Levi Houghton ⁷ BIGELOW

15198.18 Levi Houghton ⁷ BIGELOW son of Abel ⁶ (Josiah ⁵, Jotham ⁴, John ³, Samuel ², John ¹) and Sarah(CLARK) BIGELOW, was born at Batavia, Genessee co, NY on 02 July 1817at which time his father, Abel Bigelow, was sheriff of that county. His family lived in the courthouse and that is where he was born. He subsequently moved to Canada, and from thence to Michigan, settling in West Bloomfield, Oakland co., in 1825. Levi H. lived at home until he was eighteen years of age. He then worked on a farm for three years, at one hundred and fifty dollars per year, from which he saved three hundred dollars; with this he purchased eighty acres of land, where he was living in November, 1837. He married (1) _ November 1840 Susan Mary Capen (Capron?)(see below), daughter of Samuel and Sophia (Dake) Capen , born at Newfane, Niagara co, NY on 07 July 1818. Susan died 16 August 1876 at Conway, Livingston co, MI. He married (2) 02 May 1878 Eliza Ann Mathews, formerly Miss Cornick, of Niagara, Canada. Levi was a farmer all of his adult life, near Fowlerville, MI. He died 28 September 1887 at Conway. His widow married on 16 November 1887 Henry Street. (see below)

Children of Levi H. and Susan M. (Capen) Bigelow, born Conway township, MI:

15198.181t Henrietta Sophia, b 11 Nov 1841; d 28 Nov 1898 Byron, Shiawassee, MI; m (1) 10 May 1863 James Brown, 2 children; m (2) Addison Lewis, 3 children.

15198.182 Howard, b 26 Dec 1842; d 04 Dec 1864 Newburn, NC - Civil War; unmarried.(see below)

15198.183t Ariel, b 19 Aug 1844; d 24 Aug 1887 Grand Junction, CO; m 18 Feb 1878 Plymouth co, IA: Hannah Imogene Sharp; 3 children.

15198.184t Sarah Sophrona, b 02 Jan 1846; d 02 Feb 1880; m 11 April 1867 Samuel Spence Tower; 4 children.

15198.185t Thomas Allen, b 19 Feb 1848; d 16 Sept 1920; m 18 Dec 1879 Calista Clough; 4 children.

15198.186t Ellen Leona, b 06 Aug 1849; d 20 July 1916 Byron, Shiawassee, MI; m 08 Oct 1873 Barber Israel Brown; 3 children.

15198.187t Jeanette Ann, b 17 Aug 1851; d 28 Dec 1904; m 09 May 1877 James Parker; 3 children.

15198.188 Mary S., b ca 1853; d age 1 year.

15198.189t Oliver Jeduthan, b 24 Sept 1854; d 15 Dec 1911 Conway, Livingston co,MI; m 29 Jan 1880 Lois Adeline Parsons; 2 children.

15198.18At Albertina, b 12 April 1859; d ___ ; m 27 Sept 1874 John Tanner; 2 children.

15198.18Bt Omer Burr Curtis, b 13 Jan 1858; d 30 April 1933 Conway, Livingson co, MI; m 05 Sept 1882 Jennette Parsons; 6 children.

Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Vol II , p 60;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America; page 311;
LaVerne Brown, The Abel Bigelow Line.
E-mail from descendant: Matthew Jardin msjardin@yahoo.com
Thank you for publishing the link for Abel Bigelow. How much more information do you have about his decendants? Do
you go back to Clarice Lunnette Bigelow, my great grandma. Here is my family line: John ¹, Samuel ², John ³, Jotham ⁴, Josiah ⁵, Abel ⁶, Levi Houghton ⁷, Omer Burr Curtis⁸, Clarice 9, Ridgeley Ireland 10, Virgina Ireland 11, and Matthew 12 (me!). If you need any information from me about Clarice Lunnette Bigelow let me know.
Thanks Matthew Shawn Jardin
Note2:
From: Genforum
allen_fisher@msn.com
In Coughran Cemetery in Conway, Livingston County, Michigan there is a Bigelow:
Levi 29 Sept 1886 age 69, 2, 27
Mary (wife of Levi) 16 Aug 1876 58 yrs 1 month
Is this Levi any relation to a Bond Bigelow
that lived in the 1850 census of Livingston County, Michigan? NO!!

