John Allen 8 BIGELOW
15198.132 John Allen 8
BIGELOW, son of Jotham 7
( Abel 6 , Josiah 5 , Jotham
4, John 3, Samuel 2, John 1)
and Esther Susan (MONTAGUE) BIGELOW, was born at West
Bloomfield, Oakland, MI on 16 September 1839. In the Zion church at Pontiac,
MI he married Isabel Whitehead - 24 May 1866. She was the daugher of Almaron
and Ann (Mais) Whitehead and born at Waterford, MI on 07 June 1844. John
Allen served in the Union Army during the Civil War and lost an arm as a
result. He was also wounded four times. At the close of the war, he was
appointed postmaster at Birmingham, MI until 1884. He was elected County
Treasurer from 1885 to 1889. Both died at Birmingham - she on 25 March 1925
and he on 04 October of the same year.
Children of John A. and Isabel (Whitehead) Bigelow, all born at Birmingham:
15198.1321t Mortimer Osborne, b 05 Nov 1870?;
d __; m (1) Martha Hennessy, (2) Elizabeth; res. NY; 1 child.
15198.1322t Bertha Alliene; b 24 June 1875; d
_; m 25 Sept 1902 Irwin R. Neff; res. Birmingham; 2 children.
15198.1323t Elizabeth Eloise, b 25 Nov 1879; d
post 1970; m (1) Timothy Donivan d 13 Feb 1931, (2) John Graham; 2 children.
Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Vol II , p 335;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
Correspondence between Bigelow Society historian/genealogist and family
members.
Captain J. Allen Bigelow, a Civil War veteran and grandfather of the late
TV personality Mort Neff, was instrumental in obtaining the Confederate
cannon which was supported on a custom made cement base. The cannon was melted
down during World War II, but the cement base can still be seen on the BIRMINGHAM
HISTORICAL MUSEUM's lawn at the corner of Southfield and Maple. It is very
obvious since it still bears a "FORT MORGAN" inscription.
Rod Bigelow
Box 13 Chazy Lake
Dannemora, N.Y. 12929
rodbigelow@netzero.net
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