Francis "Frank" James 8 BIGELOW



16163.329       Francis "Frank" James 8 BIGELOW, son of  John Benjamin 7 ( Silas , John 5, John 4 Joshua 3, Joshua 2, John1 and  Maria (STOUT) BIGELOW, was born 27 September 1852 at Honeoye Falls, Monroe co, NY on 27 September 1852 and married Anna Eliza Sonnanstine on 22 October 1879.  She was daughter of Joseph Francis and Julia Catherine (Hackett) Sonnanstine and born 21 December 1858 at McConnelsville, Morgan co, OH.  Francis ran a livery stable and this family lived in NY state, OH and MO.  He died 02 July 1928 at St. Joseph, Buchanan co, MO.  His widow died at Norwood, Hamilton co, OH on 14 November 1940.
    
Children of Francis (Frank) and Anna (Sonnanstine) Bigelow:

16163.3291t    Ada Desdamonia, b 17 Apr 1883 Canton, Stark co, OH; d 29 Dec 1970 Cincinnati, Hamilton co, OH; m 17 Dec 1910 Raymond Leighton Huggins (he b 02 May 1884 at Sinking Springs, Highland co, OH; d 10 Feb 1954 Norwood, Hamilton co, OH); no children, but adopted a nephew: Daniel Cyrus Huggins, b 28 Oct 1913;

16163.3292     Charles Frazier Emmett, b 22 Nov 1884 Canton, Stark co, OH; d 07 Oct 1956 Coral Gables, Dade co, FL; m 11 July 1912 Blanche Whelan
(she b 08 Oct 1885 OH, the dau of Isaac and Charlotte (___ ) Whelan; d 01 Aug 1960 Owosso, MI; no children; 

16163.3293     Jewel Zeekind, b 09 Feb 1887 Nevada, Vernon, MO; d 23 Nov 1921; m Emmett Miller, son of Daniel Cyrus and Alice Ann (Clifton) Miller,
(he b 07 Dec 1885 Liberty Center, OH; d 03 Mar 1963 IN); Jewel and Emmett divorced about 1914; 1 child David Miller adopted by sister Ada.

16163.3294t    Wilbur Francis Hinman, b 26 June 1897 Nevada, Vernon, MO; d 19 June 1968 Danville, Montour, PA; m 20 Apr 1918 Helen W. Irwin, dau of Otho Joseph and Mary Dorothea (Kirchner) Irwin; (she b 03 Feb 1896 Dayton, OH; d 08 July 1978 Chicago, Cook co, IL); marriage was in Covington, Campbell co, KY; 5 children;

Sources:
Bigelow Society, The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Vol II, pg 453;
correspondence between descendants and Bigelow Society historian/genealogist; 
censuses NY and OH; 
History of Vernon County, MO, pub. 1887.
Howe, Bigelow Family of America.
Stark co, OH birth records.
Note:
From: Janis Pahnke  < janis222@sbcglobal.net >
Date: 10/17/05

Dear Rod:
I went to the Bigelow pages you have on the Bigelow website,  and checked out my lines, of course.  I realized (since you have a VERY old e-mail address for me, on John (5), John (4),Joshua (3), Joshua (2), John (1) ) that it has been a long time since I gave you the information there, and that I have done a lot of research since, that I have not given you.  When I got down to my grandfather, Frank James Bigelow, and tried to check it out, I got an "OOPS" message, and then nothing.   
I will update these first generations, with additions, corrections, etc, and send it to you,  Then, if you like, I'll send you what I have learned about the more recent generations, and send that, if you like,   
One thing I'd like to correct right away, that is on John(5). 
I joined the DAR on the record I found in the Patriots List of the DAR.  In 1976 I went to Washington to a DAR Convention, and of course, went to the Library.  I Looked at the records they had on this John Bigelow, and found that the Revolutionary War Records that they used as his were NOT his, but another JOHN Bigelow.  (There were about 5 or 6 John Bigelows who fought in the Revolutionary War) This one, from where he died, was NOT my John!!!  I intended to do the research on the others listed in the Mass. Soldiers and Sailors who fought in the Revolutionary War, but somehow, haven't gotten around to it.  I DID check out another of my ancestors who fought in the RW, and filed his papers, so that I'm  still a legitimate DAR, but the record they have given to him is NOT his, so I think you should eliminate  the reference in the Bigelow Society records. 
I still think he served in the RW, and would like to prove his right record, if I can (I like the idea of a direct Bigelow line back to the RW service) and feel that he probably served.  He was the right age, living in the right place, and, as far as I know, able-bodied, so it would have been hard for him NOT to have fought, at least once.
I did check on the Conway, MA Library.  He died in Conway, but they had no records in the Cemetery, or in any books that I saw there, that he was a RW Soldier. 
Sincerely,
Janis Pahnke  

Modified - 11/17/2007
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