John 6 BIGELOW
16A43.5 John 6 BIGELOW, son of Moses 5( Moses
4 , Ebenezer 3, Joshua2, John1),
and ___ (WING) BIGELOW, was born 15 June 1813 Steadham, Upper
Canada; (see below) (circa 1809-1814 in Vermont
(varying ages given on censuses)). As a youth he lived in New York state,
and there married, circa 1835, (1) Eliza Davis, who was born circa 1820 in
England. Before 1840 they moved to Ypsilanti, Washtenaw county, MI, where
the family was ennumerated in 1840. By 1850 he was in Calhoun county, near
Battle Creek, but before 1866 moved to Big Rapids, Mecosta County. There on
a small stream on the southeast edge of the community, he established both
a sawmill and a flouring mill. The latter was well-known in its time. John's
wife Eliza died between 1866 and 1869. Before 1873 he married (2)Lucetta
Decker. John retired in the 1880's to Grand Rapids, Kent county MI after
selling his many timber holdings and the mill, the transactions of which
are recorded in Mecosta county. He died in Grand Rapids 12 March 1898,
and is buried at Highland View cemetery, Big Rapids. (see below)We have no data on the second wife.
In the 1880's John Bigelow corresponded with Gilman
B. Howe, the Bigelow genealogist, and wrote in part: "My
grandfather's name was Moses, what his brothers' names were I don't know...My
father's name was Moses..My father's brother was Levi, and my father lived
with a man by the name of Arnold in Providence, RI, after his father was killed
at Quebec."
Children of John and Eliza (Davis) Bigelow:
16A43.51t Myron
Taylor, b 9 Dec 1836 NY; d 4 Mar 1912 Grand Rapids, MI; m Mary Elizabeth
Gilbert. 1 son.
16A43.52t Stephen
E., b 4 Mar 1838 Rochester, NY; d 31 May 1903 Big Rapids, MI; m
Mary E. Varney. 4 children.
16A43.53 Phebe A., b ca 1842 Ypsilanti.
Washtenaw co, MI; d ____ ; m (l) __ French; and (2) 13 Nov 1886 Moses
Abbey. She was a physician and practiced at Big Rapids. (see below)
16A43.54 Eunice E., b ca 1844 Ypsilanti,
MI.
16A43.55t William
Harrison, b 2 May 1847 Battle Creek, Calhoun co, MI; d 4 Mar 1940
Grand Rapids, MI; m 7 Mar 1894 Minnie Irene Cross. 4 children.
16A43.56 Martha M., b Feb 1850 Calhoun co,
MI.
16A43.57 Fred, b 1850's; went to CA.
Child of John Bigelow and Lucetta Decker:
16A43.58 John, b ca 1874 Big Rapids,
MI. disappeared (see below)
Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Volume. I page.352-353;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
censuses l840-1880 MI;
vital records MI; land deeds Mecosta co, MI;
history of Big Rapids, MI;
cemetery inscriptions, Highland View cemetery;
correspondence with family members;
See:
Bigelow, John 6
,#16A43.5( 1813-1898) Miller of Grain - Big Rapids, MI - From April 1984
Forge
Note1:
research of Alan E. Bigelow, Las Vegas, NV.
Email: bigaled53@aol.com
also see John 6 Bigelow Page 2;
Note2:
Modified - 07/29/2003
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