William Allen ⁹ BIGELOW

Saint Mary's Cemetery, Ottoville, Putnam County, OH

15923.47A2      William Allen ⁹ BIGELOW, son of James Owen ⁸ ( Jonathan ⁷ , Freedom ⁶ , Isaac ⁵ , Isaac ⁴, Isaac ³, Samuel ², John ¹ ) and Mariah (WESBY) BIGELOW, was born 28 January 1874  Buckland, Allen co, OH.  He married 02 October 1902 Josephine M. Sanders. She was born 09 February 1875 at Ottoville, OH, the dau of John A. and Carolina (Hug) Sanders. Josephine died 15 May 1960 (aged 84) at Van Wert, Van Wert County, OH. (see below) William died 12 May 1953 (aged 79) at Putnam County, OH.(see below)

Children of William and Josephine (Sanders) Bigelow:

15923.47A21     Esther Louisa, b 30 Nov 1902 Ottoville, Putman co, OH; d 25 Dec 1948 (aged 46); m _ 1920 Robert J. Metzger;

15923.47A22     Alvera Marie, b 18 Sept 1904 Ottoville; d  _____ ; m 08 Nov 1922 Edward Wieging;

15923.47A23     Dorothy Elizabeth, b 12 June 1906 Ottoville; d  28 Jan 1992 (aged 85) Lima, Allen County, OH; m 24 June 1924 Edward Horstman;(see below)

15923.47A24     William Anthony, b 23 Nov 1908 Ottoville; d 15 Jan 1975 age 67, Toledo, OH; m 19 Nov 1939 Velma Crowley; 2 sons: William A. jr., and John Bigelow; (obit on file)

15923.47A25     Hilary Joseph, b 12 Oct 1909 Ottoville; d  15 Aug 1987 (aged 77) ; m 03 Dec 1928 Coletta Augusta Kehres (1912-1987;

15923.47A26     Margaret C., b 27 Nov 1910 Ottoville; d  22 Apr 1912 (aged 13) ;

15923.47A27t    Frances Catherine, b 05 Apr 1912 Ottoville; d 24 Apr 1972 Toledo Hospital, OH; m 01 Dec 1934 Arley LaVern Keifer; 3 sons (FTM);

15923.47A28t    Ralph Frank, b 03 Mar 1914 Ottoville, OH; d  _____ ; m (1) 03 Feb 1956 Margaret Northam; 5 children (FTM);

15923.47A29     Walter John, b 06 Jan 1916 Ottoville; d 09 Oct 1964 age 48; m 30 Sept 1938 Leta E. Adams (1922-2002);

15923.47A2A     Irene Josephine, b 08 Apr 1918 Ottoville; d  16 Nov 2000 (aged 82) ; m 18 June 1937 Howard Spencer;

Sources:
The Bigelow Family Genealogy  Vol. II Page ;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
various censuses OH;
Buckland cemetery records, OH.
Bigelow Society Library Notes from Frances Catherine (Bigelow) Keifer, and Ralph Frank Bigelow;
Find a Grave
5-12-1953
William A. Bigelow
William A. Bigelow, Sr., 79, owner and manager of the Bigelow Building Razing and Moving Co. 50 years, died at 10 p. m. Tuesday in his home, a mile east of here.
He had been ill the last four weeks. A native of Buckland he was married to Josephine M. Sanders Oct. 8, 1902, and she survives.
He was a member of the Immaculate Conception church. Surviving besides his widow are four daughters, Mrs. Edward Weiging and Mrs. Edward Horstman, both of Ft. Jennings, Mrs. Arley Kiefer of Swanton and Mrs. Howard Spencer of Ottoville; four sons, William A., Jr., of Toledo, Hillary J. and Walter J., both of Ottoville, and Ralph F. of Vale, Ore.; 35 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Amos of Delphos and George of Van Wert, and a sister, Mrs. Mollie Folk of Lima.
The body will remain in the Kolkmeyer funeral home, Delphos, pending, completion of arrangements.

5-15-1960
Bigelow Rites At Ottoville
Aged Resident Had Been Ill A Year
Mrs. Josephine M. Bigelow, 84, resident of Ottoville and widow of William A. Bigelow, died at 5:30 Saturday morning in Van Wert Hospital after an illness of a year.
She was born at Ottoville on September 2, 1875. In 1900 she was married to Mr. Bigelow who died on May 12, 1953.
Mrs. Bigelow is survived by five sons, Joseph of New Braunsfels, Texas; William A. of Toledo; Hillary J. and Walter J. of Ottoville, and Ralph F. Bigelow, of Hood River Oregon; four daughters, Mrs. Edward Horstman, Ft. Jennings; Mrs. Arley Kiefer, Swanton; and Mrs. Howard Spencer, of Ottoville; 39 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren, and a brother John Sanders, of Ottoville. Two daughters preceded her in death.
Mrs. Bigelow was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, the Alter Rosary Society of the parish, and the Ottoville Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary.
Funeral services were held in the Ottoville church, Tuesday morning at 9:30. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. F. Frommherz officiated. Burial was made in the parish cemetery.

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