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1.3.1 Phebe (Phoebe)
A. Smith was born in 1841 in Streetsboro, died 13 Dec 1909 in Kent, Portage
Co., OH and apparently never married since she was listed as single as late
as the 1900 census. She lived at home and then with her younger sister, Lucinda,
and brother-in-law Samuel A. Barker. She is buried in Evergreen Cemetery,
Streetsboro, OH. (U.S. Census 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900; Ohio Deaths,
1908-1932, 1938-1944 and 1958-2002 [Phebe Smith]; tombstone in Evergreen
Cemetery, Streetsboro)
1.3.2 Martha J. Smith was born in 1843 in Streetsboro but no further
information has been found. (U.S. Census 1850, 1860)
1.3.3 James Smith was born in 1844 in Streetsboro and died at age
18 of typhoid fever 20 Jul 1862 at Tuscumbia, Alabama, where he was serving
in Captain Cotter’s Battery of the Union Army. This unit apparently was raised
in Portage Co. and James Smith was the only soldier from the unit who died
at Tuscumbia. (U.S. Census 1850, 1860; Portage County Democrat (Ravenna, Ohio),
6 August 1862; Richard J. Staats, 2002, A Grassroots History of the American
Civil War. Volume III. Captain Cotter’s Battery, Heritage Books, Inc.; tombstone
in Evergreen Cemetery, Streetsboro, Portage Co., Ohio )
1.3.4 Malvina Smith was born in 1845 in Streetsboro and died 20 July
1847, age 2 years. (tombstone in Streetsboro Cemetery, Streetsboro, next to
those of her grandparents)
1.3.5 Martin Smith was born in 1 Oct 1848 in Streetsboro and died 2 Dec
1872 there. He married Emory M. Price (?)(14 Feb 1851-2 Jan 1873) sometime
after the 1870 census. (U.S. Census 1850, 1860, 1870; tombstone in Evergreen
Cemetery, Streetsboro)
1.3.6 Lucinda Smith was born in early May 1850(1851?) in Streetsboro
and died 28 Jan 1938. She married (1) between 1870 and 1880 Samuel A. Barker
(1852-1907) who was a farmer in Streetsboro Twp. She married (2) after 1920
Curtis C. Nighman (abt 1848-21 Aug 1928). (U.S. Census 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880,
1900, 1920, 1930; Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944 and 1958-2002 [Lucinda
Nighman, Curtis C. Nighman]; tombstone in Evergreen Cemetery, Streetsboro
[Lucinda Nighman])
1.3.7 Ella L. Smith was born Jul 1853 in Streetsboro, died 8 Mar 1911
in Kent, Portage Co., and apparently never married since she was listed
as single as late as the 1910 census. She lived at home and then with her
sister, Lucinda, and brother-in-law Samuel A. Barker, and then alone in 1910.
(U.S. Census 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910; Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944
and 1958-2002 [Ella Smith}; tombstone in Evergreen Cemetery, Streetsboro)
1.4 Henry Bigelow was born in Salisbury,
Litchfield Co., Connecticut, about 1818 and died before 11 Oct 1862. (Forge:
The Bigelow Society Quarterly, 17(2):27,30; 1988; will of Samuel Bigelow
dated 11 October 1862 seen at Portage County Historical Society, Ravenna,
Ohio)
1.5 James Bigelow was born
in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT, 28 Feb 1821 and died before 1900 in Nebraska.
He married 12 Sep 1847 Sarah Ann Webb (27 Dec 1827-bet 1910 and 1920) in
Portage Co., Ohio. He was a farmer and lived in Shalersville Twp., Portage
Co., which is the township East of and adjoining Streetsboro Twp. from at
least 1850. In 1873, he moved his family to Nebraska and lived in Geneva,
Fillmore Co. Between 1900 and 1910, Sarah moved to Chicago, IL, with her
daughter-in-law, and lived with her granddaughter, Venice Bigelow Jackson.
(U.S. Census 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910; Portage County Marriages
1808-1850, Vol. 1; Forge: The Bigelow Society Quarterly, 17(2):27,30; 1988;
G.B. Howe, 1890, Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America)
1.5.1 George E. Bigelow
was born 20 Jun 1851 in Shalersville Twp. (possibly Ravenna), Portage Co.,
OH and died between 2 Jun 1900 and 15 Apr 1910. He married 22 Sep 1869 Belle
G. Green (16 Feb 1851-after 1920). They lived with his parents (1870) and
he farmed with his father. They moved to Nebraska in 1873 with his parents.
