Mary Ann ⁷ BIGELOW

Evergreen Cemetery; Streetsboro, Portage County, Ohio

Children of Augustus and Mary Ann (Bigelow) Smith, all born in Streetsboro Twp, Summit co, OH: (see below)

12169.431     Phoebe "Phebe" A. Smith, b ___ 1841; d ___ 1919; unmarried?;

12169.432     Martha J. Smith, b ___ 1843; d _____ ; no further info; 

12169.433     James Smith, b ____1844; d 20 July 1862 Tuscumbia, Alabama at age 18 of typhoid fever; he was serving in Captain Cotter's Battery of the Union Army.  This unit was apparently raised in Portage co. and James Smith was the only soldier from this unit who died at Tuscumbia. (sources: U. S. Census 1850, 60; Portage co. Democrat (Ravenna, OH) 06 August 1862; Richard J. Staats, 2002, A Grassroots History of the American Civil War, Vol. III, Captain Cotter's Battery, Heritage Books, Inc;  tombstone in Evergreen Cem., Streetsboro, Portage co., Ohio); 

12169.434     Malvina Smith, b ___ 1845; d 20 July 1847 Streetsboro, age 2 yrs;

12169.435     Martin Smith, b 01 Oct 1848; d 02 Dec 1872 Streetsboro; m Emory M. Price (b 14 Feb 1851; d 02 Jan 1873 (tombstone))

12169.436     Lucinda Smith, b early May 1850 (1851?); d ______ ; m (1) between 1870--1880 Samuel A. Barker (1852-1907); m (2) ____ Nighman;

12169.437     Ella L. Smith, b _ July 1853; d ___ 1911;

Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Volume. I 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, 17 (2): 27, 30; 1988);
letter dated 20 April 2004 from Richard Hale Zimmerman ../rod2008a/zimmer04.htm
and ../rod2008a/zimmer03.htm

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)."

From Richard Zimmerman notes:

Children of Mary Ann:

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)

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