Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, 1860 – 1867
Children of George T. and Anna S. (Miller) Smith, all born Boston, Suffolk co, MA:
1692C.31 Caroline Miller, b 6 Sep 1840; d ____ ; m 27 Oct 1870 George Amory, son of Jonathan Amory.
1692C.32 Clara, b 7 Jan 1843; d ____ ; m 15 Apr 1867 Lewis S. Dabney, son of Fred and Roxana Dabney.(see below)
1692C.33 George Tyler, b 16 Dec 1845; d 12 July 1907; m Elizabeth V. Waters. (see below)
1692C.34 Marion Clyde, b 23 Apr 1850; d ____ ;
m 25 Nov 1875 Henry K. Horton.
Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Volume. I page.349;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
obituary G.T. Bigelow.
44 Bigelow Street
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
Charles Miller inherited the large 86,000 square foot property on Miller
Stile Road, which included the location of the present 44 Bigelow Street,
from his father, the Reverend Ebenezer Miller, first Rector of what is now
Christ Church, in 1763. From Charles Miller the property descended to Edward
Miller, who built the c.1822 building at 36 Miller Stile Road, then to Edward's
nephew, George T. Bigelow, in 1873. For a short time, Dr. William Everett,
the headmaster of Adams Academy, owned the property but then it reverted back
to the Bigelow estate. In 1912 Henry Munroe Faxon, president of the National
Mount Wol1aston Bank and son of the successful real estate entrepreneur Henry
Hardwick Faxon, purchased the property.
Faxon decided restore to the Miller-Everett house at 36 Miller Stile Road
as The Miller Stile Inn and commissioned Boston architects Frank B and Albert
H. Wright and landscape architect H. J. Keliaway to design a development plan.
This plan eventually included seven cottages, of which 44 Bigelow Street and
30 Miller Stile Road are the remaining two, on the land surrounding the Inn.
The cottages were built with no kitchen facilities, the understanding being
that the tenants would take their meals in the main house. This practice ceased
with the advent of World War II and five cottages were sold and the old mansion
became a rooming house. In 1960 the South Shore Chamber of Commerce purchased
the entire property from the Faxon Trust and renovated the old Miller-Everett
residence for their offices.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Assessors Records.
Baxter, Sylvester. "The Miller Stile Inn, Quincy, Mass.". Architectural
Record, July 20, 1920.
"Dedication of the Robert Morrison Faxon Conference Room at the South Shore
Chamber of Commerce, Inc." December 19, 1979.
H. Hobart Holly, Quincy Historical Society.
Historical Sketch of the City of Quincy: Illustrated Souvenir. Issued by
Quincy Lodge of Elks No. 943, 1924.
ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE:
This fine Colonial Revival house was built by Henry Munroe Faon as part
of a real estate development which included the main house at 36 Miller Stile
Road, an elegant Federal residence, as an inn and seven "cottages" of which
44 Bigelow Street was one. It was not its size that labeled it as a "cottage"
but rather the fact that it was kitchenless, for the tenants were meant to
take their meals at the inn. An article in the "Architectural Record" of July
1920 describing the development wrote of the difficulty of maintaining large
estates for "domestic service" personnel was difficult to come by, hence
the concept of "cottages" which would provide some service amenities and
still retain the pleasures of suburban living. This was meant to replace the
other alternative, cramped apartment living, which was perceived to not be
appropriate for children. The author, Sylvester Baner, wrote "The results
were quite in keeping with the historic dignity and residential attractiveness
of the property and its environment in a typical old New England town." Designed
by Albert H. Wright, 44 Bigelow Street is a simple Colonial Revival house,
with a square configuration, a hip roof, a granite foundation, a symmetrical
facade of three bays and a fine columned pedimented portico. The fenestration
is regular, composed of sash windows which are shuttered, with the exception
of the second floor center window which is double It is a pleasant traditional
house set in attractive suburban surroundings, a reminder of one of Quincy's
early "development plan."
correspondence with descendant:
tdberry3401@email.msn.com
My name is Dana Barton Berry and I am married to Thomas Bigelow
Berry. Bigelow is my mother-in-law's family. I have been researching the
Bigelow family on the Internet and have been most gratified to find tons
of information via the Bigelow Society page and other family trees published
there. I have traced the line from John Biglo (Bigelow) and his ancestors
down to our children: John Bigelow. (1), Joshua Bigelow. (2), Daniel
Bigelow. (3), David Bigelow. (4), Tyler Bigelow.(5), George Tyler Bigelow.
