Lucy ⁸ BIGELOW

15923.231      Lucy ⁸ BIGELOW, dau of Russel ⁷ ( Russell ⁶ , Isaac ⁵ , Isaac ⁴, Isaac ³, Samuel ², John ¹ ) and Margaret (IRWIN) BIGELOW, was born 31 July 1818 at Oxford, Montgomery co., OH.  (She registered this at an Old Settler's Meeting at Bismark Grove, Kansas on 15th and 16th of Sept 1879).  She married on 18 February 1838 John McIntire Armstrong.  He was born 07 October 1813 in OH.  John studied at Norwalk Seminary and later studied law and was admitted to the Bar in Cincinnati, OH, April 1839. They moved to Wyandotte Territory (now Kansas City, Kansas, with the Wyandotte Indians where he taught school and was very active in the Methodist Church and worked with the government in the interest of Indian Affairs.  Being active in Wyandotte (Indian) affairs resulted in being adopted by the tribe.  Lucy was known as the "Wyandotte bride."  John continued working for the Indians. Because of his legal knowledge other Indians and Indian nations employed him to prosecute their claims against the United States.  He died at the home of his mother-in-law, Margaret (Irwin) Bigelow on 11 April 1852. while on his way to Washington City.  His widow died 01 January 1892 at Kansas City, Wyandotte co., KS and is buried at Quindaro cemetery.  His mother, Sarah (Zane) Armstrong was half Wyandotte Indian--her mother being princess Myeerah, of Zanes Town, Logan co., OH.  They had six children.

Children of John and Lucy (Bigelow) Armstrong:

15923.2311     Eathan McIntire Armstrong, b 24 Aug 1839; d 04 Mar 1898; m and had 1 child;

15923.2312     Caroline Amelia Armstrong, b 09 Aug 1841; d _ Mar 1900; m L.L. Hartman;

15923.2313t    Russell Bigelow Armstrong, b 20 Oct 1843 Westport, Jackson, co, MO; d 07 June 1901; m 17 May 1868 Rachel McHanley Brown; 1 child known: Anne Brown Armstrong, b 01 Oct 1876 Kansas City, KS; d 22 Oct 1964 Harveyville, KS; m 20 July 1901 Charles Lawrence Youngman, b 16 Oct 1876;

15923.2314     Henry Jacques Armstrong, b 06 May 1846; d ____ ; m Elizabeth Green;   

15923.2315     Ellen Clarissa Gurley Armstrong, b 09 Aug 1848; d _____ ; m James E. Howie;

15923.2316     William Silas Armstrong, b 30 Jan 1851; d 26 Mar 1851;

Sources:
The Bigelow Family Genealogy  Vol. II Page 402;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
cemetery records OH; correspondence between descendants and Bigelow Society historian/genealogist;
The Descendants of Robert Armstrong, Indian Captive, by Ralph Armstrong, Jr.
Forge: The Bigelow Society Quarterly; vol 15 no 1; Jan 1986.
Forge: The Bigelow Society Quarterly; Oct 1981.
"Ohio Archeological & Historical Publications", Vol. 19;
early marriages Richland Co., Ohio;
"History of Richland Co.," ed. by Graham 1881;
correspondence with descendants;
FORGE, "The Bigelow Society Quarterly," Vol. 10, No. 4, Vol. 19, No. 1;
Tim Janzen at Bend, Oregon Reunion 1998 and e-mail with gedcom attached which I could not incorporate into computer;
Betty Messer's book "Kansas Saplings" p.10;
Research by genealogist after 1995;
1880 reprint of History of Hardin Co., Ohio, (next to Logan Co., Ohio, which at the time was part of Logan Co.)

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