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Children of Levi H. and Ellen (Liverton) Bigelow:
12169.4131t Leon Levi, b 02 Nov 1882 Kent co, MI; d 04 Mar 1943 Gray's Harbor co, WA; m 01 June 1910 Marjory Girton ( she b 17 Jan 1884; d 21 Dec 1967); 2 children; note2 ;
12169.4132 Mabel, b 12 Feb 1891; d 24 July 1911; unmarried note2 and note
Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Volume. II page ;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
note2: family group sheet from Patricia
Bigelow;
U.S. Census 1840-1850-1860-1870;
note: Forge "The Bigelow Society Quarterly,
17 (2): 27, 30; 1988);
letter dated 20 April 2004 from Richard Hale Zimmerman ../rod2008a/zimmer02.htm
New Note 08/14/06:
From: Pamela Klein < carpediem@manabeads.com
> and
Richard H. Zimmerman < rhz1415@starpower.net
>
Samuel ( ), Bigelow, son of _____________ Bigelow and Mary (Lyman)
Bigelow, was born
In a letter from Richard Hale Zimmerman, 507
Leighton Ave., Silver Spring, Maryland 20901-4825, dated 20 Apr 2004:
"Samuel Bigelow was born in Connecticut, possibly Hartford, at some
point between 1775 and 1800. He is mentioned in G. B.
Howe's work, "Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America" in which the
information was supplied by his grandson, George
In this account, Samuel was supposed to have been born in 1776, his
father died soon after and his mother, Mary Lyman Bigelow, then married
a man named Conn. Dick Zimmerman was unable to confirm any of
this in his 13 March 2004 letter. U. S. Census records for 1810
through 1840 recorded only a range of years for those enumerated and
from these one can deduce a birth date for Samuel anytime between 1775
and 1800. Census records for 1850 (age 65) and 1860 (age 75)
indicate a birth date in the latter half of 1784 or the first half of
1785. His tombstone seen in July 2003 indicates that he died 23
December 1863 at age 81, indicating a birth date in 1782.
"...Census records show that he lived in Salisbury,
Litchfield County, Connecticut in 1810, 1820, 1830 after which he is
recorded in Streetsboro Township, Portage County, Ohio. Pat
Bigelow indicated that he moved to Streetsboro in 1833 ("Forge:
The Bigelow Society Quarterly" 17(2):27,30;1988) In Salisbury, he
married Phebe Minard (born 20 October 1793 in Salisbury) about 1809
"Forge, same ref". All eight of their children were born there
and the seventh, Hiram L., died when about a year old and is buried at
Town Hill Cemetery, Salisbury.
"...Portage County in northeastern Ohio is part of the
Western Reserve of Connecticut, also called New Connecticut, and this
entire region had many early settlers from Connecticut ("Harlan
Hatcher,
The Western Reserve; The Story of New Connecticut in Ohio,
Bobbs-Merrill
1949). The first settlers arrived in Streetsboro in 1822,
although
the Township itself did not become independent of the adjoining
townships
until 1827.
"Phebe Minard Bigelow died 18 July 1849 at the age of 56
years, 6 months (source: tombstone, Streetsboro Cemetery, Streetsboro
Twp., Portage Co., Ohio). In 1850, Samuel was recorded on the
U.S. Census with the family of his daughter and son-in-law, Mary and
Robert Smith. He married 4 November 1850 Elizabeth R. Bow (born
about 1798), who apparently survived him. He died 23 December
1863 and was buried in Streetsboro (source: U.S. Census 1810, 1820,
1830, 1840, 1850, 1860; Early Marriage
Bonds of Ohio - Portage Co.; Forge: The Bigelow Society Quarterly,
17(2):27,30;1988; family group sheet from Patricia Bigelow; tombstone,
Streetsboro Cemetery, Streetsboro Twp., Portage Co., Ohio)."
1.1.3 Levi Hurlburt Bigelow was born 17 Mar 1848 in Portage
Co.,
OH, and died 16 Mar 1919 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan. He
married
(1) 10 Mar 1870 Lucy E. Beckwith and they lived in Stow, Summit Co.,
OH,
in 1870. He moved to Ionia, Ionia Co., MI, before 1880 and apparently
married
(2) in 1880 after the census Ellen Liverton (18 Jul 1862-6 Mar 1941).
They
apparently moved to Kent Co., MI, before Nov 1882. He was a fireman on
a
railroad. (Forge: The Bigelow Society Quarterly, 17(2):27,30; 1988;
family
group sheet from Patricia Bigelow; U.S. Census 1850, 1860, 1870,
1880,
1900, 1910; Portage Co., Ohio marriages 1851-1899, vol. 2; information
from
Pamela Klein)
1.1.3.1 Leon Levi Bigelow was born 2 Nov 1882 in Kent Co.,
MI, and died 4 Mar 1953 in Gray’s Harbor Co., WA. He married 1 Jun 1910
Marjory
Girton (17 Jan 1884-21 Dec 1967). He moved to Aberdeen, Gray’s Harbor
Co.,
WA, between 1900 and 1912, where he owned a gas station/garage and
later
managed an auto dealership. (U.S. Census 1900, 1920, 1930; World War I
draft
registration card [Leon Levi Bigelow]; Washington Death Index,
1940-1996
[Leon L. Bigelow]; family group sheet from Patricia Bigelow)
1.1.3.1.1 James Lee Bigelow was born 24 Oct 1912 in Gray’s Harbor Co.,
WA and died 7 Jun 2001 when his residence was still Aberdeen. He
married
(1) 28 Jun 1931 Olyve Jacqueline Cross (13 Jul 1916-28 Jun 1951) and
(2)
29 May 1953 Louise Weatherwax. (U.S. Census 1920, 1930; Social Security
Death Index [James L. Bigelow]; family group sheet from Patricia
Bigelow)
1.1.3.1.1.1 Gretchen Lee Bigelow was born 13 Jun 1940 in Aberdeen,
Gray’s Harbor Co., Washington. (Family group sheet from Patricia
Bigelow)
1.1.3.1.1.2 Kristie Lee Bigelow was born 14 Jun 1944 in Aberdeen,
Gray’s Harbor Co., WA. (Family group sheet from Patricia Bigelow)
1.1.3.1.2 John Clarkson Bigelow was born 29 Oct 1916 in Aberdeen,
Gray’s Harbor Co., WA and died 25 Oct 1999 when his residence was
Kenmore, King Co., WA. He married 4 Apr 1946 Shirley Plummer (b. 8 Jul
1920). He was
a railway signal operator when he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps
28
Dec 1941. (U.S. Census 1920, 1930; Washington Births, 1907-1919 [John
Clarkson
Bigelow]; U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [John C.
Bigelow]; Social Security Death Index [John C. Bigelow]; family group
sheet from Patricia Bigelow)
1.1.3.1.2.1 Todd Davis Bigelow was born 18 Jul 1950 in Seattle,
King Co., WA. (Family group sheet from Patricia Bigelow)
1.1.3.1.2.2 Denise Ann Bigelow was born 3 Oct 1953 in Seattle,
King Co., WA. (Family group sheet from Patricia Bigelow)
1.1.3.2 Mabel Bigelow was born 12 Feb 1891 and died 24 Jul 1911; she
was unmarried. (U.S. Census 1900, 1910; family group sheet from
Patricia Bigelow)
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