John William 7 BIGELOW
Worcester Rural Cemetery; Worcester, Worcester County, MA
16815.341 William Blake, b 05 Feb 1852 Medford, MA; d 27 Oct 1926 (aged 74) Amherst, MA. (see below)
16815.342 Annie, b 20 Jan 1855 Medford; d ____ ; m 01 Oct 1874 at Newport to Charles F. McKim.
16815.343 Samuel Lee, b 23 Aug 1856 St. James, France; d 26 Aug 1856 France.
16815.344 Marie, b 20 June 1861 Boston.
Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Volume. II page.260;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
Find a Grave
John W, Obituary
Son of John and Abigail (Richardson) Bigelow.
From the "New York Tribune" (New York, NY), 28 Aug 1883:
Newport, R. I., Aug. 27. -- John W.
Bigelow, of New York, was found dead in his bed at his cottage in
Washington St.
In some way it was at first announced that the dead man was Joshua
R. Bigelow, of Boston.
John W. Bigelow was recently rescued from drowning and at the time
there was a rumor that he had attempted suicide.
His death is now attributed by some to suicide, but his friends
say that he died a natural death.
It is admitted that he was financially crippled by recent reverses
in mining speculations, and that he had become melancholy on that
account.
From the "New York Herald," (New York,
NY), 28 Aug 1883:
....He leaves a son and two daughters, one of whom (Annie) is the
wife of C. F. (Charles Follen) McKim, a well known architect.
The son is also a member of Mr. McKim's firm and a member of the
New York University Club.
The deceased's wife is a leader of one of the fashionable circles
in Newport and a member of the Town and Country Club.
The body of Mr. Bigelow was taken to Worcester, Mass., for burial
yesterday morning.
Subject: Bigelow
Inquiry
Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 14:50:24 -0400
From: SEdidin@nyhistory.org
I am a researcher at the New-York Historical Society
interested in finding out information on William B. Bigelow,
a New York architect who worked during the late 19th and early
20th centuries.
His parents were John W. and Annie B. Bigelow and
he was born in Massachusetts. He worked with McKim and Mead in the
firm McKim, Mead and Bigelow in the 1870s and then as director of
design with Herter Brothers.
He seems to "disappear" then. I have traced him to
Cambridge, Mass in the 1910 census where he lived in a boarding
house. If you have any
information on this Bigelow I would be very grateful.
Thank you.
Lois Stainman
New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024
email: sedidin@nyhistory.org
rodbigelow@netzero.net 
