN 1876 Washington Twp., Paulding Co, OH

Jonathan was a farmer and a local preacher of New Light or Christian Persuasion. This family is on the 1850 and 1860 censuses of Auglaize county, OH. Jonathan died on 10 January 1876 and his widow on 05 June 1884 - she age 72-10-10. Both are buried in Fought Cemetery, Washington township, Paulding, OH.

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Bigelow Ittia [Male] b. ABT. 1810 Ballston Spa, Saratoga Co, NY - d. AFT. 1880

When the War of 1812 ended, the family moved to central Ohio along with other of their relatives. They settled first at Madison county. There on 08 July 1830 Ittia married Mary Hyzer. We have no record of her birth date or parents, but she was from Kentucky (see below). Ittia is found in Madison county on the 1840 and 1850 censuses, but later in life is found in Paulding county. We do not have a death date for him, but he was living in 1880.

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Bigelow Martin [Male] b. ABT. 1833 - d. ABT. 1908

Martin served in the Civil War in 180th Inf., OH Volunteers. We do not have his death data (Obit in Auglaize Republican Wapakoneta Ohio, 17 Dec 1908)(see below). This family resided in Logan township, Auglaize co., OH. According to death records he is supposed to be the father of Juliet, Dianna and Dora Bigelow. The mother is Charlotte Harris, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth Bradford Harris. No birth records found and no marriage record for him and Charlotte. When Charlotte did get married she was married under her maiden name.(

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Bigelow Freedom [Male] b. 31 MAR 1833 Madison Co, OH - d. 26 JUL 1908 Latty, Paulding Co, OH

It is not known when Freedom and his family moved, but by 1880 they were living in Paulding co, OH and there Freedom eventually became blind. He died on 26 Jan 1908 at Latty, Paulding co, OH and was then a widower so we assume that she died some time after 1904 and before 1908.

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Bigelow Elias [Male] b. ABT. 1840 - d. 19 MAR 1936 Boyne City, MI

He worked at a saw mill in Boyne City, where his brother Freedom, & Grandsons Thomas B. Bigelow and John W. Bigelow both worked. He continued to resided in the Boyne City Michigan area for the remainder of his life. It is thought that his (1) wife died there ? date unknown. Elias died 19 Mar. 1936 ( 96 years) Boyne City, Michigan.

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Bigelow George Washington [Male] b. 24 SEP 1853 Canaan Twp., Madison Co, OH - d. 17 FEB 1891 Antwerp, Carryall Twp., Paulding Co, OH

born 24 September 1853 -- Canaan Twp., Madison Co. Ohio. Died 17 February 1891 (37 years 4 months 24 days) of Consumption, in Paulding Co., Carryall Twp. Antwerp, Ohio

Married (1) Sarah Elizabeth Miars (Unknown date) daughter of Martin and Elmira (Van Tress) Miars of Clinton co., Union Twp. Ohio. She was born 7 February 1860 in Auglaise or Clinton Co. Ohio. She Married (2) Charles Close ca 1894 ? Ohio. She died 1 October 1938 Alpena Co., Alpena, Michigan and is buried in the Michawaka Cemetery, Michawaka, Indiana.

In later years George lived on a farm approximately 1.5 miles north of Antwerp, Paulding Co., OH.

He married Sarah E. Miars, d/o of Martin Miars and Elmira Van Tress, born 7 Feb. 1860 in Clinton Co., Union Twp., OH. She died 1 Oct 1938 in Alpena MI. Buried 2 Oct 1938 Mishawaka, IN. After the death of George in 1891 she and
the children moved to Hicksville, OH. She married (2) Perry Close and about 1897 they moved to Otsego Co., Gaylord, MI. They lived there 10 years, during which time the older boys, Thomas B., Martin, John W. and Louis S. married and remained in Michigan while she and her husband Perry Close and their three children moved to Mishawaka IN. After the 2nd husband died she lived with sons Thomas B. Bigelow and John W. Bigelow. She died at the residence of her son John W. Bigelow in Alpena, MI.

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Bigelow John William [Male] b. 15 FEB 1886 Paulding Co, OH - d. 12 DEC 1958 Bowling Green, VA

Additional Information:
At age 16 years John left home to work in "the woods." He worked in the Pigeon River area near Wolverine,
Michigan. (1904 - 1908) With in the year he was drawing full "Lumber Jack" pay. He had a way with horses so it
wasn't long before he was a "teamster" handling a team of horses, skidding and hauling logs from the cutting site to
the river to be floated down river to the Mill.