(6), George Tyler Bigelow. Jr. (7), George Tyler Bigelow. III (8) Eunice
Miller (Bigelow) Berry (9), Thomas Bigelow Berry (10), Thomas Barton Berry
(11).
George Tyler Bigelow was Chief Justice of the State of Massachusetts 1860-1868
and was highly regarded by his peers and the bar. He married Anna
Smith Miller on Nov. 5, 1839. We don't know where, but suspect it
was Boston, MA. While there is a lot of information we have collected about
him, there is nothing to be found about her, not even her parents. Aside
from the
remote possibility that we could locate the family Bible, I am at a standstill.
Do you have any suggestions on where I should look next?
The information we have on Justice Bigelow's career was recently obtained
from the Supreme Judicial Court Historical Society of the State of Massachusetts.
The curator was most kind to include a photocopy of Justice Bigelow from
the Joseph A. Willard Photograph Collection. The career synopsis is
somewhat lengthy but I would be happy to share it with you if
you are interested.
Thanks for all of the family information you and the Bigelow Society have
published on the Internet. You have helped our research tremendously! Sincerely,
Dana Berry
Note2:
Subject: Hon. Tyler Bigelow
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 10:16:49 -0500
From: Rich Eastman & Pam Parker < portunus@midcoast.com
Hi, Rod! Saw your Bigelow family page today and was quite excited. My wife
descends through John-Joshua-Daniel-David-Tyler-George Tyler-Clara Dabney-Caroline
Parker-Augustin Parker Jr. Her mother has an original oil painting of Hon.
Tyler at about age 70 hanging in her living room. Many things were passed
down in the family, some we haven't identified yet. We're trying to trace
the source of a block-front desk made by Benjamin Frothingham about 1780
that was handed down in the family. Have you done any research into the wills
of Tyler Bigelow or his son George? We thought
a will might indicate where this desk came from and suspect it to be a
Bigelow piece. Pam's mother also has a portrait of Charles Miller Esq.,
Anna Smith Miller's grandfather. He was a merchant in Boston. Please let
me know if you have anything further on this family. Thanks so much,
Rich Eastman & Pam Parker
More:
The portrait is a full painting, measuring roughly 3' by 4'. My mother-in-law
never knew who it was until we saw your portrait posted. She always referred
to him as "The Old Bastard" because he has a gruff expression, but at his
age around 1850 maybe there wasn't much to be happy about. He is much older
than your portrait, having white hair and less of it but striking a very
stern pose.
The picture of George Tyler Bigelow that we have is actually a copy of
a painting and is too large for the scanner. It is hanging in our daughter's
home. I will try to get it copied and scanned to a disk at the local copy
store and see if I can e-mail it to you. The picture is the same one that
was on the State of Massachusetts Bar Historical Society website. It was
the picture popping up on the Internet that got me interested in continuing
the reseach on our family trees. I now have nearly 4200 individuals in our
combined trees. Here is the information about GTB's descendants as it relates
to my husband's family:
Generation No. 1
1. GEORGE TYLER BIGELOW was born October 06, 1810 in Watertown,
MA, and died April 12, 1878 in Boston, MA. He married ANNA SMITH MILLER
November 05, 1839 in Boston, MA, daughter of EDWARD MILLER and CAROLINE
NICHOLSON. She was born February 27, 1818 in Quincy, MA, and died January
06, 1910 in Boston, MA.
Notes for GEORGE TYLER BIGELOW:
Hon. George Tyler Bigelow (1810-1868) Chief Justice 1860-1868
Copyright ©1996, Supreme Judicial Court Historical Society. All rights
reserved.
When George Tyler Bigelow graduated from Harvard
at age 19, he was deemed too young to begin a career in law and so was sent
to Maryland to gain a broader knowledge of the world through teaching. Upon
his return to Massachusetts, he read law in his father's office and was
admitted to the bar in 1835. Bigelow served in both chambers of the state
legislature and as
a common pleas judge, and was later appointed as Associate Justice of the
Supreme Judicial Court, where he eventually succeeded Lemuel Shaw as Chief
Justice.
George Tyler Bigelow's roommate in college
was Oliver Wendell Holmes. A chair that was in their college room is still
in the family and currently July, 1999) belongs to Eunice Bigelow Berry,
his great-granddaughter, age 87.
