Horace Minard ⁷ BIGELOW

Oak Harbor Union Cemetery; Oak Harbor, Ottawa County, OH

Children of Horace and Mary (Coup?) Bigelow:

12169.461     Nelson F., b 15 Jan 1848 Streetsville Twp, Portage co, OH; no further record; 

12169.462     Phebe Adaline, b 15 May 1849 Streetsville Twp, Portage co, OH;  no further record; 

12169.463     Helen, b 12 May 1850 Streetsboro; no further record; 

12169.464t    Dow, b 03 July 1851 Streetsboro; d 22 Nov 1900 Vassar Twp., Tuscola co, MI; m ca 1875 Eliza J. Ritter; 6 children;

Children of Horace and Sarah Jane (Michaels) Bigelow:

12169.465t    Mary Ann, b 20 Dec 1858 OH, prob. Vanlue, Amanda Twp., Hancock co; d of typhoid fever 16 (26) August 1880 Genoa, Clay Twp, Ottawa co, OH; m 29 Sept 1877 John Wesley Heald; res. Dogtown, about 1 mile NW of Genoa.

12169.466t    Samuel Ervin, b 21 Dec 1859, prob. Vanlue, OH; d _____ ; m 1887 Mary Pickard; res. Oak Harbor and Toledo, OH;

12169.467     Emma Elizabeth, b 08 Dec 1860, prob. Vanlue, OH; d 24 May 1927; m 01 May 1886 James Henry (Harry) Miller; ( he b _Dec 1857 (1858)- d 23 Jan 1907 in Oak Harbor, Ottawa Co., OH). After Ervin Hale (son of Mary Ann above) was orphaned, Emma and Harry raised him. They also were surrogate parents for Mae and Ella Briggs (Samantha's daughters below). (Horace M. Bigelow Family Bible; U.S. Census 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920; Ottawa Co. marriage records; obituaries of Harry Miller and Mrs. Emma Miller; tombstones in Union Cemetery, Oak Harbor, Ottawa Co., Ohio)

12169.468t    Samantha Elvira "Mattie", b 03 Dec 1862 Rollin, Lenawee co, MI; d 30 Nov 1936 Woodville, Woodville Twp, Sandusky co, OH; m 27 Sept 1882 John Henry Briggs; 8 children;

Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Volume. II page ;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
note2: family group sheet from Patricia Bigelow;
U.S. Census 1840-1850-1860-1870);
note: Forge "The Bigelow Society Quarterly, Vol.17 (2): 27, 30; April 1988);
letter dated 20 April 2004 from Richard Hale Zimmerman
Horace (12169.46) letter dated 20 April 2004 from Richard Hale Zimmerman ../rod2008a/zimmer05.htm

Horace and Sarah; Oak Harbor Union Cemetery

New Note 08/14/06:
From: Pamela Klein  < carpediem@manabeads.com >   and
Richard H. Zimmerman  <  rhz1415@starpower.net  >

Samuel ( ), Bigelow, son of _____________ Bigelow and Mary (Lyman) Bigelow, was born
     In a letter from Richard Hale Zimmerman, 507 Leighton Ave., Silver Spring, Maryland 20901-4825, dated 20 Apr 2004:
"Samuel Bigelow was born in Connecticut, possibly Hartford, at some point  between 1775 and 1800.  He is mentioned in G. B. Howe's work, "Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America" in which the information was supplied by his grandson, George  
In this account, Samuel was supposed to have been born in 1776, his father died soon after and his mother, Mary Lyman Bigelow, then married a man named Conn.  Dick Zimmerman was unable to confirm any of this in his 13 March 2004 letter.  U. S. Census records for 1810 through 1840 recorded only a range of years for those enumerated and from these one can deduce a birth date for Samuel anytime between 1775 and 1800.  Census records for 1850 (age 65) and 1860 (age 75) indicate a birth date in the latter half of 1784 or the first half of 1785.  His tombstone seen in July 2003 indicates that he died 23 December 1863 at age 81, indicating a birth date in 1782.
   "...Census records show that he lived in Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut in 1810, 1820, 1830 after which he is recorded in Streetsboro Township, Portage County, Ohio.  Pat Bigelow indicated that he moved to Streetsboro in 1833 ("Forge:  The Bigelow Society Quarterly" 17(2):27,30;1988)  In Salisbury, he married Phebe Minard (born 20 October 1793 in Salisbury) about 1809 "Forge, same ref".  All eight of their children were born there and the seventh, Hiram L., died when about a year old and is buried at Town Hill Cemetery, Salisbury.
   "...Portage County in northeastern Ohio is part of the Western Reserve of Connecticut, also called New Connecticut, and this entire region had many early settlers from Connecticut ("Harlan Hatcher, The Western Reserve; The Story of New Connecticut in Ohio, Bobbs-Merrill 1949).  The first settlers arrived in Streetsboro in 1822, although the Township itself did not become independent of the adjoining townships until 1827.
   "Phebe Minard Bigelow died 18 July 1849 at the age of 56 years, 6 months (source: tombstone, Streetsboro Cemetery, Streetsboro Twp., Portage Co., Ohio).  In 1850, Samuel was recorded on the U.S. Census with the family of his daughter and son-in-law, Mary and Robert Smith.  He married 4 November 1850 Elizabeth R. Bow (born about 1798), who apparently survived him.  He died 23 December 1863 and was buried in Streetsboro (source: U.S. Census 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860; Early Marriage Bonds of Ohio - Portage Co.; Forge: The Bigelow Society Quarterly, 17(2):27,30;1988; family group sheet from Patricia Bigelow; tombstone, Streetsboro Cemetery, Streetsboro Twp., Portage Co., Ohio)."

Horace M. Bigelow from Zimmerman notes:
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 3 Jul 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).

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