Living in his household in 1850 and presumed to be a son was:
16C57.61 William, b MI ca 1829. (see below)
Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Volume. I page.367;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
cemetery records Romulus, MI;
1850 census MI.
Note:
Subject: LORING BIGELOW
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 22:49:29 -0500
From: Mary D Hicks < needleartist@juno.com>
Dear Rod,
I am searching for information on William Bigelow who married Mary
Murphy. They are my gggrandparents. I believe that William is the
son of Loring Bigelow
and Prudence Penniman. Loring married first Anna Maria Mooreman,
and then Priscilla. William's daughter, Sarah, was my great
grandmother, born Aug 27,
1871, Detroit, Wayne Co, Mich. She married Frank Herman Merritt,
and then after his death she married a man named Bowhall. She
lived in Davison with Frank
later in life, before his death, and in Owosso with Mr. Bowhall.
Sarah and Frank lived all over Mich, and in Minn for a time--their
children were all born in different
cities--no 2 in the same one. Sarah died in Owosso, Mich in 1937,
and is buried beside her first husband Frank, in the Davison
Cemetery, Davison, Mich. Is
there anyone who might have information on Loring Bigelow? Loring
would have been William's father, and he did purchase land in
1835, in Wayne Co, Mich,
near Romulus. He is thought to have had a son named William by his
second wife, and there is a William living in the same household
in the 1850 Wayne Co, Mich, Census, who was born about 1829, and
would have been 21 years of age--about the right age to be Sarah's
father. I do know that Loring is buried in Romulus, Mich, near
where his farm was. If anyone knows anything about Loring Bigelow,
born in Sullivan co, N.H., 1806, son of Ezekiel Bigelow, and
descended from the first John Biglo mentioned on the Bigelow
Society page,
PLEASE contact me. I am unable to varify this without help.
It has been some time since I last wrote to you. You
may not recall it--it was some time ago. I have been digging
and digging trying to locate my William Bigelow, who married Mary
Murphy. They are the parents of my ggrandmother, Sarah
Bigelow, born Aug 27, 1861, Detroit, Wayne Co, Mich, and died 1937
in Owosso, Mich. Sarah was married twice. First to my
great grandfather, Frank Herman Merritt, with whom she traveled
and moved a great deal--so much so that each of their children
were born in a different city, either in Mich, or Minn. She
later married a man named Bowhall, and lived with him in Owosso,
until her death. She is buried in the Davison, Mich
cemetery, next to Frank.
I know that Loring Bigelow had a young man named
William living with him in the 1850, Wayne Co, Mich census.
Going by the dates, it appears
he was born about l829, and would be just about the right age to
be Sarah's father. Loring's farm was located in Romulus,
Wayne Co, Mich, and he is buried there. I know that he is a
son of Ezekiel, and descended from the first John Biglo mentioned
on the Bigelow Society
webpage.
This is the only clue I have been able to find
that might lead me to the generations previous to Sarah and her
father William.
Please Advise Me,
Mary Hicks
needleartist@juno.com
Rod's note 2024:
William Bigelow, son of Loring Bigelow is in database. Born at
unknown date; married Mary Murphy and their child was Sarah
Bigelow, b 27 Aug 1861 Wayne County, MI; d 20 May 1937 (aged 75)
Owosso, Shiawassee Co., MI; m ( 1) Frank Herman? Merritt
(1858-1906); m (2) 1916 Franklin S. Bowhall (1852-1921); Sara is
buried in Davidson Cemetery as Sarah Bowhall (see below)