Subject: Howard Bigelow--12th NY Volunteer Cavalry
Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 10:02:49 -0500
From: Kenneth Jennings Wooster <woosterk@cortland.edu>
Organization: State University at Cortland

Recently, a Mike Pratt from Lansing, Michigan, who is a distant relative
of Howard Bigelow (see your page at /rod7/lev79818.htm>), has called my attention
to the fact that Howard Bigelow's name was apparently erroneously
omitted from the official roster lists of the the 12th NY Volunteer
Cavalry as published by the AGO (Adjutant-General's Office) in the
1890s.

Do you have any additional information on Howard Bigelow?
My web site for the 12th is at
<http://web.cortland.edu/woosterk/12cav.html>.
The relevant pages on the site are:
<http://web.cortland.edu/woosterk/roster_B.html> and
<http://web.cortland.edu/woosterk/maybe.html>.

I'd love to hear from you if you have any additional information. At
least, I hope that you will find something there of interest about
another Bigelow.
Kenneth Jennings Wooster
Here is more about Howard Bigelow that might be of interest to you for your web site. He served in the 12th NY Cavalry under an alias. The details were sent to me my Mike Pratt on June 2, 2003. The content of Mike's email was as follows:

"I had emailed you a few months ago regarding the omission of Howard Bigelow from the roster of the 12 NY Cavalry. Well, since then I have received the pension application filed by Howard's father Levi H. Bigelow. It turns out that Howard enlisted under the name of George Twimbly or Trimby. I see from your page that Howard served under that name in Company "D". Unfortunately the file makes no mention of why he enlisted under an alias."
Kenneth Wooster
More 02 June 2003:
According to the pension application
filed by Levi , Howard did in fact serve in the 12th NY Cavalry,
Company D. He enlisted under an alias George Twimbly or Trimby. He
died 4 Dec 1864 in Newburn, North Carolina. The cause of death was
listed as Typhoid Fever.
Mike Pratt
<judas@tir.com>
Lansing, MI

More notes:
Subject:Search your web site
Date:Tue, 13 Aug 2002 21:13:44 -0400
From: "Stan Wickman" <cownabor@htdconnect.com>
Tried to use the search engine that pops up when I click the
link. Susan Mary Capen and Levi Houghton Bigelow both brought me the web
site for GO.COM. ????
I signed your guest book and explained my mission there. L.
H. Brown did an exhaustive survey of the Bigelows and reported his notes in a
letter dated 21 August 1931. I have a copy of the original here. My father
appears in it.
Sometime ago, I visited your web site and learned that
Brown's report had been included for reference. Today, I can find neither hide
nor hair of his report.
What am I doing wrong?
I am having trouble reading his "Notes on the Capen Line"
beginning on page 12 of his report. Has anyone entered this info in your
database? How might I find it? I just met (via email) a descendent of Levi Houghton
BIGELOW and Susan Mary CAPEN. I had hoped to be able to refer him to the
page on which these data appear.
I shall refer him anyway to your web site, but I am curious
as to the present state of affairs. Several of the links I tried found
the target is missing.
Stan

From History of Livingston county, MI 1880
http://www.memoriallibrary.com/MI/Livingston/1880/Conway%20Twp/lbigelow.htm

LEVI H. BIGELOW
was born in Batavia, N.Y., July 2, 1817, at which time his father, Abel Bigelow, was sheriff of that county. He subsequently moved to Canada, and from thence to Michigan, settling in West Bloomfield, Oakland co., in 1825, where he died in 1866. Levi H. lived at home until he was eighteen years of age. He then worked on a farm for three years, at one hundred and fifty dollars per year, from which he saved three hundred dollars; with this he purchased eighty acres of land, where he now lives, in November, 1837. In November, 1840, he married Mary Capron, formerly of Niagara Co., N.Y. The next fall William Bigelow moved on to his land, where he has since resided. His wife died Aug. 16, 1876, leaving nine children, one son, Howard Bigelow, having previously died while in the army; he enlisted in the 12th New York Cavalry, and died of fever, Dec. 4, 1864.
Mr. Bigelow was again married in May, 1878, to Mrs. Eliza Ann Mathews, formerly Miss Cornick, of Niagara, Canada. Other lands have been added to the original eighty, which halve been subdivided, leaving one hundred and twenty acres with the old home. The children are all married except the three youngest sons, who live at home.

Rod Bigelow (Roger Jon¹² BIGELOW)

Box 13 Chazy Lake
Dannemora, N.Y. 12929

< rodbigelow@netzero.net >

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