15923.382 Isaac Wilson 8 BIGELOW, son of John Chamberlain 7 ( Isaac 6 , Isaac 5 , Isaac 4, Isaac 3, Samuel 2, John 1 ) and Mary (MARTIN) BIGELOW, was born at Plain City, Madison co., OH on 16 July 1829. In early childhood he was taken to live at Newark and Granville, Licking co., OH. There he married Amanda Malvina Milligan on 24 May 1855. She was born in Newark on 28 March 1835 and was the daughter of Robert and Mary (Wilson) Milligan. They resided in Newark where Isaac was a clerk in the railroad office and served as county clerk. He was also the 8th mayor of Newark. Amanda died 24 February 1869 of childbed fever after the birth of their sixth child. Isaac's older sister then lived with the family serving as housekeeper and mother. In 1860 his work took him to Bellaire, OH and in 1883 to Marion, OH. He died 03 May 1908 in Newark and is buried with his wife in Cedar Hill cemetery.
Children of Isaac and Amanda (Milligan) Bigelow, all born at Newark, OH.
15923.3821 Robert M., b 09 Mar 1856; d 12 July 1887
15923.3822 Charles Fuller, b 19 Aug 1856; d 20 Oct 1926 St. Louis,MO; m Susan R. Farris; Charles was with the Wabash RA as freight agent in St. Louis where they resided.
15923.3823 Anna Lucinda, b 31 Mar 1860; d 05 Sept 1947 Newark,,OH; unmarried. From 1931 - 1945 her brother Harry Lawrence Bigelow lived with her.
15923.3824 Edward Russell, b 1863 Newark, OH; d 23 Oct 1893 Washington,, DC; m Helen B. Clear; He was a pharmacist. 3 children.
15923.3825t Harry Lawrence, b ___ ; d ___ ; m (1) Elizabeth Mary Findlay; m (2) 21 Jan 1910 Helen Amsden; Harry lived in Memphis, TN and had 4 children.
15923.3826t Isaac Wilson [Jr.], b 16 Feb 1869; d 10 Dec 1912 Massillon, Stark co, OH; m Amelia ____ ; b ca 1876 (she filed letters of Probate as widow of Isaac W. on 07 Jan 1913 and listed children: Melvinia Bigelow, age 16 and William Bigelow, age 14 as his only heirs).
Sources:
The Bigelow Family Genealogy Vol. II Page 405;
Correspondence between family descendant and Bigelow Society
historian/genealogist;
early records OH.
Note:
From: Davis, Jennifer <
jen@marketsoft.com >
I can't help with Harry
Lawrence, but I do have information on my great-grandfather,
15923.3824 Edward Russell Bigelow, b. 1863; d.
23 Oct 1893 Washington, DC; m. Helen Belle Clear
Edward Russell Bigelow and Helen Belle Clear had three children:
1. Rose Helen Bigelow (my grandmother), b. 1886 Washington, DC; m. 17 Nov 1915 Robert Henry Davis; d. 1962 Duxbury, MA; 2 children
2. Anna Mary Bigelow, b. 6 Sep 1887 Washington, DC; d. unm. Aug 1976 Silver Spring, MD
3. Edward Leroy (Ned) Bigelow, b. ;
Children of Robert Henry and Rose Helen (Bigelow) Davis:
i. Anna Bigelow Davis, b. 10 Apr 1920 Washington, DC; d. unm. 7 Sep 1999 Duxbury, MA; res. Duxbury, MA, where she was an art teacher in the Duxbury school system
ii. Robert Henry Davis, b. 30 May 1925 Washington, DC; d. 22 Jun 1998 Glastonbury, CT; m. in Warehouse Point, CT Sep 1957 Frances Mabel Metcalf (living); 3 children (living);
I'm still sorting out Edward Leroy Bigelow's history, but I believe
he may have lived in Panama during the early 1900's.
Also, I have some old documents indicating that Isaac W. Bigelow's wife
went by the name Malvina, not Amanda.
- Jen
rodbigelow@netzero.net 
