Elijah 6 BIGELOW


15596.7      Elijah 6 BIGELOW, son of  Alpheus 5 ( Josiah 4, Thomas 3, Samuel 2, John1 and  Eunice (MIXER) BIGELOW, was born 03 November 1799 Weston, Middlesex county, MA. He married Maria Oliver Childs, daughter of Amariah and Ruth (Larkin) Childs of Lynn, MA. She was born in June of 1794 at Lynn. With his brother-in-law Nathaniel Bailey of Weston, they went to Tennessee and settled in Madison county, where they had mercantile interests. Elijah, a Harvard graduate, was also editor of the Jackson Gazette, along with teaching school. Elijah died 28 August 1830 in Jackson, Madison county, TN; Maria died 21 January 1872.

Children of Elijah and Maria (Childs) Bigelow:

15596.71t    Eliza Maria, b 08 Feb 1827; d ____ ; m 1834 Dr. Joseph Daniel Mason; res Jackson, TN. 9 children.

15596.72t    Amanda, b 30 Dec 1829; d ____ ; m 02 Apr 1857 A.W. Jones, D.D. 5 children.

15596.73     Elijah Larkin C.C., b 01 Oct 1831; d age 21, Jackson, Madison co, IN.

Sources:
Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Vol I, pg 270;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
Weston vital records;
Letters of Elijah Bigelow and Family, published by Tennessee Historical Society.


Modified - 10/20/2007
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