Ernest Osborn and Ida (King) Biglow, 1937.
Children of Ernest Osborn and Ida (King) Biglow, all born at New London, OH:
16251.68111t Irena Turney, b 13 July 1900; d 07 Apr 1926 New London, OH; m 13 July 1922 Harry Brogotti Rowland; 2 children.(see below)
16251.68112 Ernestine, b 23 Apr 1903; d _ Mar 1984, Appalachicola, FL; m 1925 Ralph SMITH of Fitchville, OH; no children.
16251.68113t James Otis, b 14 Sept 1907; d 27 May 1985 Palos Verdes, CA; m 30 Jan 1932 Mildred Stockwell; 1 child; (see below)
Sources:
The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Volume II, pg 487 child;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
cemetery records, Columbia, OH.
Forge: The Bigelow Society Quarterly; Vol 31; No 1; January 2002
(see below)
Lorain county Ohio History", page 1109.
History of Huron county, OH; by A.J. Baughman; pub 1909; page 418-420; (see directly below)
"E.
Bigelow, a pioneer in the utilization of
the rich clay deposits in the vicinity of New London and the founder
and promoter of an important industrial enterprise, is now extensively
and successfully engaged in the manufacture of brick and tile. He was
born upon a farm in Lorain county, Ohio, June 28, 1845, and is a son of
Daniel and Martha (Stranahan) Bigelow, natives of Ohio and Connecticut
respectively. The parents wer identified with the farming interests of
Lorain county, where E. Bigelow was reared to agricultural pursuits.
Acquiring his early education in the county schools at the same time he
received thorough and ample training in farm work as through the summer
months, he assisted in the labors of the fields. He continued to engage
in farming until the age of twenty-eight years, when he opened a
general store in Westview, which he conducted for nineteen years. That
enterprise proved a profitable and growing one, but at the end of six
years his health failed, owing to the close confinement of the store
and he partially withdrew from mercantile pursuits to give his time and
energies to brick and tile making, taking up that line of manufacture
in Columbia, Lorain county. He started the business on a very modest
scale, but by close attention, unremitting energy and earnest study of
processes of manufacture and the adoption of practical methods, he
prospered as the years went by, continuing at that location until 1897.
By keeping in touch with everything concerning his line of business, he
came to know of the wonderful clay deposits at New London and foresaw
great possibilities there. Removing to this placein 1897, he
established his business in a small way, oaying thirty-five hundred
dollars for the land and taking up the manufacture with five employees
operating one kiln. At that time, his son, E.O. Bigelow, was old enough
to join him and together they have built up from this humble beginning
a business which is one of the importantindustries of the county and of
which New London has every reason to be proud. They now employ
fifty
men, operate eight kils and have made many improvements in their plant.
They have erected a fine plant equipped with the most modern machinery
and there is a constant and growing demand for their products,
including tile and brick. Their output is sent to many states, being
shipped to the eastern seaboard, to Virginia, Maryland, and North
Carolina. They also have a very extensive trade in northern Ohio and
the indications are that the business will constantly increase for it
is founded upon a safe, substantial basis and because of its owner's
broad experience and keen discernment.
E. O.
Bigelow, the junior
partner, is an only child. He acquired a good preliminary education and
then attended Baldwin College at Berea, Ohio, after which he joined his
father in business. He is energetic, wide-a-wake, alert and
enterprising, and both he and his father are popular with their
employees, of whom their treatment is ever just and fair.
E.O. Bigelow
was married in
1899, to Miss Ida King, a daughter of Dr. King of New London. They have
three children; Irena, Ernestine, and James Otis.
E.O. Bigelow
is a thirty-second
degree Mason, having thus attained high rank in the Scottish Rite.
