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1.6 Horace M.
Bigelow was born in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT, 1824 (tombstone
shows 24 January 1821, an impossibility if birth date for his brother James
is correct). He married (1) 15 Apr 1846 Mary Coup (Coop?) in Portage Co.,
OH. She died about 1853 (1855 in Howe) and Horace then married (2) 19 Mar
1857 Sarah Jane Michaels (10 Mar 1837-5 Jan 1909). He worked as a laborer
(farm?) in Streetsboro Twp. (1850), then as a farmer in various places: Vanlue,
Amanda Twp., Hancock Co., OH in 1860; Rollin, Lenawee Co., MI in the early
1860s; near Cass City, Elkland Twp., Tuscola Co., MI by 1870. In 1872, he
received a land patent for 160 acres north of Cass City, then a frontier
heavily forested with white pine. He may have farmed near Genoa, Ottawa Co.,
OH about 1876-1878. By 1880, he was in Oak Harbor, Salem Twp., Ottawa Co.,
OH, where he apparently farmed and served as Street Commissioner for several
years. He may have lived in Toledo, Lucas Co., OH in 1890. He died 6 Jun
1893, probably in Oak Harbor, and was buried in Union Cemetery, Oak Harbor
as is Sarah Jane Bigelow. (U.S. Census 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900; Portage
County Marriages 1808-1850, Vol. 1; G.B. Howe, 1890, Genealogy of the Bigelow
Family of America; land patent - Homestead Certificate 399 dated 2 July 1872;
tombstones in Union Cemetery, Oak Harbor; Commemorative Biographical Record
of the Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio, 1896, p. 487; affidavits attesting
to birth of Ervin Hale in lieu of birth certificate dated 26 & 27 Sep
1940)
1.6.1 Nelson F. Bigelow was born 15 Jan 1848 in Streetsboro Twp.,
Portage Co., OH; no further record of him has been found. (U.S. Census 1850;
Horace M. Bigelow Family Bible)
1.6.2 Phebe Adaline Bigelow was born 15 May 1849 in Streetsboro Twp.,
Portage Co., OH; no further record of her has been found. (U.S. Census 1850;
Horace M. Bigelow Family Bible)
1.6.3 Helen Bigelow was born 12 May 1850 in Streetsboro Twp., Portage
Co., OH; no further record of her has been found. (U.S. Census 1850; Horace
M. Bigelow Family Bible)
1.6.4 Dow Bigelow was born
03 July 1851, probably in Streetsboro Twp., Portage Co., OH and died 22 Nov
1900 in Vassar Twp., Tuscola Co., MI, where he had farmed. He married Eliza
J. Ritter about 1875 and she was born Jun 1851 in Canada. He apparently was
named after an early 19th century evangelist, Lorenzo Dow. Eliza Bigelow
still lived in Vassar Twp., in 1910 with her children James, Sarah, and Edna
and her mother, Sarah Ritter. (U.S. Census 1860, 1880, 1900, 1910; Horace
M. Bigelow Family Bible; letter from Pat Bigelow dated 19 March 1989)
1.6.4.1 Alfred N. Bigelow was born May 1877 in Ohio. (U.S. Census
1900)
1.6.4.2 Charles P. Bigelow was born 25 Apr (May?) 1887 in Cass City,
Tuscola Co., MI. He married about 1912 Elsie M. _____. He was a farm laborer
in Tuscola Twp., Tuscola Co., MI, in 1910 and lived in the village of Roseville,
Erie Twp., Macomb Co., MI in 1930. In 1917, he wa foreman for the M.C.R.R.
Co. in Hamtramck, MI. (U.S. Census 1900, 1910, 1930; World War I draft registration
card [Charles Bigelow]).
1.6.4.2.1 Arthur J. Bigelow was born about 1913 in Michigan. (U.S.
Census 1930)
1.6.4.2.2 Arlene M. Bigelow was born about 1922 in Michigan. (U.S.
Census 1930)
1.6.4.3 Meral S. Bigelow was born 6 Apr 1889 in Cass City, Tuscola
Co., MI. In 1917, he was married, lived in Flint, MI, and worked as a fireman
at the Oak Park Power Plant there. (U.S. Census 1900; World War I draft registration
card [Meral S. Bigelow])
1.6.4.3.1 Unknown Bigelow was born before 5 Jun 1917 in Michigan. (World
War I draft registration card [Meral S. Bigelow])
1.6.4.4 James H. Bigelow was born June 1892 in Michigan (U.S. Census
1900, 1910).
1.6.4.5 Sarah B. Bigelow was born January 1897 in Michigan (U.S. Census
1900, 1910).
1.6.4.6 Edna J. Bigelow was born March 1899 in Michigan (U.S. Census
1900, 1910).
1.6.5. Mary Ann Bigelow
was born 20 Dec 1858 in Ohio, probably Vanlue, Amanda Twp., Hancock Co. and
died of typhoid fever 16 (26) Aug 1880 near Genoa, Clay Twp., Ottawa Co.,
OH. She married 29 Sep 1877 John Wesley Heald (30 Sep 1853-26 Jan 1888).
John and Mary Ann Heald lived on a small farm in a crossroads called Dogtown,
about 1 mile NW of Genoa.. (Horace M. Bigelow Family Bible; U.S. Census 1860,
1870, 1880; Ottawa Co. marriage records and death records) Details
on the Heald/Hale family and descendants are in the Hale Family History that
I have prepared.
