Dexter E. 7 BIGELOW
Burial stones found in 1997 in Richville, NY. (L-R)
[B]
Dexter
Frances
Edwin
F.
Belle
Bigelow
His
Wife
Miller
Miller
1823-1902
1825-1902
1862-192?
Parker
Miller stone below is in back of these
1851-1936
16163.E2 Dexter E. 7
BIGELOW, son of Moses Foster 6(John 5, John 4,
Joshua 3, Joshua
2, John 1), and
Mary (BARDWELL) BIGELOW, was born 02 February 1823 (3 1/2 months
after his
brother?) Conway, Franklin co, MA and married on 27 June 1843 Frances
Maria
BOOTH, the daughter of Josiah and Maria (SMITH) BOOTH, born 02 February
1827.
This family resided for a time in MA and then moved to Richville,
St. Lawrence co, NY where they both died in 1902. Richville is about
5
miles NE from Gouverneur, NY and there is a road called
Bigelow-Richville
Rd, that takes you to the Hamlet of Bigelow,
which
consists of about 10-20 houses all told. Most of the the houses are in
disrepair.
There was once a mine there, but I don't know much more than that. I
did
find some old foundations near the railroad track that looked like it
might
have been the station at one time. There was a H.H. BIGELOW who mined
copper
near Canton, NY (about 10-12 miles NE). I don't know his genealogy
line.
I will post pictures here, maybe a map. (see
below)
.
Children of Dexter E. and Frances M. (BOOTH) BIGELOW:
16163.E21 Edwin Eugene, b 09 July 1844 Conway, MA; d
____ 1921(others say 1907) Richville; m (1) 28 Mar 1862 Elizabeth Ann
COUNTRYMAN and (2) Belle PARKER (? see stone above); 7
children.
16163.E22 Allen James, b 09 Sept 1845
Zoar,
MA; d _____; m Clara A.Wainwright; 2 children.
16163.E23 Isabella Fidelia, b
13 July 1851 Whatley, MA; d _____ ; m 05 July 1867 Delbert Parker; 1 child (see
below)
16163.E24 Alzina, b 01 Aug 1854
DeKalb, NY; d 01 Apr 1857 Richville, NY.
16163.E25 Andrew Lincoln, b 18 Jan 1860;
d 12 Dec 1923; m Emily Scott; 1 known child.
Sources:
The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Volume II, page 182;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
vital records various towns in MA, NY;
cemetery inscriptions;
Parker in America; p 384;
"DeElbert Parker of Gouverneur, NY; m 1867 Isabelle F. Bigelow, b Whatley, MA
1851; lived NY City, 1 child: Panelle Parker".
"FORGE" January
2002, Vol. 31, No.1, page 17,
Dexter E. Bigelow, namesake of Bigelow, New York, in St. Lawrence Co.,
(upstate New York) just south of Ogdensburg. A tiny hamlet of
Bigelow, it cannot be found on a map, as today there are only a couple
of houses and the old post office/store still remaining. There
are no signs as you enter the hamlet from either direction. There
is, in fact, only one sign now bearing the name of Bigelow and it is
found in the nearby village of Richville, in front of the church, as it
points you in the direction of the hamlet with the appropriage
arrow. A newspaper clipping from a local paper around 1900 (name
of paper not known) explains how the hamlet obtained its name.
"Mrs. Greenhill has been painting the old Bigelow homestead for Mrs.
Isabel Parker, daughter of Dexter Bigelow. The architectural
design in the gable has been brought out by Mrs. Greenhill, it being
painted royal blue. Dexter Bigelow and son Allen Bigelow ran a
pump house to supply the engines with water, a short distance from
where our present depot now stands. People were told to stop at
Bigelow's pump house. Two years later, Allen Bigelow invented a
pump that worked mechanically, and by this invention, both men lost
their jobs. This was about seventy-seven yuears ago. The
Bigelows came from Massachusetts in a covered wagon and settled where
the old homestead now stands.[in or about 1900] Dexter's brother,
William Hubbard Bigelow, also settled in the same area. His
grandson, Elwin Leon (son of Elwin Marson Bigelow) married Florence
Greenhill in September 1934. see article for exerpts from
Florence's memoir of the hamlet of Bigelow.
Note:
From: Paula Carpenter: SunnyInTexas4@aol.com
Date: 11/19/04
I would like to invite you to go check out my Family Tree at:
My grandmother was Janette Bigelow Stevens,her husband was Henry
W.
Stevens,both from Richville,St.Lawrence Co.,NY.
Jeanette's parent's were,Edwin Eugene Bigelow and Elizabeth Ann
Countryman.
Found the whole experience really emazeing.My whole family is
excited with all the new people I've found on both sides of our family.
Thanks for keeping the Bigelow Site going. I check it out all the time.
Thanks for taking the time to read this e-mail,and all the work
you
do for the Bigelow Site.....Sunny (Paula Carpenter )
Bigelows:
Bigelow,
Albert Charles(b. 05 Dec 1916, d. 21 Apr 1983)
Bigelow,
Albert R(b. 04 Jul 1878, d. 02 Sep 1926)
Bigelow,
Allen James(b. 09 Sep 1845)
Bigelow,
Allen Kenneth(b. 15 Feb 1913, d. 04 Dec 1986)
Bigelow,
Alzina(b. 01 Aug 1854, d. 01 Apr 1857)
Bigelow,
Andrew Lincoln(b. 18 Jan 1860, d. 12 Dec 1923)
Bigelow,
Athur Linel(b. 19 Feb 1888, d. 01 Nov 1937)
Bigelow,
Charles Henry(b. 15 Jun 1871)
Bigelow,
Cora May(b. 12 May 1869, d. 14 Sep 1901)
Bigelow,
Dexter E(b. 09 Feb 1823, d. 1902)
Bigelow,
Edwin Eugene(b. 09 Jul 1844, d. 1921)
Bigelow,
Edwin Worth(b. 16 Sep 1910, d. 01 Nov 1937)
Bigelow,
Ethel(b. Sep 1886, d. 20 Jan 1887)
Bigelow,
Francis Lorena(b. 11 May 1884, d. 18 Apr 1955)
Bigelow,
Geneva Imogene(b. 01 Mar 1911, d. 01 Mar 1958)
Bigelow,
Gorden Glen(b. 05 Aug 1919, d. 13 Mar 1997)
Bigelow,
Guy Eugene(b. 08 Oct 1908, d. 26 Dec 1908)
Bigelow,
Hazel Fern(b. 01 Mar 1928, d. 01 Aug 1989)
Bigelow,
Isabella Fidelia(b. 13 Jul 1851)
Bigelow,
Jeanette Lucy(b. 06 Sep 1881, d. 1952)
Bigelow,
Laurestine Elizabeth(b. 09 Oct 1915, d. 2004)
Bigelow,
Lauretta Gertrude(b. 11 May 1884, d. 14 Jun 1952)
Bigelow,
Leon David(b. 16 Dec 1935, d. 01 Oct)
Bigelow,
Lisle Ernest(b. 09 Dec 1923, d. 20 Dec 1996)
Bigelow,
Merlin Lee(b. 05 Sep 1931, d. 12 Jul 1973)
Bigelow,
Moses Foster
Bigelow,
Otis Melvin(b. 15 Nov 1909, d. 01 Nov 1937)
Bigelow,
Theron Fay(b. 15 Nov 1929, d. 06 Sep 1989)
Bigelow,
Ward Dexter(b. 1917, d. 01 Jun 1997)
Modified - 09/16/2010
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