The family still has a set of china, white with
a wide pink band broken by the initials AGB entwined together, bordered
in gold. The china won a gold medal for its design in 1867 and is marked
"C.H. Pillivuyt & Cie. Paris Exp.1867 Medaille D'Or" on the back of
each piece. As of this writing, the china is divided between the eldest
son (Tom) and the second son (George) of Tom and Eunice Bigelow Berry. It
is believed that more of the pieces reside with the daughters of Richard
and Mary Bigelow Carhart.
His residence was in Boston, MA. He and wife Anna Smith Miller, had 4 children.
From the Dictionary of American Biography, page 537 (provided by Stephen
C. O'Neill, Senior Writer and Curator of the Supreme Judicial Court Historical
Society, 1200 Court House, Pemberton Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1792,
(617) 742-6090), in response to an inquiry from Carole J. Berry,
George Tyler Bigelow's:
" Bigelow, George Tyler, jurist, was born at Watertown, Middlesex County, Mass. Oct. 6, 1810, nephew of Timothy Bigelow, the noted lawyer, and descendant of John Bigelow, of Watertown, 1632. He was destined for the bar, but upon his graduation at Harvard in 1829 was deemed too young to begin it, and in order that he might gain a broader knowledge of men and things, and the mental discipline acquired by teaching, was sent to Maryland, where for a year he was principal of the Brookville Academy and for another year, tutor in the home of Henry Vernon Somerville, whose home, Bloomsbury, was near Catonsville. Returning to Massachussetts, he read law in his father's office, in 1835 was admitted to practice, and opened an office in Boston. In 1844, he was sent to the lower house of the state legislature, and served for four years; in 1847-48 was a member of the upper house. He became common pleas judge in 1849; associate justice of the supreme court in 1850; succeeded Lemuel Shaw as chief justice in 1860 and held his seat until 1868 when he resigned, and until January, 1878, was actuary of the Massachussetts Hospital Life Insurance Co. In 1868 he was elected an overseer of Harvard, and in 1873 was appointed a commissioner for the revision of the city charter of Boston. During his early years in Boston he was connected with the militia as colonel of an infantry regiment, and in 1844 he was an aid to Gov. Briggs. Judge Bigelow died in Boston, Mass., April 12, 1878."
Taken from the Massachussetts Reports, the official publication of the courts, the following two entries:
" In December 1867, the intention of Chief Justice Bigelow to resign the
office of Chief Justice at the close of the year having been informally
announced, a letter signed by three hundred members of the bar of the Commonwealth
was addressed to him in these words:
"Sir: We, the undersigned, have heard with regret that you contemlate
resigning the Chief Justiceship of the Commonwealth. Knowing how ably
and acceptably you have filled that high position, and feeling that
your retirement at this time would be a loss to the bench which the
profession and the public could ill bear, we hope that this expression of
our earnest wish that you should continue in office may have some
influence on your determination."
To which the Chief Justice returned the following reply, dated Boston, December 30, 1867:
To the Honorable Benjamin F. Thomas:
My Dear Sir: In retiring from the office of Chief
Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, I feel that some reply is due to
the request of the members of the bar, communicated to me several weeks
ago, that I would reconsider my determination of reliquishing the duties
of the office. I can think of no more appropriate mode of making such reply
than by addressing it to you,
whose name stands at the head of the list of signatures.
For the expressions of confidence and regard which
are implied by the terms of the request from my profesional brethren, I
beg to express my most grateful acknowledgements. If the step which I propose
to take were prompted by considerations of ease and personal comfort, I
should certainly have felt it to be my duty to surrender any wish of my
own for retirement and repose to the opinions of the members of the bar that
my continuance on the bench would be advantageous to the public interest.
But after twenty years of judicial life, seventeen of which have been passed
on the bench of the Supreme Judicial Court, I find that a radical change,
by which I can obrain permanent relaxation from constant and arduous labor,
has become necessary. I am admonished by my physicians that I cannot look
forward with any degree of certainty to a condition of health adequate to
the discharge of my official duties, if I continue to undergo the confinement
and incessanct mental effort which are
essential to their due performance. Impelled by considerations of this
nature, which seem to me to be paramount over all others, I have been reluctantly
forced to the conclusion that I ought to relinquish the duties of the bench
for those of a less constant and exacting character.
I cannot forbear to add, that I am fully sensible
how much I am indebted, for any measure of success which may have attended
my judicial services, to the learning, ability and conscientious fidelity
to duty, which distunguish the member of the bar of Massachusetts; and that
I shall carry with me through life and abiding sense of gratitude for the
kindness and considerate
forbearance which has uniformly characterized their intercourse with me.