1.6.5.1 Samuel Ervin Heald was born 17 Jun 1877 in Dogtown, Clay Twp.,
Ottawa Co., OH and died 20 Feb 1959 in Woodstock Twp., Lenawee Co., MI. He
went by the name Ervin Hale and all official records use this name. He married
29 Jul 1903 Maude Bense (8 May 1883-29 May 1940) in Oak Harbor, Ottawa Co.,
OH. (U.S. Census 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930; Ottawa Co. marriage records;
affidavits attesting to birth of Ervin Hale in lieu of birth certificate dated
26 & 27 Sep 1940; tombstones in Oak Grove Cemetery, Bowling Green, Wood
Co., Ohio)
1.6.5.1.1 Beatrice M. Hale was born 20 May 1904 in Oak Harbor, Ottawa
Co., Ohio and died 7 Nov 1975 in Adrian, Lenawee Co., MI. (U.S. Census 1910,
1920, 1930; tombstone in Oak Grove Cemetery, Bowling Green, Wood Co., Ohio)
1.6.5.1.2 Irene Hale was born 7 Feb 1906 in Oak Harbor, Ottawa Co.,
OH and died 30 Jun 1978 in Toledo, Lucas Co., OH. She married 2 Dec 1932 Hiram
L. Zimmerman (20 Mar 1905-7 Jan 1976) in Bowling Green, OH. They had one
son, Richard Hale Zimmerman. (U.S. Census 1910, 1920, 1930; tombstones in
Oak Grove Cemetery, Bowling Green, Wood Co., Ohio)
1.6.5.1.3 Juanita Hale was born 30 Nov 1907 in Oak Harbor, Ottawa
Co., OH and died 8 Nov 1941 in Toledo, OH. She married 27 Feb 1931 Russell
Ivan Bear (27 Nov 1905-14 Jun 1978) in Bowling Green, OH. They had three
daughters, Lois, Bonnadell and Carolyn. (U.S. Census 1910, 1920, 1930; tombstones
in Oak Grove Cemetery, Bowling Green, Wood Co., Ohio)
1.6.5.2 Ella E. Heald was born 16 Feb 1880 in Dogtown, Clay Twp.,
Ottawa Co., OH and died 21 May 1914 (1913?) in Genoa, OH. She married 1897
John C. Cashen (1877-1931). She also went by the name of Hale after the death
of her parents. (U.S. Census 1880, 1900, 1910; Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944,
and 1958-2002 [Ella Cashen]; obituary of John Cashen) Details of Ella Hale
(Heald)
1.6.5.2.1 Irvin C. Cashen was born Nov 1898 in Genoa, Clay Twp., Ottawa
Co., OH and died Dec 1951. He married 1920 Blanche M. Owens (1890-Jun 1951).
(U.S. Census 1900, 1910; tombstone Clay Township Cemetery, Ottawa Co., Ohio;
notes from Luella Cashen Opfer; obituary of Irvin C. Cashen)
1.6.5.2.2 Walter H. Cashen was born 26 Apr 1901 in Genoa, Clay Twp.,
Ottawa Co., OH and died 2 Oct 1965 in Toledo, OH, where he had moved about
1933. (U.S. Census 1910, 1920; tombstone Clay Township Cemetery, Ottawa Co.,
Ohio; notes from Luella Cashen Opfer; obituary of Walter Cashen; Ohio Deaths,
1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002 [Walter H. Cashen])
1.6.5.2.3 Luella Jane Cashen was born 12 Sep 1903 in Genoa, Clay Twp.,
Ottawa Co., OH and died 2 Jul 1992 in Elmore, Ottawa Co., OH. She married
22 Sep 1920 Charles H. Opfer (1897-28 Sep 1955) in Monroe, MI. (U.S. Census
1910, 1920, 1930; tombstone Clay Township Cemetery, Ottawa Co., Ohio; notes
from Luella Cashen Opfer; obituary of Luella J. Opfer; Ohio Deaths, 1958-2002
Record [Luella Jane Opfer])
1.6.5.2.4 Florence Cashen was born 1905 in Genoa, Clay Twp.,
Ottawa Co., OH and died there 3 May 1910 of typhoid fever. (U.S. Census 1910;
tombstone Clay Township Cemetery, Ottawa Co., Ohio; notice in Elmore Tribune,
5 May 1910; notes from Luella Cashen Opfer)
1.6.5.2.5 Myrtle J. Cashen was born 30 Jun 1908 in Genoa, Clay
Twp., Ottawa Co., OH and died 30 Jun 1973 of a heart attack. She married 4
Jun 1928 Carl H. Stewart (5 May 1896-7 Mar 1964). (U.S. Census 1910, 1920;
tombstone Clay Township Cemetery, Ottawa Co., Ohio; notes from Luella Cashen
Opfer; obituary of Myrtle J. Stewart)
1.6.5.2.6 William Cashen was born 1911 in Genoa, Clay Twp.,
Ottawa Co., OH and died there 1911. (tombstone Clay Township Cemetery, Ottawa
Co., Ohio; notes from Luella Cashen Opfer)
1.6.5.2.7 Oran Cashen was born 28 Jan 1912 in Genoa, Clay Twp.,
Ottawa Co., OH and died 13 Dec 1982 in Port Clinton, Ottawa Co., OH of a heart
attack. He married 22 Feb 1946 Velma Hoffman (1920-24 May 1990). They had
four daughters, Nellie, Susan, Linda and Sandy, and one son, Timothy. He
served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, then worked at the
Erie Army Depot until 1965 and then owned and operated Cashen’s Electric Motors
in Port Clinton. (U.S. Census 1920; tombstone Clay Township Cemetery, Ottawa
Co., Ohio; notes from Luella Cashen Opfer; obituary of Oran Cashen; Ohio
Deaths, 1958-2002 Record [Oran D. Cashen, Velma May Cashen]; Social Security
Death Index [Oran Cashen]; U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
[Oran D. Cashen])
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