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Children of Francis and Mary (Hopson) Bigelow, the six youngest born at Elgin, MN:
15349.4331t Albert William, b 14 April 1864 Beaver, Winona, MN; d 11 Jan 1917 Claremont, MN; m 13 March 1886 Amelia Vosa; 8 children.
15349.4332t Frank Elmer, b 04 April 1864 Beaver; d 06 Dec 1915 Andover, Day, SD; m 08 March 1896 Margaret Hangell; 2 children.
15349.4333t Arthur Ethelbert, b 20 Jan 1868 Whitewater Falls, MN d Dec 1963 Rochester, MN; m (1)18 July 1893 Mabel Stuart and (2) Luella I. Abrams; 2 children.
15349.4334t Schuyler Thomas, b 27 Nov 1869; d 11 Oct 1948 Rochester; m 19 July 1891 Tina Roberts; 7 children.(see below)
15349.4335t Maude A., b 29 Dec 1871; d______ Shovel Lake, MN; m 03 April 1890 Everett J. Parker; 2 children.
15349.4336t Hattie Leota, b 21 April 1874; d 31 March 1954 Rochester; m 21 April 1892 John Harvey; 9 children.
15349.4337t Estella Etta, b 10 Feb 1876; d 19 March 1948 Washington, DC; m 25 Dec 1896 Frank Titrington; 4 children.
15349.4338t Alfred Walter, b 19 Jan 1878; d 14 May 1978 (?) Rochester; m 25 Sept 1907 Ethel Rannets Berger at Viroqua, WI; res. Byron, MN; 8 children. (see below)
15349.4339t Howard Hopson, b 04 May 1880; d 21 April 1959 Elgin; m 07 Oct 1908 Mathilda Margaret (Tillie) Schaad; 9 children.
Sources:
Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Vol II, pg 389;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
1922 reunion booklet of Lawson T. Bigelow descendants;
correspondence between descendants and Bigelow Society genealogists;
various MN records.
From:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnwabbio/2b.htm
Bigelow, Francis M. (page 482),
an early settler in Wabasha County, and a joint owner with his son of considerable
land in Elgin Township, though now residing in Rochester, Minn., was born
in the village of Portland, Chautauqua County, New York, September 25, 1843,
son of Lawson T. and Mary (Hill) Bigelow. The founders of the Bigelow family
in this county were John and Mary (Warren) Bigelow, who were among the early
settlers of the Massachusetts colony in the early part of the seventeenth
century. The parents of Francis M. were farmers, and he was early trained
to agricultural pursuits, acquiring his education in the common schools.
In 1864 he joined the stream of emigration to Minnesota, taking a farm of
160 acres in Elgin Township, Wabasha County. Later he bought 320 acres in
section 29, Elgin Township, and after that 160 acres in Haverhill Township,
Olmsted County, where he resided and was engaged successfully in general
farming, stock raising, and the raising of small fruits and apples, his orchard
at one time being the largest in the state. He resided on the farm till 1902,
when he moved to Rochester. In 1904 he bought 210 acres in Rochester Township,
all of which is now platted for city property, except three acres, on which
tract he is living retired, and very well to do. During his career on the
farm he became well known as a breeder and importer of high grade cattle.
Politically he is staunch Republican. Mr. Bigelow was married July 4, 1863,
to May D. Hopson, by whom he has had nine children, namely:
Albert W., born April 14, 1864, who died in 1916;
Frank E., born April 4, 1866, who died in 1914;
Arthur A., born January 20, 1868, now a resident of Claremont, Minn.;
Schuyler, born November 27, 1869, who is on the farm at Haverhill, Minn.;
Maude A., born December 29, 1871, now Mrs. E. Parker, of Shovel Lake, Minn.;
Hattie L., born April 21, 1874, who is the wife of John Harvey of Rochester;
Stella E., born February 19, 1876, now Mrs. Frank Titterington, of Marion
Township, Olmsted County;
Alfred W., born January 19, 1878, who lives in section 3, Rochester Township,
Olmsted County; and
Howard H., born May 4, 1880, who is residing on the old home farm in Elgin
Township, where in association with his father he owns 600 acres of land.
Mr. Bigelow is a member of the Masonic order and of the Methodist Episcopal
church. He also belongs to the Old Settlers' Association of Elgin. He was
one of the builders of this county, where he still has many friends, and
his record as a Minnesota pioneer, successful farmer, and exemplary citizen
is one in which his family can take pride.
Note:
Posted by Bonnie Distad bjsway@surfree.com
June 09, 1999 at 15:36:25:
I HAVE information for the decendants of Lawson T. & Mary (Hall)
Bigelow. They were from Vermont/New York but came
to Minnesota. They had a son Francis Marion Bigelow who married May
D. Hopson. They also had a son named Schuyler
Thomas Bigelow who married Tena Roberts. Schuyler & Tena had a
son named Chester Schuyler Bigelow who married my
great Aunt Lottie Benedict on Oct. 14, 1914 in Rochester, Minnesota.
If you are interested in learning more please e-mail me.
Name: Eileen Nancy Bigelow
E-Mail: eileenneptune@yahoo.com
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Comments: My maiden name is Bigelow--my father born and raised in Rochester,
Minn. to Ethel and Alfred Bigelow--any relation?
My last name is Fuller now--but will always be a Bigelow. Thanks, Eileen67
More:
My Father ( Donald Wayne Bigelow) MY dad will be gone 3 yrs in
Jan.--prostate cancer.
Also have some really old family pictures--I could scan and send
to you and an areal picture of the farm
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