Burial stones found in 1997 in Richville, NY. (L-R)
[B] Dexter Frances Edwin F. Belle
Bigelow His Wife Miller Miller
1823-1902 1825-1902 1862-192? Parker
Miller stone below is in back of these 1851-1936
16163.E21 Edwin Eugene, b 09 July 1844 Conway, MA; d 09 Mar 1921(others say 1907) Richville; m 28 Mar 1862 Elizabeth Ann COUNTRYMAN; 6-7 children.
16163.E22 Allen James, b 09 Sept 1845 Zoar, MA; d _____; m Clara A.Wainwright; 2 children.
16163.E23 Isabella Fidelia "Belle", b
13 July 1851 Whatley, MA; d ___1936; m (1) 05 July 1867 DeElbert L.
Parker; ? children (see
below)
16163.E24 Alzina, b 01 Aug 1854 DeKalb, NY; d 01 Apr 1857 Richville, NY.
16163.E25 Andrew Lincoln, b 18 Jan 1860; d 12 Dec 1923; m Emily Scott; 1 known child.
Sources:
The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Volume II, page 182;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
vital records various towns in MA, NY;
cemetery inscriptions;
16163.E23
Isabella Fidelia "Belle", b
13 July 1851 Whatley, MA; d ___1936; m (1) 05 July 1867 DeElbert L.
Parker; Belle and DeElbert separated and Belle m (2) Edwin F. Miller
(1862-1921); after the death of Edwin Miller, Belle remarried DeElbert
Parker.
Children:
1. Gertrude Parker,
2. Annette Parker,
? Panelle Parker,
Child of Edwin and Isabelle (Bigelow) Miller:
1. Francis Lorena Miller,
(1884-1955); invalid #16163.E215
Francis Lorena, b 11 May 1884, Dekalb, St. Lawrence
co, NY; d 18 April 1955, Utica , Oneida co, NY; Buried in Richville, NY
Wayside cemetery.
Sources:
Specifically
my research indicates Isabelle
Fidelia “Belle” Bigelow was the daughter of Dexter E and Francis Maria (Booth) Bigelow.
She is thus Edwin Eugene’s sister, not his wife. She
married DeElbert Parker 05 July 1867 in Richville, NY and is listed in
the 1870 U.S. Census as living in Rossie, NY with two children,
Gertrude and Annetta. At some point prior to 1878, Belle and DeElbert
separated, and she then married Edwin F Miller (1862-1921). I have only
very limited information on Belle and Annetta thereafter but do know
from the US Census that Edwin and Belle were living in Newport News, VA
in 1920. Upon Edwin’s death, Belle and DeElbert Parker again married
and lived in Richville until his death. I also suggest that Francis Lorena (1884-1955) is the
daughter of Edwin Miller and Belle,
not Edwin E Bigelow as listed below, although I have not confirmed
this. I do know she was a long term friend (half-sister) to Gertrude
Parker (dau. Of DeElbert and Belle) and was caregiver to DeElbert in
his final months.
Gerry
Livingston <
Hinesburg, VT
Parker
in America; p 384;
"DeElbert Parker of Gouverneur, NY; m 1867 Isabelle F. Bigelow, b Whatley, MA
1851; lived NY City, 1 child: Panelle Parker".
"FORGE" January
2002, Vol. 31, No.1, page 17,
Dexter E. Bigelow, namesake of Bigelow, New York, in St. Lawrence Co.,
(upstate New York) just south of Ogdensburg. A tiny hamlet of
Bigelow, it cannot be found on a map, as today there are only a couple
of houses and the old post office/store still remaining. There
are no signs as you enter the hamlet from either direction. There
is, in fact, only one sign now bearing the name of Bigelow and it is
found in the nearby village of Richville, in front of the church, as it
points you in the direction of the hamlet with the appropriage
arrow. A newspaper clipping from a local paper around 1900 (name
of paper not known) explains how the hamlet obtained its name.
"Mrs. Greenhill has been painting the old Bigelow homestead for Mrs.
Isabel Parker, daughter of Dexter Bigelow. The
architectural
design in the gable has been brought out by Mrs. Greenhill, it being
painted royal blue. Dexter Bigelow and son Allen Bigelow ran a
pump house to supply the engines with water, a short distance from
where our present depot now stands. People were told to stop at
Bigelow's pump house. Two years later, Allen Bigelow invented a
pump that worked mechanically, and by this invention, both men lost
their jobs. This was about seventy-seven yuears ago. The
Bigelows came from Massachusetts in a covered wagon and settled where
the old homestead now stands.[in or about 1900] Dexter's brother,
William Hubbard Bigelow, also settled in the same area. His
grandson, Elwin Leon (son of Elwin Marson Bigelow) married Florence
Greenhill in September 1934. see article for exerpts from
Florence's memoir of the hamlet of Bigelow.
Note:
From: Paula Carpenter: SunnyInTexas4@aol.com
Date: 11/19/04
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