Soon tracks were laid for a small (Narrow gage) railroad system. The trains were steam engines called "Donkeys".
They were used for hauling logs to the mill. First the engines hauled small logs for fuel, but eventually they hauled the
"Big Timber" to the Mills. It wasn't long before John had the job of "firing" the engines. This experience served him
well, and provided the knowledge for his future work with "steam boilers" and railroad work .

About 1910, John and his wife Mina, along with two older brothers, Thomas and his wife Kate, and Martin and his
wife Mable and their son Raymond left Michigan and moved to the North Idaho town of Kootenai, on Lake Ponderay,
where they found work in the saw mills. Brother Thomas and his wife returned to Michigan about a year later. Brother
Martin his wife and son went on to Spokane, Washington, where they remained for rest of their lives.

Their Second child Katherine was born in Hope, Idaho in 1913. The following summer (1914) it was decided that Mina and Kate should return
to Michigan to "show off the baby" to the Grandparents. John took them to Sand Point to catch the train. As they said their Good-Byes, he
decided to go along with her on the trip. They never returned, leaving all their possessions in Idaho.

About 1914 - 1915 the family moved to Chicago, Ill, were he worked at a war plant,"The Rubberee". This lasted until about 1918 - 1919 when
they returned to Michigan at Boyne City when their 3rd child John William Bigelow II was born.

About 1920 he found work with the Grand Trunk Railroad, in Durand, Michigan. John and the growing family settled in the near by town of
Owosso, Michigan, living their until 1931. In 1925/26 he was laid off from the Railroad , but found work at "Fields" Auto Body Plant in Owosso.
He worked at tending the boilers, and as a night watchman.

Part of the Fields property was used as a Circus grounds, and John would get free passes for the family to all the shows that came to town.
He also became acquainted with some of the "Show People." The Hagenbeck - Wallace and the Ringling Brother Barnum and Baily Circuses
were regular events along with the "Wild West Shows" including one with "Tom Mix."

In this same time frame, John was some involved in "Boot-Legging" Nothing real serious, mostly making and selling liquor by the bottle to
individuals. At one house party some members of the Detroit "Purple Gang" came. A little later one of their good friends, who was a member
of the Police Department, dropped in for a drink. For a few moments things were tense. Someone managed to explain that the police were
good friends, and half drawn guns were holstered, and everyone proceeded to have a good time. Shortly their after he got out of the
"Boot-Legging" business.

John lost his job at Fields about 1929, but found work at Robin's Furniture Company of Owosso. He worked as a "Boiler tender" and Night
Watchman. (Robin's is Still in Business - 1996) Then because of the fading economy, he was laid off again. This was the beginning of the
Great Depression, and he was out of work a lot of the time.

In 1931, with help from his brother Tom, he got a job at the Thunder Bay Quarry Co. in Alpena, Michigan. He worked as a Fireman on a
locomotive which was used to haul limestone from the quarry to the crusher. On October 31, 1931 he moved the family to Alpena, Michigan
where he continued to work as a "Fireman" and then as an "Engineer" on the Railroad until 1948 when the company went out of business.

His children married, he bought a 40 acre farm in Gaylord, Michigan which was previously owned by his wife's Aunt Adeline (Wise) Bingham.
Both he and the wife found work at the Gaylord Tuberculosis Sanitarium. They worked until the facility closed in 1950.

He and his wife then moved to Mississippi and stayed with their daughter Kay Ackerman and her husband, while he looked for work. Not
finding any work in the area, they moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico staying temporarily with their daughter Monieca (Neysa) and her
husband Ken until he found work tending boiler at the State Girls Correctional Home. Mina found a job as a Cook at the same facility.

They later moved to Fredericksburg, Virginia near Bowling Green Virginia, where his daughter Kay
and her husband Wayne lived. He found work tending boiler at Mary Washington College in
Fredericksburg. At this time his son John W. Bigelow II, along with his family moved to
Fredericksburg from Alpena, Michigan.

Later he became ill and he and his wife moved in to an apartment in their daughters home in
Bowling Green Va. He died their of Cancer on December 12th, 1958.

His wife continued to live with her daughter, and her husband L. Wayne Ackerman. She lived their
until her death on July 18th, 1961. She died of a heart attack, while visiting the home of her former
son-in-law, Charles Poirier, at Long Lake, Alpena CO. Alpena, Michigan.

Both John and Mina are buried at the cemetery in Bowling Green, approximately 2.5 miles from the
home of daughter Kay Ackerman.