He was in the mercantile business and farming in Geneva, Nebraska and later
moved to Lincoln where he was in real estate and was a Christian evangelist
(1900). He was the candidate of the Prohibition Party for governor in 1888.
He supplied information on Samuel, James and himself to G.B. Howe. Belle
lived with daughter Venice Bigelow Jackson in Chicago, IL, in 1910 and 1920.
(U.S. Census 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920; Forge: The Bigelow Society
Quarterly, 17(2):27,30; 1988; G.B. Howe, 1890, Genealogy of the Bigelow Family
of America)
1.5.1.1 Maude Bigelow was born 15 Mar 1872 in Shalersville Twp. (possibly
Ravenna), Portage Co., OH and died 27 Jan 1886 in Lincoln, NE. (U.S. Census
1880; family group sheet from Patricia Bigelow; G.B. Howe, 1890, Genealogy
of the Bigelow Family of America)
1.5.1.2 Blanch Bigelow was born 18 Feb 1874 in Geneva, Fillmore Co.,
NE and died 18 Aug 1874 in Geneva. (family group sheet from Patricia Bigelow;
G.B. Howe, 1890, Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America)
1.5.1.3 Venice Bigelow was born 6 Jun 1875 in Geneva, Fillmore Co.,
NE, and married about 1894 Charles B. Jackson (1868-). They moved to Chicago,
IL, before 1910 and lived there in 1910 and 1920. (U.S. Census 1880, 1910,
1920; family group sheet from Patricia Bigelow; G.B. Howe, 1890, Genealogy
of the Bigelow Family of America)
1.5.1.4 Erritt B. Bigelow was born 11 Jun 1877 in Geneva, Fillmore
Co., NE and was single in 1900 when he lived in Lincoln, NE, with his parents.
(U.S. Census 1880, 1900; family group sheet from Patricia Bigelow; G.B. Howe,
1890, Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America)
1.5.1.5 James Garfield Bigelow was born 9 Jan 1880 in Geneva, Fillmore
Co., NE and died 6 Sep 1880. (U.S. Census 1880; family group sheet from Patricia
Bigelow; G.B. Howe, 1890, Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America)
1.5.1.6 Clifford George Bigelow was born 7 Nov 1883 in Geneva, Fillmore
Co., NE and married (1) about 1907 Lula L. _______ and (2) about 1915-1918
Joette Penn ______. He lived with his parents in Lincoln, NE in 1900, in Chicago,
IL, in 1910 and was in Boston, MA, before 1918. His second wife was born
in South America, emigrated to the U.S. in 1894(?) and was naturalized
as a citizen in 1915. (U.S. Census 1900, 1910, 1920; World War I draft registration
card [Clifford George Bigelow]; family group sheet from Patricia Bigelow;
G.B. Howe, 1890, Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America)
1.5.1.6.1 Dolores J. Bigelow was born Mar 1919 in Boston, MA. (U.S.
Census 1920)
1.5.1.7 Helen M. Bigelow was born 31 Jul 1889 in Lincoln, NE. She
lived with her parents in Lincoln, NE, in 1900 and with her sister Venice
Bigelow Jackson in Chicago, IL in 1910. (U.S. Census 1900, 1910; family group
sheet from Patricia Bigelow; G.B. Howe, 1890, Genealogy of the Bigelow Family
of America)
1.5.1.8 Hawley Spencer Bigelow was born 22 Apr 1896 in Lincoln, NE
and died Aug 1970 in Chicago, IL. He lived with his parents in Lincoln, NE,
in 1900, with his sister Venice Bigelow Jackson in Chicago, IL in 1910, and
with his wife in Chicago in 1920. He married between 5 Jun 1917 and 13 Jan
1920 (probably 1919) Olga M. ______, who was born in Canada, emigrated to
the U.S. in 1908 and was naturalized as a citizen in 1919. (U.S. Census 1900,
1910, 1920; World War I draft registration card [Hawley Spencer Bigelow];
Social Security Death Index [Hawley Bigelow]; family group sheet from Patricia
Bigelow)
1.5.2 Arlie J. Bigelow was born 14 May 1863 in Shalersville Twp.(possibly
Ravenna), Portage Co., Ohio and died there 3 Sep 1865 at age 2 years, 3 months,
20 days. (family group sheet from Patricia Bigelow; tombstone, Evergreen Cemetery,
Streetsboro)
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