Joab 6 BIGELOW
ABOVE: Joab Bigelow of Concord, MI.
15198.5 Joab 6 BIGELOW, son
of Josiah 5 ( Jotham 4, John 3, Samuel
2, John 1) and
Sarah (CULVER ) BIGELOW, was born 22 October 1793 at
Guilford, Windham county, VT. In 1800 the family removed to Pompey,
Onondaga county, NY; there within a few years both parents died of
typhoid fever or malaria, and the children were separated. Joab
lived with a Presbyterian deacon until he reached his majority,
except for a time during the War of 18 l2 when he served with the local militia. When
he turned 21, he took his ax and blanket, and walked to Genesee
county, NY, where an older brother had settled, but in 1818 he
returned to Pompey to marry Lois Putnam, daughter of Peter
and Susannah (Osgood) Putnam. She was born 06 April 1800 in Pompey.
They settled near Batavia, NY and lived
there until 1837, when Joab decided to follow his oldest brother to
Michigan. He traveled by horseback through Canada, crossing at
Detroit, thence on to Jackson, which he considered "an inferior
muddy place." But 20 miles farther he came upon oak openings, a nice
lake,and good farmland, so took up land on the outskirts of Concord
village. He returned to New York, and the following spring brought
his family to Concord. He established brick kilns on the farm, as he
found several deposits of clay (the site is still visible). Many of
the brick buildings in Concord today are of bricks stamped with his
initials.
He was active in township alfairs, and a
member of Michigan's Pioneer Historical Society, for which he
prepared a paper on his early days in Michigan. Though raised a
Presbyterian, he became a member of the Universalist church. His
wife Lois died on 04 October 1847, and the following year he married
Chloe Wells, born 06 Apr 1804, the dau of Asa and Chloe
(Hyde) Wells; but she died 28 October 1851. Joab died 21 October
1879; they are buried near the fence on Main Street, in Maple Lawn Cemetery, Concord.
Children of Joab and Lois (Putnam) Bigelow:
15198.51 Sabrina, b 22 Feb 1821 Batavia,
Genesee, NY; d 23 Nov 1884 Concord, MI; unmarried, she kept house
for her father.
15198.52t Rebecca,
b 06 Apr 1823 Bethany, Genesee co, NY; d 01 June 1903 Concord; m
15 Nov 1856 Talmage Stevens, his 2nd wife. 2 daughters.
15198.53t Josiah,
b 22 May 1825 Bethany, NY; d 08 Feb 1895 Concord, m 07 Oct 1847
Ann Jenette Fitch. 5 children.
15198.54 Franklin, b 13 July 1827
Bethany, NY; d 12 Mar l879 Syracuse, NY, but buried Concord; m
1856 Cordelia S. Williams. A physician. One child known?.
15198.55t Henrietta,
b 23 Nov 1831 Bethany, NY; d 02 Feb 1914 Concord; m 26 July 1857
Albert H. Tucker. 5 children.
15198.56t Elizabeth
Marlin, b 22 Feb 1836 Bethany, NY; d 09 Sept 1900
Detroit, Wayne co, MI; m (1) 22 Feb 1858 Charles N. Hungerford,
from whom later divorced, and (2) Louis Keeler. 5 children.
Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Vol I , p 227;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America; pg 184;
Jackson county History, 1875;
cemetery records Concord, MI;
county records, Jackson county;
personal knowedge of descendants.
Find a Grave
Joab
Bigelow
Chloe
Wells
Lois Putnam;
Maple
Grove Cemetery;Concord, Jackson County, MI
Minute Men of Concord
notes
Rod Bigelow
Box 13 Chazy Lake
Dannemora, N.Y. 13662
rodbigelow@netzero.net 
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