Residences:
1.1886 to 1891 : Paulding Co., 1.5 miles north of Antwerp, Ohio.
2.1892 to 1897: Hicksville, Ohio
3.1887 to 1908: Otsego Co., Gaylord, Michigan.
4.1908 to 1910: Boyne City Michigan
5.1911 to 1914: Kootenai, Idaho
6.1914 / 1915: Boyne City, Michigan
7.1915 to 1918: Chicago, Ill.
8.1918 / 1919: Boyne City, Michigan.
9.1920 to 1922: Owosso, Michigan
10.1922 to 1923: Corunna, Michigan.
11.1923 to 1931: Owosso, Michigan.
12.1931 to 1946: Alpena, Michigan.
13.1946 to 1948: Gaylord, Michigan.
14.1948 to 19??: Mississippi
15.19?? to 19??: Albuquerque, New Mexico.
16.19?? to 1961: Bowling Green, Virginia

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Armentrout George [Male] b. 1833

he served in the Civil War and they had 6 more children. Rachel and George had three small children when she died. How did she die? A record, almost illegible, in Plain City (poss. Darby Cem.) shows a Rachel Armentrout (looked like born 1851 but almost illegible).

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Bigelow Harrison Topliff [Male] b. 25 MAR 1825 Barnard, VT - d. 28 MAR 1846

died at sea

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Bigelow Loren Dr. [Male] b. 22 FEB 1792 Williamston, Orange Co, VT - d. 24 FEB 1876 Palmyra, Portage Co, OH

Loren was a well known physician in Palmyra

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Bigelow Timothy L. [Male] b. 20 DEC 1794 Williamston, Orange Co, VT - d. JUL 1863 Chicago, IL

born at Williamstown, Orange, VT on 20 December 1794. The family early migrated to Portage county, OH settling near Palmyra. He married (1)13 March 1817 at Palmyra, with his father officiating, Annis Ruggles. She could have been born at New Milford, Litchfield, CT but records aren't clear. She died 05 November 1823 and he married (2)18 May 1826 Almira Lord who was the daughter of Ichabod and Rebecca (Carley) Lord (see below), and born 21 December 1804 at Brookfield, Orange co, VT. Almira, or Elmira, died 10 January 1863 at Port Byron, Rock Island, IL. She is buried there, in Cordova township, with members of her family. Timothy and his family lived Shalersville, OH until the 1830's when they moved to Camanche tounship, Clinton, IA. Timothy was a skilled smith and metalworker. Due to the shortage of coins on the frontier, he established the "Bigelow Mint", and turned out hard currency. This was against the law, however, and in 1847 he was sentenced to federal prison. In 1850, he was enumerated at Alton State Prison, Madison county, IL while his wife was living in Rock Island, IL where she again was enumerated in 1860 and he was in a prison in Chicago. (Family tradition says that during the Civil War, Timothy L. was on parole and worked for the U.S. Mint in Denver, but the mint did not exist then and no proof has been found of this event). Timothy died in the Chicago prison in June 1863 and was buried in a potter's field next to the prison. Tradition says Timothy had 4 children by his first wife. Reconstructing the family from probate, land records, census, cemetery records and other legal documents, we present the following as his family:

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Bigelow Warren D. [Male] b. 29 JAN 1845 Portage Co, OH - d. 21 DEC 1903 Adams Co, IL

He died of pneumonia contracted when he got over-tired sitting up nights with a sick grandchild. He was a self-taught school teacher and principal in IL.

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Bigelow Timothy III [Male] b. 8 MAR 1818 Shalesville, Portage Co, OH - d. 26 APR 1891 Second Mace, Custer Co, CO

born at Shalersville(Palmyra according to some records), Portage, OH on 08 March 1818. He married on 24 November 1842 at Morrison, Whiteside, IL Elizabeth R. Bacon. She was born 1825 in NY State. From Illinois, they went briefly to Pleasant Prairie, Kenosha co, WI, then to Spring Prairie, Racine co, WI. On the 1850 census of Clinton county, IA, Timothy is found under the name of "Timothy Bigola". From 1851 to about 1863, they settled in Camanche township, Clinton co, IA and then moved into Colorado. He was a blacksmith by trade and died at Second Mace, Custer co, CO on 26 April 1891 and is buried at Beulah, Pueblo co, CO. His widow is listed on the 1890 census of Clinton co, IA at the home of her son Alvin and listed as insane. She allegedly died at Chattanooga, TN, but her mental capacity and death location is totally unproved.

