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Children of John Wesley and Mary Ann (Bigelow) Heald:
12169.4651t Samuel Ervin Heald, b 17 June 1887 Dogtown, Clay Twp, Ottawa co, OH; d 20 Feb 1959 Woodstock Twp, Lenawee co, MI; m 29 July 1903 Maude Bense; 3 children; (see below)
12169.4652t Ella E. Heald, b 16 Feb 1880 Dogtown;
d ___ 1913; m 1897 John C. Cashen; 7 children; (see
below)
Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Volume. II page ;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
note2: family group sheet from Patricia
Bigelow;
U.S. Census 1840-1850-1860-1870);
note: Forge "The Bigelow Society Quarterly,
Vol.17 (2): 27, 30; April 1988);
letter dated 20 April 2004 from Richard Hale Zimmerman
New Note 08/14/06:
From: Pamela Klein < carpediem@manabeads.com
> and
Richard H. Zimmerman < rhz1415@starpower.net
>
Samuel ( ), Bigelow, son of _____________ Bigelow and Mary (Lyman) Bigelow,
was born
In a letter from Richard Hale Zimmerman,
507 Leighton Ave., Silver Spring, Maryland 20901-4825, dated 20 Apr
2004:
"Samuel Bigelow was born in Connecticut, possibly Hartford, at
some point between 1775 and 1800. He is mentioned in G.
B. Howe's work, "Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America" in which
the information was supplied by his grandson, George
In this account, Samuel was supposed to have been born in 1776,
his father died soon after and his mother, Mary Lyman Bigelow, then
married a man named Conn. Dick Zimmerman was unable to confirm
any of this in his 13 March 2004 letter. U. S. Census records
for 1810 through 1840 recorded only a range of years for those enumerated
and from these one can deduce a birth date for Samuel anytime between
1775 and 1800. Census records for 1850 (age 65) and 1860 (age 75)
indicate a birth date in the latter half of 1784 or the first half of
1785. His tombstone seen in July 2003 indicates that he died 23
December 1863 at age 81, indicating a birth date in 1782.
"...Census records show that he lived in Salisbury,
Litchfield County, Connecticut in 1810, 1820, 1830 after which he is
recorded in Streetsboro Township, Portage County, Ohio. Pat Bigelow
indicated that he moved to Streetsboro in 1833 ("Forge: The Bigelow
Society Quarterly" 17(2):27,30;1988) In Salisbury, he married Phebe
Minard (born 20 October 1793 in Salisbury) about 1809 "Forge, same ref".
All eight of their children were born there and the seventh, Hiram L.,
died when about a year old and is buried at Town Hill Cemetery, Salisbury.
"...Portage County in northeastern Ohio is part
of the Western Reserve of Connecticut, also called New Connecticut,
and this entire region had many early settlers from Connecticut ("Harlan
Hatcher, The Western Reserve; The Story of New Connecticut in Ohio, Bobbs-Merrill
1949). The first settlers arrived in Streetsboro in 1822, although
the Township itself did not become independent of the adjoining townships
until 1827.
"Phebe Minard Bigelow died 18 July 1849 at the age
of 56 years, 6 months (source: tombstone, Streetsboro Cemetery, Streetsboro
Twp., Portage Co., Ohio). In 1850, Samuel was recorded on the
U.S. Census with the family of his daughter and son-in-law, Mary and
Robert Smith. He married 4 November 1850 Elizabeth R. Bow (born
about 1798), who apparently survived him. He died 23 December 1863
and was buried in Streetsboro (source: U.S. Census 1810, 1820, 1830,
1840, 1850, 1860; Early Marriage Bonds of Ohio - Portage Co.; Forge: The
Bigelow Society Quarterly, 17(2):27,30;1988; family group sheet from
Patricia Bigelow; tombstone, Streetsboro Cemetery, Streetsboro Twp.,
Portage Co., Ohio)."
12169.4651 Samuel Ervin
Heald, son of Mary Ann (Bigelow), (Horace, Samuel) John Wesley Heald/Hale,
was born 17 June 1877 at Dogtown, Clay Twp., Ottawa Co., Ohio., and died
20 February 1959 in Woodstock Twp., Lenawee Co., Michigan. He went
by the name of Ervin Hale and all official records use this name.
He married 29 July 1903 Maude Bense (8 May 1883 - 29 May 1940) in Oak Harbor,
Ottawa Co., Ohio.
Children of Samuel E. and Maude (Bense) Heald/Hale:
12169.46511 Beatrice M. Hale, b 20 May 1904 Oak Harbor,
OH; d 07 Nov 1975Adrian, Lenawee Co., MI.
12169.46512 Irene Hale, b 07 Feb 1906 at Oak Harbor;
d 30 June 1978 in Toledo, Lucas co., OH; m 02 Dec 1932 Hiram L. Zimmerman
(b 20 March 1905 - d 07 January 1976) in Bowling Green, OH. They had one
son, Richard Hale Zimmerman.
12169.46513 Juanita Hale, b 30 Nov 1907, Oak Harbor; d
08 Nov 1941 in Toledo, OH; m 27 Feb 1931 Russell Ivan Bear (b 27 November
1905 - d 14 June 1978) in Bowling Green, OH. They had three daughters,
Lois, Bonnadell and Carolyn.
Sources:
Horace M. Bigelow Family Bible; U. S. Census 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910,
1920 1930; Ottawa Co. Marriage records; affidavits attesting to birth of
Ervin Hale in lieu of birth certificate dated 26 & 27 September 1940;
tombstones in Oak Grove Cemetery, Bowling Green, Wood Co., Ohio;
Details on the Heald/Hale family and descendants are in the Hale Family History
that Richard H. Zimmerman, prepared.
12169.46521 Irvin C. Cashen, b _
Nov 1898 in Genoa, Clay Twp., Ottawa co, OH; d _ Dec 1951; m Blanche M. Owens
(b 1890 - d _ June 1951).
12169.46522 Walter H. Cashen, was
born 26 April 1901 in Genoa; died 1965 at age 64.
12169.46523 Luella Cashen, born
12 September 1903 in Genoa; died 2 July 1992 in Elmore, Ottawa Co., OH. She
married Charles H. Opfer (1897-28 September 1955) 22 September 1920 in Monroe,
MI.
12169.46525 Myrtle J. Cashen, was
born 30 June 1908 in Genoa; died 1973 of a heart attack. She married
Carl H. Stewart (5 May 1896-7 March 1964).
12169.46527 Oran Cashen, was born
28 Jan 1912 in Genoa; died December 1982 in Port Clinton, Ottawa Co., OH
of a heart attack. He married 1946 Velma Hoffman (1920-May 1990).
Sources:
Horace M. Bigelow Family Bible; U. S. Census 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910,
1920 1930; Ottawa Co. Marriage records; affidavits attesting to birth of
Ervin Hale in lieu of birth certificate dated 26 & 27 September 1940;
tombstones in Oak Grove Cemetery, Bowling Green, Wood Co., Ohio; Notes
from Luella Cashen Opfer; tombstone Clay Twp Cemetery, Ottawa Co., Ohio;
Details on the Heald/Hale family and descendants are in the Hale Family
History that Richard H. Zimmerman, prepared.
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