Bigelow, Ferrand (7) Page 2 = fer7bpg2.htm

Children of Ferrand and Caroline (Hibbard) Bigelow, all born at Eagle, Waukasha, WI:

159B1.171t Lucia Ann, b 02 Jan 1839; d 03 Jan 1912 Whiting, Monona, WI; m 17 Aug 1858 James Hopkins; 9 children.

159B1.172t William Henry, b 13 June 1840; d 16 Sept 1911 Whiting; m 11 July 1868 Alice Betts; 7 children.

159B1.173t Elverton Pod, 13 Feh 1842; d 23 Nov 1893; m 16 Mar 1868 Mary Jane Betts; 6 children.

159B1.174 Franklin, b 30 Jan 1844; d 30 July 1864 Battle of Petersburgh; unm. (see below)

159B1.175 Orpheus Hibbard, b 27 Sept 1846; 22 March 1921; m 30 Oct 1875 Charlotte Wilford; 4 children.
(see below)

159B1.176 Minerva, b 08 Aug 1849; d 17 Aug 1910; m March 1870 George James, 2 children: Royal and Arch James.

159B1.178 Sarah, b 24 Jan 1856; d 18 Feb 1930; m James Wilford; 6 children: Linda, Lottie, Fred, Laura, Sadie and twin son Artie d age 5 and ? d at birth.

William Henry Bigelow "B" and his two younger brothers, Elverton and Franklin served in the Union Army from Wisconsin; William Henry and Elverton survived, but Franklin did not;
Upon their return to Wisconsin, they married sisters; Alice Marie and Mary Jane Betts
William enlisted in the Union Army 12 August 1862 and discharged 26 June 1865;
Source of photo and notes from Mildred "Milly" May Fuoss Vance (great-granddaughter of William Henry)

Sources:
Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Vol II, pg 157;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
Histories of Walworth and Waukesha Counties;
marriage records WI;
correspondence with descendants:

From: John Daniel Parkinson johnparkinson45@aol.com
21 Jan 2011
Hello Rod ;
I live on the East side of Cleveland,Ohio. I recently google searched for my great-great grandfather: Ferrand Bigelow; father of my great-grandfather Elverton Pod Bigelow. I have digital photographic images from Feb 2006, see attached files, of daguerreotype or possibly tin-types (I am not sure which these are, but both are on thin sheet metal) of

Ferrand Bigelow, his wife Caroline Hibbard Bigelow, daughter Lucia Ann Bigelow (who married Jim Hopkins), and 1st son William Henry Bigelow. The image was taken after Wm's birth 1840, and before Elverton's birth in 1842. <circa 1841>
A small round dark image, about the size of a quarter, of Elverton Pod Bigelow in his Civil War uniform. <circa 1860's>

My father David Bigelow Parkinson, born in 1911, had these original images. His sister, my Aunt Ruth Marie Parkinson, born in Aug 1908, had a photographic picture on paperboard that showed Elverton's Civil War Unit "in and about the defenses of Washington, D.C". I am sending you digital images of that image of Battery A soldiers. My cousin Bruce Parkinson and his wife Kathy indicated to me that both Elverton and his older brother Willie (Wm Henry Bigelow) were in the same artillery group at the same time during the Civil War.

Aunt Ruth remembered Elverton is the third from the right AND his older brother William Henry is second from the right. The two brothers are standing next to each other in Ruth's photo image. Both the third from the right (Elverton the younger brother) and William Henry the second from the right have very prominent high cheek bones in their faces.This is also attached below. David and Ruth Parkinson's mother was Minnie M. Bigelow. I find the Battery A image you have posted on line with William Henry Bigelow identified as the farthest right person ('B') shows a Civil War artillery setting with 12 attending soldiers. Comparing your on line image with Ruth's photo image containing 11 attending soldiers; I believe that Elverton is in the on-your-site artillery emplacement image standing to the extreme-most left. I can match many of the other 9 men's faces in Ruth's image as being in common to both the Battery A images (Yours on line and Aunt Ruth's).

John Daniel Parkinson

4926 Geraldine Road

Richmond Heights, OH

Aunt Ruth's Photo

Enlarged Right Side

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