Rufus 8 BIGELOW


16314.428       Rufus 8 BIGELOW, son of  Calvin Jerome 7 ( Ira ( Ezra 5 , David 4, Lt. John 3, Joshua 2, John 1 and Sarah (HALL) BIGELOW, was born in Livingston co, NY in 1820.  He married twice. The first marriage was to Lucinda Harris on 12 March 1852 - Lucinda was 17 at the time having been born in 1835.  This marriage was at Arlington, MI and according to census records she had no children.  Rufus had moved to MI in 1852.  His second marriage was on 25 February 1855 to Charlotte Harrison. Rufus died 17 June 1892 at Arlington, MI. No other data and we state the ages of some of the children as given in the 1880 census.
    
Children of Rufus and Charlotte (Harrison) Bigelow: from census records:

16314.4281     Lucinda, b ca 1856; d _____ ; m 21 Nov 1889 George E. Wright at Bangor, MI

16314.4282     Justin, b ca 1860 ; d ______ ; in 1900 he was a widower and living with sister, Nettie

16314.4283     Stephen A. Douglas, b 23 Aug 1862; d 06 July 1944 Hartford, Van Buren co, MI; 

16314.4284     Nina L., b ca 1866 ; d ____ ;

16314.4285     George W., b 12 July 1870?(possible twin); d 26 Dec 1938 Hartford, MI; m ca 1898 Allie _____ ; records state that George was divorced at death;

16314.4286     Jane C., b 12 July 1870?(possible twin); d ____ ; m 22 Nov 1892 Edward Perry;

16314.4287     Archibald "Archie", b 17 Oct 1873; d ____ ;

16314.4288     Nettie P., b _ June 1879; d ____ 1955 Arlington; m 20 Dec 1899 Samuel Orton of Paw Paw, Van Buren co, MI;

Sources:

Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Vol II, pg 498;
The Bigelow Society genealogical records;
various censuses NY and MI.
Van Buren county census records;
Bigelow Society historian/genealogist [prior to 1995];
correspondence with family member and researcher (IGI).


Modified - 05/16/2008
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