William Hubbard 7 BIGELOW


William and Alta...Richville

16163.E3     William Hubbard 7 BIGELOW, son of Moses Foster 6(John 5, John 4, Joshua 3, Joshua 2, John 1), and Mary (BARDWELL) BIGELOW, was born at Conway, Franklin, MA on 29 July 1826. His parents lived in Conway, MA for several years and then, in 1856, moved to Phelps, NY returning to Conway some time later. He married Alta D. SMITH on 06 February 1852. She was born at Minerva, NY on 23 February 1828 at Paulet, VT????? This family resided in Richville, St Lawrence, NY where he died in 08 July 1899 and she in 1915. William listed in 1860 Census DeKalb, also a Mary Bigelow but no others found. William attended college in Albany, NY and was an office worker.
     William H. Bigelow died at Richville 08 July 1898 of injuries inflicted by a colt that he was trying to harness.  He and his brother Dexter Bigelow both left descendants in the area.  William H. is ancestor of Elwin K. Bigelow of Richville, NY who did research for FORGE article with Ruth Beaman of Ogdensburg, NY.  (FORGE, Vol.7, No.4, October 1978, p. 67). 
     A sideline story: In September of 1997, I visited Richville and found the headstones of William's brother Dexter 7 and others. There is a road sign in Richville with an arrow and the legend "BIGELOW". BIGELOW is also on some maps of the area. The road from Richville to Bigelow is called the Richville-Bigelow road on some maps as well. BIGELOW consists of about 20-30 houses, most in bad shape and unrepaired. There was a mine there in the 1800's and could have been an operation of H.H. BIGELOW, who was an unsuccessful copper mine owner in this era. The foundations of this rather large enterprise are still visible, and a local resident talked of the mine but knew no Bigelows or what was mined. This resident lived at Bigelow Corners ( a four corner intersection, just outside Bigelow on the way to DeKalb). I didn't visit DeKalb this trip but hope to soon. ROD 10/97.
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Children of William Hubbard and Alta (SMITH) BIGELOW, all born at Richville, NY:

16163.E31t      Lora C. , also Lora A or E..?, b 17 Aug 1854; d 22 June 1932; m 07 Feb 1872 Albion DEAN b 31 Mar 1850 Wells, VT; d 1927; res Richville, NY. (see below)

16163.E32       Harriet A. "Hattie", b 22 June 1857; d __ 1939; m 05 July 1876 Henry T. Evans; resided Richville.

16163.E33       Mary, b 28 June 1859; d  _____ 1941; m 26 Aug 1882 Warren Foster; (he b 08 Jan 1850 Haskell, TN, d 08 Sept 1943 Richville)

16163.E34t      James Elbert, b 19 Apr 1861; d 31 Dec 1918; m Jessie Cross (b 1866; d _____ ); 6 children; 

16163.E35       Judson, b 19 Aug 1866; d ___ 1913; m Florence Crary; (see below).

16163.E36t      Elwin Marson, b 09 July 1869 Richville,St. Lawrence co, NY;d 02 Aug 1948 Richville,St. Lawrence co, NY; m  06 Dec 1899 Blanche Etta Cross.  She was born 30 Oct 1880 at DeKalb, NY.  DeKalb records of 1910 list Elwin's mother living in next house with grandaughter, Leona Murphy, age 16 and they they lived on Elbert E. Bigelow Road.  Elwin died on 02 Apr 1948? at Richville.  His widow died on 31 Mar 1955 at Syracuse, NY. He was a contractor, Richville; 5 children.

16163.E37       Leona V., b 17 Dec 1870/2; d ___ 1893; m William Henry Murphy; dau Leona Murphy age 16?? in 1910; also a dau Vera Murphy, who m Herschel Mcintyre; (see below)

Sources:
The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Volume II, page 183;
Howe,Bigelow Family of America
Grave Photos by Anne M. Cady, June 2004
correspondence between Bigelow Society and descendant of brother's family; 
See "Forge" January 2002, Vol. 31, No.1, page 17 for article about Bigelow, NY (area where William Hubbard Bigelow's family settled from Massachusetts about 1823 when they came in a covered wagon.
Cemetery records and E-mail from descendant Gloria DEAN;
Hi: I'm Gloria Dean from Springport, Michigan and I am looking for information on Cora Bigelow who was born in 1855 and she was married on Feb. 6, 1871 to Albion Dean who was born March 31, 1851. They resided in DeKalb, St. Lawrence County, New York. Any connection to your family? Thanks!

According to Big Soc info it was Lora E. BIGELOW, b 17 Aug 1854; d 22 June 1932; m 07 Feb 1872 Albion DEAN b 31 Mar 1850 Wells, VT; d 1927 where?; residence Richville which is near DeKalb. I visited this area on the 24 Sept 1997 and took pictures of graves of Dexter E (7), brother of Lora's father, William Hubbard (7) BIGELOW; William was listed in the 1860 Census in DeKalb. He was born at Conway Franklin co, MA on 29 July 1826. He married Alta D. Smith 06 Feb 1852. She was born in Minerva, NY on 23 Feb 1828 at Paulet, VT??????(don't ask me) William died 1899 and Alta 1915 in the Richville DeKalb area. There is a small hamlet not far from Richville/DeKalb called "Bigelow". I visited this spot too but very little info gathered. See Hamlet of Bigelow. Only about 20-25 houses including Bigelow corners.

New 01/25/2009:
Hello Sir,
                My name is  Tammy Dampier.I was born In Potsdam NY, I currently live in NewHampshire with my husband and two dauhgters.I saw your site while searching for family history. I nearly fell over. William Henry Murphy was my great great grandfather and he married Leona Bigelow. They had two children Leona Murphy and Vera Murphy.Vera was my Great grandmother and she was married to Herschel Mcintyre. They lived in Dekalb NY. They had 5 children Maynard, Elwood, Leland, Grace and Charlotte. Charlotte was my grandmother. Grace was born in 1910 and was the last member of the family to pass this February 7th 2007. Aunt Grace had told me a few years back a little about the Bigelow family. She told me some of the names and I have been searching the web for information. My grandmother Charlotte had told me the story about Williams death. As she wanted me to be careful around our horses. So I was surprised to see that story on line. My question is regarding Leona and Henry. Do you have any further information on the Murphy family? Could you tell me where I could possibly find out? Thank you for your time. God Bless Tammy Dampier
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Leona V. (Bigelow) Murphy


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Modified - 01/25/2009
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