While devouring their energies largely to their business interests,
which are continually growing in volume and importance, the Bigelows,
father and son, take an active partin public affairs and have always
given earnest support to those independent office seekers whose course
seems to promise loyal and valuable service rather than strict party
allegiance. They are men of high ideals in relation to public life and
also in their business connections. They have never regarded their
employees as a part of a system of machinery, or business, but have
looked upon them as individuals whose co-operations, assistance and
good will can be won and maintained through just treatment and
appreciation of reliable service. All who know of their business
prophecy for it a successful future and prosperity is well deserved by
them for both, father and son are genial, unassuming men of true worth
and with good business ability."
16251.68111 Irena Turney 10 Biglow, was born 13 July 1900 at New London, OH. She graduated from Ohio State University in 1922 and married Harry Brogotti Rowland, Sr. on 13 July 1922. Harry was born 21 October 1900 at Rochester, OH and died 24 May 1984. Irena died suddenly from uremic poisoning on 07 April 1926 at the age of 25.
Children of Irena (Biglow) and Harry Rowland:
i. Harry Brogotti Rowland, Jr., b 21 Apr 1923, Brunswick, NJ; m 10 July 1948, Gladys Eileen MOHRMAN (b 22 Apr 1926, Wellington, OH). 4 children.
ii. King Biglow Rowland, b 01 Apr 1925, New London, OH; m 10 Mar 1946, Leah Jean COOK (b 09 Jan 1926, New London). 4 children.
Child of Mildred (Stockwell) and James Otis Biglow:
i. Joan Margaret Biglow, b 29Aug 1933; d ____ ; m (1) 26 Apr 1952 George William CUMMINGS (b 25 Mar 1927. Brooklyn, NY), four children; m (2) 27 Dec 1980 Frederick Lockwood KEELER II (b 01 May 1929. East Lansing, MI), no children.
Eleventh and Twelfth Generation
Joan (Biglow) 11
Keeler, b 1933 (photo 1995)
16251.68113.1 Joan Margaret 11 Biglow was born 29 August 1933 at Los Angeles. CA She marricd Lt. George William Cummings, USN. on 26 April 1952 in Corpus Christi, TX. George was born on 25 March 1927 in Brooklyn, Long Island, NY. They had four children. Joan and George divorced in 1978. Joan pursued a 20-year career in real estate and during this time married Frederick Lockwood Keeler II on 27 December 1980 in Arcadia, CA. He was born on 01 May 1929 at East Lansing, MI.
Children of Joan (Biglow) and George Cummings:
i. Karen Cummings, b 23 Aug 1953, Coronado, CA; m 28 Nov 1975. Carl
LUNA.
They had three children:
a. Justin Luna, b 21 Sept 1977.
b. Cynthia Lynn Luna. b 07 Dec 1980.
c. Amy Christine Luna, b 28 June 1982.
ii. Richard William Cummings, b 13 Mar 1955, Hutchinson, KS; m 29
July 1978. Barbara Jean HART (b 11 Mar 1953).
They had three children:
a. Brian Anthony Cummings. b 03 May 1979.
b. Scott Allen Cummings. b 06 Jan 1982.
c. Kevin Andrew Cummings. b 10 Aug 1984.
iii. Jeffrey James Cummings, b 25 Feb 1956. Santa Monica. CA; m 19
Dec 1981. Diane Pearl JOHNSON (b 27 Jul 1956).
They had three children:
a. David Jeffrey Cummings. b 18 June 1983.
b. Gregory James Cummings. b 14 Oct 1985.
c. Kelly Elizabeth Cummings. b 13 May 1989.
iv. Kalaine Anne Cummings, b 5 Apr 1961. Walnut Creek. CA; m 26 July
1986,
Jeffrey Scott KONSTANZER (b 09 Nov 1959).
They had three children:
a. Kurtis William Konstanzer, b 14 May 1989.
b. Grace Ellen Konstanzer, b 20 Feb 1991.
c. Gavin Jeffrey Konstanzer, b 11 Jan 1994.
Submitted to Forge by Loring L. Bigelow, Laguna Woods, CA.
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