I am, with sincere respect and regard,
Faithfully your friend,
George T. Bigelow."
Obituary from #124 Mass. P 598:
"The Honorable George Tyler Bigelow, a justice of this court from the twenty-first day of November, 1850 to the seventh day of September, 1860, and from that time until the thirty-first day of December, 1867, the Chief Justice thereof, died at his residence in Boston, on the twelfth day of April, 1878. A meeting of the members of the bar of Suffolk county was held in Boston on the eighteenth day of April, at which resolutions were passed, which were presented by the Attorney General to the full court on the third day of May. Before presenting them the Attorney General addressed the court as follows"
"May it please your Honors, ---- We have assembled this morning by your kind permission to present to hour honors and place upon the records of the court, our tribute of respect and regard for the memory of the Honorable George Tyler Bigelow, late Chief Justice of this court, with our appreciation of his character and the usefulness of his life. This has been done in resolutions which I am about to offer to the court, and so well done that I deem it superfluous to preface the resolutions with any remarks of my own, lest I should injure the effect and mar the beauty of the portraiture.
The Attorney General then presented the following resolutions:
RESOLVED, That the members of the bar, met together in a common grief
at the death of George Tyler Bigelow, lately Chief Justice of the Supreme
Judicial Court, would place upon record some formal expression of our appreciation
of his judicial services and personal character. We are admonished by this
event, and the fresh remembrance of his presence in this room as presiding
justice, now ten years since, how rapidly those have passed away, who in
former years have been accustomed to sit in these seats of judgment. The
faces of Chief Justice Chapman, Justices Metcalf, Merick, Dewey and Wells,
have all been familiarly known, and their memories mourned, by those who
have been at the bar less than fifteen years. Of those on the
bench when Judge Bigelow became Chief Justice, in 1860, not one now remains
in office, and but one survives.
Appointed to the Supreme Court to succeed Mr.
Justice Wilde, who, by his voluntary retirement in 1850, closed the longest
period of judicial service known in our history; advanced to the position
of Chief Justice in 1860, upon the resignation of Chief Justice Shaw,
that eminent magistrate, who in this Commonwealth can never cease to be
honored with a peculiar veneration, ---- Chief Justice Bigelow entered upon
the different stages of his judicial career, with the necessity resting
upon him to vindicate before the bar and public his title to fill such high
positions. How well he succeeded in satisfying the expectations of those
who expected the most from him is shown by the general regret which was
felt at his resignation, and the formal appeal made by three hundred members
of the bar that he would postpone his contemplated withdrawal from the bench.
In the discharge of his judicial duties he showed
quickness of apprehension, combined, nevertheless, with a good degree of
patience in listening to evidence and arguments; rare judgment in weighing
of testimony; excellent capacity in arranging the facts of a case in order,
giving to each a just proportion and significance; a great clearness of
statement in charging the jury. Adding to these qualities promptness a thoroughness
in the dispatch of the business of the court, he early gained a high reputation
for all that pertains to the practical administration of justice, as a nisi
prius judge.
His more enduring monument, however is to be found
in his published opinions, covering all branches of the law that come up
for determination in our state courts. Rarely exploring exhaustively the
black letter volumes, or the remote sources of our system of jurisprudence,
her presented the law of our own time with such accuracy and precision,
such amplitude and felicity
of illustration, such cogency of reasoning, and such wise foresight and
careful precaution against dangerous generalities, as to make many of his
opinions fairly entitled to rank among the best contemporary expositions of
legal principles.
Somewhat jealous of the dignity of the court-room
and of the bench, somewhat jealous also at times of his own personal dignity,
be seldom gave way to hasty words, and never lost the abiding confidence,
esteem and affection of the bar. To say that in his official and private
life he was a man of the strictest integrity, is but the ordinary commendation
of a Massachusetts judge. He was social genial, quite inclined to anecdote,
not averse to spending a part of his time either in telling or hearing some
new
thing, an omnivorous reader of newspapers, novels and general literature,
as well as of all modern law, and familiar alike with the opinion of State
Street and the judgments of jurists on questions involving the application
of legal rules to important commercial or public interests.
