Child of Charles Henry and Flora May (Vance) Bigelow:
16317.5521t Bernard Barton, b 05 Aug
1882; d _____ ; m Mable Rhgonny;
Sources:
Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy Vol II, pg 245
child;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
Bigelow Society records;
Hine Genealogy and History of the Descendants of Thomas Hine of
Milford, CT;
pub. 1898, by Robert C. Hine
New Note 04 Feb 05:
From: Stephanie Reiner farm@metroparks.net
I am searching for the Bigelow family that lived in Marcy, Ohio
1889-1913. I do not know their names, only that they came from Findlay,
Hancock Co., Ohio. They may have traded farms with the Samuel Oman
family in 1889. A couple of Bigelow are buried at The Trinity Lutheran
Cemetery aboout 1 1/2 miles down the road from our farm. I am doing
research on the people that inhabited a farm in Marcy from the early
1800's to 1970's. The Farm is an 1880s living historical farm. I just
want to fill put family histories for our visitors. I would appreciate
the help.
Sincerely,
Stephanie Reiner
House Interpreter at Slate Run Living Historical Farm
Article from "Centennial Biographical History"
CHARLES HENRY BIGELOW:
Born on a farm now included in the corporate
limits of Findlay and resident here all his life, the subject of this
sketch has pursued the "even
tenor of his way" unobtrusively, fulfilling without ostentation all
those duties and meeting all the obligations required of a good
citizen.
He has
devoted all his time to the peaceful pursuits of farming, his only
ambition being a desire to be considered a worthy member of that class
whose ingenuity
and enterprise have placed Ohio among the first of American states in
all that relates to advanced agriculture. Mr. Bigelow is
descended both on the
side of father and mother, from an ancestry that takes us back to the
earliest history of America, and to a period very remote in the
chronicles of
England. the genealogy runs to 1243. Henry Bigelow,
grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Colchester, CT,
Feb 20, 1778,
and became
a man of distinction in new England. He attended yale college,
was graduated there in 1802, subsequently achieved fame as a
congregational
minister and
died at Middletown springs, VT., June 25 1832. His son, Philip D.
Bigelow, was born at Middletown springs, VT, Dec. 1, 1812, came to OH
in early
manhood
and settled in Hancock co., in 1841. He engaged in merchandising
at Findlay, which he followed until 1853, when he purchased a farm near
the city and
lived there until his death, which occurred Aug 13, 1868. During
his residence in OH he acquired a position of standing influence,
serving
on the State Board of Equalization in 1859-60, and for a long period as
justice
of the peace in Fairfield co. July 10 1839 he was appointed by
General Wilson Shannon as major of the OH Militia, and in the discharge
of this,
as of all other trusts conferred upon him, showed himself to be a man
of
energy and good business qualifications. May 5, 1840 he married
in
Erie co., Harriet Hine Frisbie, d/o Calvin Frisbie, and the three
sirvivors
of their five children are Frank F., Charles H. and Ella J., the
latter,
now the wife of George L. Cusac of Findlay.
Charles Henry, second child, was born
5 Jun 1854 on the farm where he now reisdes, in the present corporate
limits of Findlay, OH. He grew up in this place and nearness to
town gave him
the benefits of good schools, of which he availed himself to acquire a
fair
education in youth. After leaving college, Mr. Bigelow returned
to
his farm, the cultivation and care of which has furnished his
continuous occupation from that time up to the present. He has
made a success
of his business and the appearance of his place indicates that he is a
painstaking as well as an industrious husbandman. On October 15,
1879 Mr. Bigelow married Miss May, d/o H. M. Vance, member of a
substantial family at Findlay. Bernard Barton Bigelow, whose
birth occurred on the 5 of Aug 1882, is the only child of this
union. Mr. Bigelow is a member of the Sons of the American
Revolution and politically in accord with the principles set forth in
the platform of the Republican party.
Note:
Subject: Bigelow/Cusac
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 17:51:50
From: "Martha Kincade" < >
Mr Bigelow,
I came across your site while trying to find information on the
daughter of Ella Jane Bigelow (16317.553) and George L. Cusac. If you
would like
to add Ella's date of death to your site, she died in Findlay, Ohio Feb
1, 1922. (Hancock County Ohio Deaths, Volume 3804, Death Certificate
#9545
) She is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery.
There is a slight error on the Phillip Doddridge Bigelow (16317.54)
page. Findlay is in Hancock County instead of Erie County.
Sincerely,
Martha Kincade
The
Charles
H. Bigelow House is a historic building in Findlay, Ohio, United
States,
that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March
29,
2006. The home is considered to be a fine example of a Painted Lady, or
polychrome
Victorian architecture.
The house was built between 1888-1889 during a
period
of rapid economic growth in Findlay. The 7,500 square foot house was
designed
by architect Henry Oswald Wurmser in the Queen Anne, Stick/Eastlake
style.
The owner, Charles Henry Bigelow, was a son of an early settler and
community
leader, who built on his father’s achievements to become a successful
farmer,
livestock breeder and business leader. Bigelow was one of many Findlay
residents
whose fortunes grew along with the booming regional economy of the late
19th
century, spurred by discovery of gas fields nearby. Bigelow later
married
May Vance, a relative of former Ohio governor Joseph Vance.
The construction of the home during the gas
boom
of Findlay is evident by the many gas using fixtures original to the
home.
It originally had seven gas fireplaces, and many gas lamps. The
original
oriental brass light in the newel post is shaped like a dragon which
breathed
fire when the gas was lit. All have since been converted to wood
burning
fireplaces or electric lights. In 1989, the exterior of the home was
restored
and repainted in a cracker cream, cottage red, village green, and
lighter
green in order to highlight the woodwork.
In 1992, the house appeared in Elizabeth
Pomada
and Michael Larsen's America's Painted Ladies: The Ultimate Celebration
of
our Victorians, a catalogue of exceptional polychrome Victorian or
Edwardian
homes. In 1995, the house appeared as a featured act of David
Copperfield's
The Magic of David Copperfield XVI: Unexplained Forces, although its
history
was falsified and it was referred to as the "Barclay House".
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