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Bigelow Nelson Glenn [Male] b. 7 DEC 1887 Ayr, Adams Co, NE - d. 17 SEP 1977 Florence, Fremont Co, CO
In 1921 "Glenn" was injured in a mine accident and was bedridden for nearly two years with blood poisoning. Aurelia cared for him at home. She had been told that his chances of living were improbable. During this time they lost their house by fire. They moved to another house on the ranch which was scantily furnished. Their son had nephritis from which he recovered during this time. Sold Ranch and purchased property in Greenwood where they had a small motel and grocery business. Their son attended school at Wetmore. Aurelia managed the business and Glenn took a road job which did not pay much. They moved to Alma, CO where Glenn became a placer miner. They returned to Greenwood and their son graduated from High School in Florence and soon thereafter was married. Glenn and Aurelia moved to Pomona,CA and worked in a mental institution known as Pacific Colony. Then they worked at the CO State Hospital where Glenn worked for eight years. Aurelia worked at her nursing jobs mostly under Dr. Rupert of Florence, CO, then joined Glenn at the CO State Hospital to work. They purchased property at 432 E. 2nd St., Florence. Glenn retured at age 65 in 1952. He had an infected gall bladder which was removed at Florence Hosp. Glenn and Aurelia were chosen King and Queen of Pioneer Day celebration in 1952. Glenn was soon after operated on for sympathectomy in Denver due to a stoppage of circulation in the right leg. Shortly after this, Aurelia had a severe heart attack and they had to remain in Denver for three months. She never regained her health fully but did a certain amount of nursing at Fremont county Hospital. They cared for an infant for a while for a working mother, a boy. The parents became divorced and Glenn wrote "the case became so complex it is indescribable." But they enjoyed two summers in Greenhorn Mountains south of Florence, elevation 10,000 feet. They took over an abandoned cabin, repaired and added to it and made a very cute and comfortable home. After returning to Florence, Aurelia became very ill, was hospitalized and underwent surgery, was sent to a nursing home and died on August 1, 1973. They were married 49 years. Glenn wrote his autobiography from the same nursing home where he continued to stay. This was in 1973. Nelson died 17 Sept 1977 (in a nursing home in Florence, CO which is the last place I saw him in 1970)
Dexter was a blacksmith as were so many of his relatives and before his marriage went to CA where he was a blacksmith for Capt. Sutter of Gold Rush fame (1850). Dexter returned to the east and married on 04 September 1856 Sarah Rathburn who was born in 1835. In 1880 census Dexter is at Port Byron township, Rock Island, IL. Age of Sarah on this census is 35! After Dexter died on 22 March 1862 at Cordova, Rock Island, IL, Sarah married William R. Curtis.
born at Dummerston, Windham, VT on 20 October 1795. When he was but a boy, his father moved the family to Pennsylvania and settled in Westmoreland county. Israel was a physician and moved to Centre county, PA. His marriage records are scarce, but his first wife was Nancy A Soffer, born 09/06/1794 and died 08/26/1824. (see below) After Nancy's death Israel L 15923.71 married Sarah Miller, born 01/10/1799 and died 08/11/? (reported as Elizabeth and also Martha see below) Miller, born ca 1784, the daughter of Jesse (Miller) and Elizabeth (__) Miller of Westmoreland county. Israel died intestate in Washington township, about 1842, leaving a considerable family. His widow soon remarried, possibly to ______ Altman (a numerous name in that area). We have no further trace of her (she died between 1856 and 1860, over 72 yrs old) and are unable to satisfactorily name the children beyond the oldest son.
born on 05 April 1799 at Ballston Spa, Saratoga, NY. While a boy, his father moved the family to Center co., PA and there, on 31 August 1820 he married Elizabeth Custis who was born at Uniontown, PA on 13 September 1803. She was the daughter of George and Catherine (Leatherman) Custis. Lebbeus studied medicine and began practice in Greene county, PA and afterwards moved to Adamsburg, Westmoreland, PA where he was located for over thirty years. He was locally prominent in his profession, also served in politics. He was a member of the Reform Convention, in 1837, which met to revise the Constitution of Pennsylvania. He was elected to the State Legislature in 1851 and served three terms, was an active Mason as well as an Oddfellow. Elizabeth died in Belkeville, Huntington, PA on 29 September 1861, his widow. Lebbeus had died at Adamsburg on 10 February, 1859.
He was a practicing physician, first in Fayette co., PA and then moved to Plain City, Madison, OH where he continued practice. He was the first postmaster and held the office until 1848, when he resigned. He died in Plain City on 10 November, 1850 . Lydia died there 14 November 1854.