When he felt compelled, by the apprehension of
physical infirmities, to retire from the bench in mid-life, as it were, before
any failure in the discharge of his duties could be observed, it was felt
that he had well maintained the character of our judiciary. No stain
had come upon it through him. He himself remarked, with touching emotion,
on the occasion of the death of one of his associates, Mr. Justice Dewey:
"Happy will it be for us, if, when our successors shall contemplate the
scenes of duty through which our steps shall have trodden, no spot or shade
shall be found to dim the lustre which those who have gone before us have
shed on the jurisprudence of Massachusetts."
"That consolation, that joy, that triumph was
afforded him." He lived long enough to enjoy the universal recognition of
his judicial merits. He died leaving behind him a memory which a grateful
profession will not willingly suffer to be obscured.
Resolved, That the Attorney General be requested
to present these resolutions to the Supreme Judicial Court, with the request
that they may be entered upon its records; and that the secretary transmit
a copy thereof to the family of the deceased.
CHIEF JUSTICE GRAY responded as follows:
Brethren of the Bar: The death of George Tyler Bigelow forcibly
recalls the feelings of disappointment and of loss with which, ten years
ago, we received the news of his determination to resign the office of Chief
Justice. The gradual decline of his health and strength since then
may lead us to believe tha he knew better than we how much they had been
undermined by his long and constant devotion to his public duties.
Now that he rests from his labors, it is fit that the court and the bar should
join in recording some brief outlines of the traits that won for him the
entire respect and warm regard of the profession and the trust and support
of the people of the Commonwealth.
Of a peculiarly genial, social and pleasure-loving temperament,
and urged by no spur of necessity, he yet spared no labor, and omitted no
opportunity, to fit himself for the work that he had chosen. As a
counsellor, as an advocate, as a legislator, and as a judge, he put his
whole strength into everything he had to do. By a natural consequence,
he was constantly growing in mental stature, and impressing all men with
his capacity to fill one post, he was found equally capable when advanced
to a higher one.
He had that clearness of statement which was the result of
clearness of apprehension, and which made the matter under discussion plain
to every hearer – so plain, indeed, that one did not always appreciate the
extent of one’s obligation to him. This quality, with his readiness, this
tact, his insight into motives, his practical sense, and his mastery of the
law of evidence, made him a most efficient nisi prius judge. His administrative
ability was even more apparent in the arrangement and dispatch of business
of the full court, greater after his accession to the chief-justiceship
than at any former period.
In private intercourse with members of the bar, he was cordial
and friendly. He understood and sympathized and familiarly conversed
with his fellow-citizens in every walk of life. Few men could more
justly have said, Humani nihil a me alienum puto.
With all his quickness of perception, he did not allow his
first impressions to lead him to hasty decisions, but kept his mind open until
he had thoroughly tested and carefully weighed every consideration presented
by counsel in argument, or by his associates in the consultation room; and
he embodied the final results in opinions which reproduced all that was best
worth preserving in a most felicitous and convincing form.
Before his appointment to the bench he would hardly have been
called an accomplished scholar or a very learned lawyer. But the opinions
prepared by him in important causes show such a fulness of reasoning and
illustration and so clear an elucidation of the authorities, expressed in
so admirable a judicial style, that, llike the best judgments of Redesdale
and of Story, they almost supersede the necessity of referring to the earlier
cases on the subjects of which they treat, and they have established his reputation
as a worthy successor of the eminent judges who have made the jurisprudence
of Massachusetts honored wherever the common law is administered.
In accordance with the request of the bar, it is ordered that
their resolutions, together with a memorandum of these proceedings, be entered
upon the records of the court.
The court then adjourned. "
2. iii. CLARA BIGELOW, b. January 07, 1843, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.
3. iv. GEORGE TYLER BIGELOW II, b. December 16, 1845, Boston, MA; d. July 12, 1907, Boston, MA.
4. v. MARION CLYDE BIGELOW, b. April 23, 1850; d. Bef. April 1942, Essex,
MA.
2. CLARA BIGELOW was born January 07, 1843 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA. She married LEWIS STACKPOLE DABNEY April 15, 1867, son of FRED DABNEY and ROXANA. He was born December 1840, and died May 15, 1908.
Children of CLARA BIGELOW and LEWIS DABNEY are:
i. GEORGE B. DABNEY.
ii. FREDERICK DABNEY.
iii. CAROLINE DABNEY.
3. GEORGE TYLER BIGELOW II was born December 16, 1845 in Boston, MA, and died July 12, 1907 in Boston, MA. He married ELIZABETH VINAL WATERS December 16, 1879. She was born August 08, 1854, and died August 23, 1931.