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Bigelow Lorenzo [Male] b. 1819 Shalesville, Portage Co, OH - d. 3 JUN 1860 Camanche Twp., Clinton Co, IA

d 03 June 1860 Camanche, IA in a tornado

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Bigelow Joseph Alvin [Male] b. 12 OCT 1845 Spring Prairie, WI - d. 20 APR 1916 Beulah, Pueblo Co, CO

They had 6-7 children. Joseph or John Alvin Bigelow was a Blacksmith but delved in several other fields of occupation. Took family to CO in 1889 by covered wagon along with relatives named Roscoe. They went to Pueblo, then Red Creek Springs where there was a large health resort and a large number of springs (13 springs, some hot and some cold but all of mineral content--now all dried up never to return). Then to Babcock Hole to Hardscrabble Cr. and established camp upstream from the village of Greenwood where J. Alvin unloaded his balcksmith tools and shoed the horses, set the wagon tires and make recessary repairs. This was near where Kit Carson Rock now is--or early significance to State of CO. From here,the family went to Greenwood, south to the "little village of Beulah). J. Alvin erected a shop and engaged in blacksmithing.
From Beulah, CO, they moved to Second Mace (early history, Beulah CO was known as Maces Hole named for notorious horse thief and outlaw in general by the name of Juan Mace who holed up in a cave nearby. He brought horses from NM and WY and pastured them in mountains west of Beulah until he could dispose of them to his monetary advantage. This mountain area later on became known as "Second Mace". Mace was eventually apprehended.
After a couple years in Beulah he homesteaded in Second Mace 1891, to 160 acres immediately west of "Bigelow Divide". Children at that time in order were Art, Grace, Ray, Glenn and Bert. They built a log house and blacksmith shop. A town grew up there, and a school built. A Mr.McConnel and J. Alvin built seats, desks,blackboards, etc. which served for many years. A family named Fairchild were there but moved to San Isabel City and he became interested in mining and prospecting then committed suicide.
John Alvin was blacksmith, ranch manager, Justice of the Peace, community dance fiddler; also acquired a medical library and treated neighbors which, at that time, was not unlawful to set broken bones or officiate in childbirth, etc., but cases beyond his knowledge, me would demand they bring a doctor from some place. Later every small village had a doctor. J. Alvin and son Art made their first two wagons; a large heavy one and a small one.
J. Alvin's wife, Almeda, knitted stockings, mittens, wristlets, etc., and made everything the children wore except shoes or boots. One winter she made 1600 pounds of butter which they took to the stores in Florence, CO. She bought blue denim by the bolt and made their overalls. Calico for dresses were 3 cents a yard. It took 5 yards for a dress, so it cost 15 cents. The school was 2 miles from home, so Grace, Ray and Glenn rode horseback or burro back. Horses were faster! Their teacher's name was Miss Anna Burns who later married Francis Lee Hughlit, long time chief engineer of CO State Hosp. Miss Hattie Bollinger became their teacher and later married their brother Art Bigelow. A cousin lived with them one winter and made snow skiis for each of the younger boys (first they had heard of). They skiid in the exact spot where in 1973 there was a popular ski course. They also used them to go to school.
A Mr. Wilcox moved a sawmill to their ranch and made lumber from pine and spruce (Douglas fir). Their share of the lumber was used to construct a sizeable barn and sheds for the protection of horses and cattle. Some was freighted to Florence and sold to a lumber dealer for which they received $10.00 per thousand feet at that time. They started making railroad ties, which were narrow gauge and made from red spruce (Douglas fir) and had to be hewn with a broad axe, now sawed. They, too, were freighted to Florence and sold to a Mr. White who operated a feed store at Main St., and Pike Avenue where First National Bank now is. Mr. White was an agent for the Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad co. and the ties were used in building the railroad from Florence to Cripple Creek. Other people also made ties and sold them to Mr. White. This little narrow gauge railroad operated many years bringing gold ore from the Cripple Creek area to the reduction mills and smelter at Florence, CO and had the distinction of paying off its indebtedness the quickest of any railroad in the US. A Mr. Hadley had been associated with Mr. White in the Feed Store.
Bigelows had purchased a larger and better ranch down what is known as Bigelow Creek and where Glenn had completed seven grades of Schooling. His father arranged for him to go to Beulah and take 8th grade in a larger school. The next spring they returned to Second Mace. See Glenn's notes for more information on him.

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