Eliphaz began the study of medicine and was in practice at the age of eighteen in Dauphin and Centre counties. In 1831, he moved his family to Mifflin county, PA and lived there until 1854, when he moved to Huntingdon county where he died, at Jackson township, 23 October 1868.
born 1 Mar 1819 in Lancaster county, PA. The family moved to Plain City, Madison county, OH about 1828. Timothy was one of fifteen children, and struck out on his own when quite young. He married, on 22 Mar 1838, Hannah Marshall of adjoining Clark county. She was born in Clark co, OH on 07 Mar 1819. They settled at Camp Chase, and Timothy became known as a farmer/rancher and horse breeder. Some years later he became interested in the Percheron type workhorse, and formed a business with Dr. Marcus Brown of Circleville. They bought and sold horses under tie name of Brown, Bigelow, & Co. Timothy died at Camp Chase 10 June 1876.
In 1851 Brown purchased in France a two year old named Normandie, and renamed him Pleasant Valley Bill. The popularity of the breed soon spread through Ohio, and in 1867 there were three Ohio firms all engaged in the business of importing Percherons. Bigelow was known as the leading team owner and one of the foremost horsemen of his time.
In 1866, at the World's Fair in Rouen, France, Napoleon #325 was awarded the first premium of his breed. He was a dapple-gray, weighing 1,640 pounds, and achieved his rank in competition with some 500 other stallions. The owner considered the beast as already sold to the imperial stable (as was the custom) and would put no price on him. Brown & Bigelow, however, through the influence of a court member --- most likely American minister John Bigelow --- secured a personal audience with Emperor Napoleon III. From the latter Bigelow obtained an order for the sale of the horse, paying an undisclosed high price.
Along with Napoleon #325, Brown and Bigelow obtained two other Percheron stallions, Black Robert and Duke of France. The three horses formed the nucleus of Bigelow's breeding stock, and the stallions were in constant demand. A history of the breed comments that it is ironic that one of the three (which one is not specified) later attacked Timothy C. Bigelow, and caused fatal injuries. Timothy died at Camp Chase 10 June 1876. His picture is shown at the upper left of the Forge cover.
William was a physician and served in the Mexican War as Sgt., from 1846 to 1848 and in the Civil War as Captain of Co. C, 45th Regt. PA. Vols. He resided in Stormstown, PA. 1880 census lists him as being born OH. Both William and Mary (census says middle name Jane) living at Half Moon township, Centre, PA in 1900 with two grandsons. William Gantz Bigelow died 28 November 1900 according to application for widows pension filed by wife Mary Jane Bigelow age 49. She was married to ____ Ross and divorced about 3 years before marrying William according to same document. Further documents state Mary remarried to John H. Sones, who died 20 May 1910
He had enlisted in the army on 28 February 1865 and served in the last days of the Civil War. Soon after his marriage, he had moved to Washington, IA and practiced medicine until 1873 - he then moved back to Belleville and resumed practice there. He was well known for his surgery on various kinds of cancer.
Isaac was a blacksmith and monument rnaker. He served in the Civil War in Co. A, 46th Regt., PA Vols early in the war. Isaac died on 05 April 1925 at Greenfield, MO.
They resided at Parker City and had two children. Robert James Bigelow was a well known oil contractor and producer in Pennsylvania, California and Texas during the early days of the oil industry. He, with his brother, Charley, opened the famous Rosenberry Field (Pennsylvania) which produced many thousands of barrels of high grade oil. A Parkers Landing, Pennsylvania newspaper article published in July 1941, stated "The Bigelow brothers will always be remembered as honest, upright men by all with whom they were associated".
He is buried in Llano Cemetery, Amarillo, Texas. Robert died 27 July 1941 in Amarillo. Emaline died 03 August 1956 in Los Angeles, CA.
born 24 June 1886 at Parkers Landing, Parker City, PA. He married Clara Jane Daugherity on 21 December 1909 in Dayton, New Mexico. They were parents of six children, 5 boys and 1 girl who died as an infant. Clara Jane (Daugherity) was born 30 June 1888. Karl Kenneth Bigelow learned the oil business from his father, Robert James, and his uncle, Charles Amon, who discovered and opened the famous Rosenberry Field in Pennsylvania in the early years of the oil business. He and his father were pioneer oilmen in California and Texas for many years. Karl Kenneth died 06 February 1986, in Monterey Park, California. He is buried in Rose Hill Memorial Park, Whittier, CA. His wife, Clara Jane, died 16 August 1982, in Merced, California, and is also buried in Rose Hill Memorial Park.Karl Kenneth retired in 1943 and he and Clara moved from TX to CA where he was employed as a steam engineer by a Los Angeles based state-wide creamery producer and distributor. He retired a second time in 1956.
