Otis 8 BIGELOW
16355.514 Otis 8 BIGELOW,
son of Harvey 7
( Harvey 6 , Otis 5, Asa 4, Lieut. John 3, Joshua 2, John 1) , and Laura (HURLBURT)
BIGELOW, was born at LaGrange, Cass co, MI on 18 August 1854.
His first marriage was in 1882 to Anna Tuttle, daughter of Joseph S. Tuttle,
leather and lumber merchant of Niles. Otis was organist in the Congregational
Church in Dowagiac. Otis married secondly on 24 April 1915 Julia Lieber.
She was a daughter of Alois and Mary (Luthringer) Lieber and born 17 August
1884. Otis learned the trade of an upholsterer in Chicago after which
he returned to Dowagiac and was employed for a time. In 1873 he went
to Chicago in order to take lessons on the pipe organ and acquired great
proficiency in that art. He served 15 years as leader of the Dowagiac
Cornet Band and was organizer of the Bigelow Orchestra (now known as the Opera
House Orchestra) and was a cornet player of more than ordinary ability.
He has instructed bands at various places throughout the country. Otis's father
was a cabinet maker and furniture manufacturer and Otis followed that trade
in addition to being a music store owner and musician. He died at Dowagiac,
Cass co., MI on 14 December 1942.
Child of Otis and Anna (Tuttle) Bigelow:
16355.5141 Raymond Tuttle, b 21 Mar 1883 Dowagiac, MI; d
10 Apr 1883 Dowagiac;
Child of Otis and Julia (Lieber) Bigelow:
16355.5142 Ruth, (adopted), b 23 Mar 1917; d ____ ; res Hartford,
CT.
Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Volume. II page 510;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
Modified - 04/21/2008
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