Horace Holly8 Bigelow

Horace_Holly_Bigelow 15182.429 Horace Holly8 Bigelow, son of Levi 7 ( Gershom 6 , Ivory 5 , Gershom 4, John 3, Samuel 2, John 1) and Nancy (Ames) Bigelow, was born at Marlborough, Middlesex, MA on 02 June 1827.
His first marriage was to Lucy Anne Howe on 22 January 1862. She was the daughter of Thomas and Patty (Bigelow) Howe (15182.45) and born at Deerfield (?) MA on 30 October 1833. She died, childless, on 25 September 1857 at Worcester, MA. Horace's second marriage was on 01 June 1859 to Adelaide E. Buck. She was born in 1837 and died in Worcester in 1914.

Early Horace worked as a shoemaker and when still very young, invented heel pressing and nailing machines. His shoemaking endeavors were in Worcester, MA and he soon branched out into New York, New Jersey and Providence, Rhode Island. One of the most daring acts of his shoe manufacturing was the organization of prison labor at several State prisons. This was to meet the very heavy demand of the Army during the Civil War.

In 1870, he withdrew from shoe manufacturing and plunged into other careers. This included railroading, real estate developing, the introduction of roller skating rinks to the public and always acting as a public benefactor.

He was a financial backer of the first Bigelow Family Reunion, in 1886, and Howe's book on the Family. His many, many endeavors are too numerous to enter here. He died in 1911 at Worcester, Worcester, MA. also see Horace Holly 8 Bigelow by......................ROD

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Children of Horace H. and Adelaide (Buck) Bigelow:

BFN 
Name 
Information
15182.4291  Adelaide Frances  b 24 Dec 1860 Marlborough; m 23 June 1886 George A. Stevens. 
15182.4292+  Irving E.  b 11 Nov 1862 Trenton, NJ; d 1939 Worcester; m 17 Nov 1887 Lillian A. Drennan; 4 children. 
15182.4293+  Frank H.  b 09 Feb 1875 Worcester. 


SOURCES: Howe, Bigelow Family of America, miscellaneous sources and biographies.

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