James Arthur ¹⁰ BIGELOW

Silverbrook Cemetery; Niles, Berrien County, MI

15336.54324      James Arthur ¹⁰ BIGELOW, son of Robert Allen ⁹ ( Elijah ⁸( Ebenezer ⁷ , Cornelius ⁶ , Paul ⁵, Cornelius ⁴, Samuel ³, Samuel ², John¹) and Mary Ann Tompkins (15336.5734), was born 29 May 1888 Luther, Lake County, MI. He married first 1913 Rachel Hawkins (see below) (Rachel was a daughter of James Hawkins and Addie Ames. She was the second wife of Anthony Gwizdala. She was born 28 Jul 1897 Tustin, Osceola County, MI, and died 16 Jul 1976 (aged 78). James died 19 July 1946 (aged 58) Detroit, MI.

Children of James and Rachel (Hawkins) Bigelow:

15336.54326.1     David Arthur Bigelow, b 05 May 1914 Cadillac, Wexford County, MI; d 13 Jul 2000 (aged 86); m 1934 Helen Bertha Alicki (1914-1981); 1 dau known: Delorise Janet (Bigelow) Brooks (1935-1987);(see below)

15336.54326.2     Mary M. Bigelow, b 03 Apr 1917 Wexford County, MI; d 01 Dec 1985 (aged 68) Macomb County, MI; m William J Dean (1905-1982) Child: Betty (Dean) Hill (1929-2016) (Her husband was Jack Dean)(see below)

Sources:
Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Vol II, pg 362-363;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America, page 471;
parish register of St. Stephen's Anglican church, Buckingham, Quebec;
research by and records of The Bigelow Society historian/genealogist;
a prayerbook of Ebenezer, jr.Bigelow, as copied by Gilbert Arnold;
various censuses and county records;
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