William was Manager, Covercar Corporation. William and Betty had one child. No children second Marriage.William graduated from Amarillo, TX High School in 1929. As a young man he worked in the oil fields of the Texas Panhandle with his father, Karl Kenneth, in the early 1930s. He moved to Southern California in 1937, where he was employed by the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation throughout world War II. He was divorced from his first wife in 1945 and married 17 april 1948 Arline Brown in Monterey Park, CA. By this time he had joined the Covercar Corporation, a Major nation-wide industrial laundry business. He was the Chief Purchasing Agent for their Uniform Division when he retired in 1973. He and Arline, then relocated to Central California where they lived until her death in 1996. He now lives with son, Berle Chandler, in Salinas,CA.
He married Olivia Belle Cargile, daughter of William Ira and Adeline Ethele (Tidwell) Cargile. Olivia was born 03 Jun 1914 in Birmingham, AL. She was a Secretary and Realtor Associate. William was Business Manager and Comptroller. He was with the Petroleum Industry in Beirut, Lebanon for fifteen years. They had no children. Orvis Karl graduated from Amarillo High School in 1929 and Amarillo college in 1933. He was an accountant with the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) from 1933 to 1935 in New Mexico, TX and CO. He was employed by Rowan and Co. and Knoll Transportation company from 1935 to 1940. At this time he moved to California and was accountant with Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation until 1947. He joined the Trans-Arabian Pipeline Co.in late 1947 and was assigned to their Headquarters in Bierut, Lebanon. He retired in 1963 and returned to the US. Soon after settling in Carmel, CA, he was appointed business manager of the Carmel Sanitary district until his second retirement in 1982. He and wife still live in Carmel CA.
He married Juanna Jo Wigham, on 03 March 1943 in the chapel of the Walla Walla, Washington Army Air Base. Edgar was in Military service December 1941 to February 1968 with the USAF (initially the Army Air Corps). He retired as Colonel. He received his BA from Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, Texas in 1939 (MAGNA CUM LAUDE). He was Captain of the HSU football team (selected as All-American for smaller colleges and universities in 1938) and Vice President of his Senior Class. Appointed 2nd Lt. in the U.S. Army AirCorps in May 1942. Assigned to Eighth Air Force in England 1943-1945 during W.W.II. He entered the Intelligence field of operations in 1950 and was given assignments in Turkey and South Vietnam during the period 1954 through 1963. Retired from the USAF in 1968 with rank of Colonel. He was a partner in Bigelow Construction Company, Inc., selling and constructing vacation homes in northern Virginia 1970-1980. He married Juanna Jo Wigham, daughter of Jack Hugh and Lila (Terry) Wigham. She was born 12 June 1924 in Panhandle, Texas. Lila was a Realtor. They had three children. Edgar graduated from Amarillo High School in 1934. He and Juanna now reside in Marina, California.
On 14 Sept 1947 in Honolulu, Hawaii, he married Marilyn A. S. Bradbury. They have two sons and one daughter. KK graduated from Amarillo High School, Amarillo, TX, in 1939. He completed two years of graduate education at the University of Colorado prior to joining the U.S.M.C. as a Naval Aviator in 1942. He was assigned to various stations in the Pacific Theatre during W.W.II. He was the Naval Air Attache, Bonn, Germany when he retired in 1964 to accept a position with the Harvey Aluminum Corporation as their representative in Germany. He was assigned to the home office of the Martin-Marietta Corporation in Washington, D.C. in 1968. Retired as a Vice-president of Martin-Marietta corporation in 1992. He and his wife now reside on Sanibel Island, Florida.
He graduated from Amarillo High School in 1942 and enlisted in the United States Navy, serving in the Pacific Theatre of Operations during W. W. II. He was discharged from the U.S.Navy in 1949 and was commissioned in the United States Air Force in 1950. His overseas assignments included Guam, Okinawa, Labrador, England, and Vietnam and Germany. He retired from the USAF in 1980 with rank of Colonel. On 14 May 1955 he married Marcia Gusman in Spokane, WA where they reside in 1999. They have four children.
Was headpainter for Johnson Oil Refinery for 22 years then operated MARVEL Boat Co. He had been a city policeman and a city councilman. Was a scoutmaster.
Elma was an artist and former member of the Marshalltown PTA and Marshall County Art Association. She lived in Laurel until moving to Marshalltown in 1901 where she was educated. Elma died 25 November 1994 Marshalltown, IA.
As a boy, he had moved with his parents to Plain City, Madison, OH and for ten years was a successfull farmer there. About 1857 he was appointed postmaster of Plain City and served for several years in addition to having a mercantile business. He was also very active in town positions, including Mayor and Justice of the Peace
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