Notes for GEORGE TYLER BIGELOW II:
Little is known at this point (6-3-99) by the researcher about George II
-- It is possible he was overshadowed by his father, the Chief Justice of
Massachusetts.
Child of GEORGE BIGELOW and ELIZABETH WATERS is:
6. i. GEORGE TYLER BIGELOW III, b. February 19, 1882; d. July 02, 1943, Riverside, CA.
4. MARION CLYDE BIGELOW was born April 23, 1850, and died Bef. April 1942 in Essex, MA. She married (1) PHILLIP V.R. ELY. She married (2) HENRY K. HORTON November 25, 1873.
Child of MARION BIGELOW and HENRY HORTON is:
i. EDWARD MILLER HORTON, m. ELIZABETH GERTRUDE UNKNOWN.
5. CAROLINE DABNEY married AUGUSTIN PARKER.
Child of CAROLINE DABNEY and AUGUSTIN PARKER is:
i. AUGUSTIN PARKER.
6. GEORGE TYLER BIGELOW III was born February 19, 1882, and
died July 02, 1943 in Riverside, CA. He married ADA MARY WELSH February
27, 1908, daughter of GEORGE WELSH and MARY CARPENTER. She was born
July 11, 1882, and died November 1961 in Laguna Beach, CA.
Children of GEORGE BIGELOW and ADA WELSH are:
7. i. MARY ELIZABETH BIGELOW, b. November 22, 1910; d. May 01, 1996, Irvine, California.
8. ii. EUNICE MILLER BIGELOW, b. June 07,
1912, Riverside, California.
7. MARY ELIZABETH BIGELOW
was born November 22, 1910, and died May 01, 1996 in Irvine, California.
She married RICHARD RAYMOND CARHART July 26, 1943. He was born April 17,
1917, and died December 09, 1956.
Children of MARY BIGELOW and RICHARD CARHART are:
i. MARGARET ANN CARHART, b. October 12, 1945.
9. ii. ELIZABETH ADA CARHART, b. June 02, 1947.
8. EUNICE MILLER BIGELOW
was born June 07, 1912 in Riverside, California. She married THOMAS BERRY,
JR. September 07, 1935 in Claremont, California, son of THOMAS BERRY and
FLORENCE MOREHOUSE. He was born August 25, 1910 in Long Beach, California,
and died October 23, 1998 in Irvine, Orange County, California.
Notes for EUNICE MILLER BIGELOW: Eunice Bigelow is the second
of two daughters born to Ada and George Bigelow
in Riverside, CA. The family lived on Mt. Rubidoux.
Children of EUNICE BIGELOW and THOMAS BERRY
are:
i. THOMAS BIGELOW BERRY, b. December 27, 1937, Seattle, Washington.
ii. JAMES BIGELOW BERRY, b. September 08, 1948; m. CHLOE CLARK, October
1975.
iii. GEORGE MOREHOUSE BERRY, b. May 28, 1941, Portland, OR; m. (1) DIANE
OBERG, February 1963, Santa Barbara, CA; m. (2) CAROL, Aft. 1970; m. (3)
MONICA, Aft. 1972; m. (4) MARIANNE, Aft. 1990.
9. ELIZABETH ADA CARHART was born June 02, 1947.
Child of ELIZABETH ADA
CARHART is:
i. SPEED.
10. THOMAS BIGELOW BERRY was born December 27, 1937 in Seattle, Washington.
He married DANA KAY BARTON June 23, 1963 in Whittier, California, daughter
of RICHARD BARTON and LOUISE VANDENBERGH. She was born September 27,
1939 in Schenectady, New York.
Children of THOMAS BERRY and DANA BARTON are:
i. THOMAS BARTON BERRY, b. May 10, 1964, Whittier, California; m. DONNA
MARIE ANDERSON, July 05, 1997, San Francisco, California; b. August 08, 1970,
Upland, California.
Notes for DONNA MARIE ANDERSON: Married previously;
no issue.
ii. CAROLE JEAN BERRY, b. December 06, 1966, Scottsdale, AZ.
I hope this will add new information to the Bigelow family site. Also,
I have been in contact with Rich and Pam and am hoping to receive their information
about Anna Smith Miller soon. Evidently it is quite extensive and traces
Anna's line back to the Mayflower by way of her grandmother Hannah (Otis)
Nicolson. The Mayflower pilgrims were William Bradford, Richard Warren &
William Brewster.
Regards, Dana
Rod Bigelow
Box 13 Chazy Lake 
rodbigelow@netzero.net 
