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Children of James and Julia A. (Burco) Bigelow:
16314.49251 Rosa L., b ___ Dec 1882 SD; d _____;
16314.49252 Charles Otis (Bud), b 08 Aug 1885 SD; d 18 Aug 1977 Fayette, Fayette co, IA; m 17 Nov 1904 Jennie Maggie Welsh; (see below)
16314.49253 Roy Steven, b 24 Jan 1888, Sanborn co, SD; d _ July 1971, m Nina C. ____ ; (see below)
16314.49254 Myrtle, b _ May 1893, IA; d ____ ;
16314.49255 John F. (Fred), b 27 Jan 1899 IA; d _ Aug 1984 IA; m. Nellie M. _____ ; (see below)
Sources:
Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy Vol II,pg ;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America, page 381;
correspondence with descendants;
Note:
Subject: Query
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 22:02:47 EST
From: Chuck Taylor AusChuck@aol.com
Searching for the parents of James B. (Bert) Bigelow b. Feb 1859, IA,
d. 1938, married 2 Feb 1882, in Buchanan co, IA, Julia A. (Annie) Burco,
b. Jan 1866, IA, d. June 1937, both bu. Woodlawn Cemetery, Oelwein, Jefferson
Twp., Fayette Co., IA. Known children: Rosa L., b _ Dec 1882, SD; Charles
Otis, b 08 Aug 1885, SD, d. 18 Aug 1977, m. Jennie Maggie Welsh; Roy Steven,
b. 24 Jan 1888, Sanborn Co., SD, d. Jul 1971, m. Nina C.; Myrtle, b. May
1893, IA; John F. (Fred), b. 27 Jan 1899 IA., d. Aug 1984 IA., m. Nellie
M.
More:
In the FWIW department, the following paragraph was copied from the
Buchanan County, IA Genweb site.
It is a bit more detailed than what was copied from the book and what
is posted on your website.
J. L. Bigelow was born in Troy, Bradford county, Pennsylvania, in the
year 1823. When still a boy he went with his father, R. D. Bigelow, to
Upper Canada, where he lived about four years, when they moved to Wisconsin,
where he worked at the blacksmith trade about ten years. He came to Iowa
in May, 1850, where, locating in Washington township, he spent three years.
Bought the place where he still resides, in Williamsburgh, in 1868. Farming
and blacksmithing were his principal business. Mr. Bigelow was married
in 1847, to Miss Harriet E. Varyason (fifty three years old), of Wisconsin.
They have five children: Sabina E., thirty-three, single; Charlotte E.,
thirty, married William Scott Cushman, resides in this county; Amanda Melvina,
twenty-eight, married Stephen C. Roddel, who died in 1873; John Day, twenty-seven,
single; James B., twenty-two. Mr. Bigelow was one of the early pioneers.
There were only two married men in Independence at the time he came. He
ground the corn for his bread seven weeks, in a coffee-mill. He has passed
seventeen days at a time without seeing the face of a white man. There
was only one corn mill in the county, and people came for sixty miles to
grind. They could grind about two bushels a day. Though they can remember
some severe hardships, yet they look upon those days as being full of pleasure
and happiness. True fellowship then existed.
Chuck Taylor
Austin, TX
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http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/t/a/y/Charles--L-Taylor
Chuck has supplied a gedcom of his information which has been used
for James L., and James B. (Bert) Bigelow....ROD
Hi Rod...My name is Vernon Whiting and I was introduced to your
web-site by a cousin while I was searching for descendants of a James L.
Bigelow who married Harriet Vargason (my mother was a Vargason).
I found James, but was
unable to get into the site...said I needed to contact you. While
perusing your site, I found something very interesting...We are apparently
distant cousins on the Whiting side also. Your John Bigelo's sister,
Elizabeth and Richard Butler are my 8th great grandparents. Susanna
Butler married Elisha Whiting, Sr. I have them all in my database...small
world, huh? I would be
very interested in what info you have on James...do you know the names
of his children?? Thank you so much for your time. Vern
Children of Charles and Jennie (Welsh) Bigelow:
16314.492521 Adelpha (Delpha), b 22 July 1905; d __ July 1989 Cedar Falls,, IA; m George O'Brien; no children known.
16314.492522 Clyde, b 12 Mar 1907; d _ Mar 1983 Hazelton,
Buchanan co, IA; m Gladys Arp; 1 child:
a. Donna Lea, b 11 Sept 1932 Fayette co, IA;
16314.492523 Leta Leona, b 01 Nov 1917; d ___ 1965; m Leroy Dehart; no children known.
Chuck Hunter
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