Lyman Waldo 8 BIGELOW

15182.445         Lyman Waldo 8 BIGELOW, son of Lyman  7 ( Gershom 6 , Ivory 5 , Gershom 4, John 3, Samuel 2, John 1) and Jane (BRIGHAM) BIGELOW, was born at Boxborough, MA on 07 March 1828 and married Catherine B. Howard on 12 September 1849. She was the daughter of Edmund and Peggy (Beal) Howard and born at Hingham, MA on 24 December 1828. Lyman's early education was in Boxborough and Groton, MA. He was engaged in business in Boxborough, but in 1853 he moved to South Dedham (now Norwood) and opened a country store becoming very prosperous. He was the first Treasurer of Norwood where he died on 06 December 1886. She died on 13 December 1901.

Children of Lyman and Catherine (Howard) Bigelow:

15182.4451t    Erwin Augustus, b 06 Oct 1850 Boxborough; d____; m 26 Nov 1873 Amy Leighton Fisher; res. Norwood; 3 children.

15182.4452t    Edgar Laban Bigelow, b 21 Jan 1852 Boxborough; d_____; m 20 Dec 1878 Abbie Aurelia White; res. Norwood; 3 children.

15182.4453     Caroline Augusta, b 14 Mar 1853 Boxborough.

15182.4454t    Waldo Howard, b 12 June 1855 Norwood; d_____; m_____ Sarah P. Barclay; 2 children.

15182.4455     William Arthur, b 16 April 1860 Norwood.

15182.4456     Alfred Mahlan, b 17 Feb 1863 Norwood; d____ m yes; had dgtr. Mary -no data.

15182.4457t    Lyman Fisher, b 11 July 1865 Norwood; d 30 Jan 1930; m 19 June 1888 Elizabeth Jane Hartshorn; res. Portland, ME; 2 children.

15182.4458     Bernard Livingstone, b 06 July 1863 Norwood; d 26 March 1948; m 21 July 1892 Sarah Deane Noyes; 2 children.

15182.4459     Gertrude Isabel, b 19 April 1874.

Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Vol II , p 329;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
vital records Boxborough and Norwood, MA.

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