Timothy Lawson Bigelow
Timothy Lawson 8 BIGELOW,
BREEDER OF PERCHERONS
15923.7B9 Timothy Lawson 8 BIGELOW, son of
Timothy C. 7
( Israel 6 ,Isaac 5, Isaac 4,Isaac 3,Samuel 2, John1) Bigelow and Hannah
(MARSHALL) BIGELOW, was born 27 August 1854 at Camp Chase, Madison co,
OH; living 1917; married 27 March 1879 Mary Louise (Helen?) Bigelow (see note); She was the daughter of Hosea Ballou Bigelow (15923.7E)
and Mary (White) Bigelow. She was born at Columbus, OH on 03 September
1857. She died in 1935. Timothy, like his father, was a horse-breeder for
many years, and his papers and personal recollections, as taken from A History
of the Percheron Horse, Sanders Publishing Co.,1917; bears that out. They
had 3 children and lived Columbus, OH: R16873 ; This family resided in Columbus.
Children of Timothy and Mary (Bigelow) Bigelow:
BFN
|
Name
|
Information
|
| 15923.7B91 |
Leslie Lawson |
born 15 Apr 1880 Camp Chase, Madison co,
OH; d __ Jan 1943 ; m 1908 Elizabeth Cole |
| 15923.7B92 |
Hosea Bradley |
born 22 Aug 1881 Camp Chase, Madison co,
OH; d __ 1930 ; m Fay Amelia Christy (see below) |
| 15923.7B93 |
Merrill Loving |
born 18 May 1883 Camp Chase, Madison co,
OH; d ___ 1948 ; |
Timothy L. Bigelow, is depicted from Forge cover. The Bigelow Society
would like contact with descendants of either Timothy C. or Timothy L.Bigelow.
Thanks to Cora H. Cole, Fortuna, CA for the photos.
The day of the Percheron work-horse
is long past, the John Deere tractor having superseded the quadrupled except
in those advertisements featuring Clydesdales and Percherons pulling the
brewery wagons. Yet it's been only fifty or sixty years since the county
agricultural fair always had popular pulling contests in which the big draft
horses competed.
Much of the popularity of the Percheron horse in midwest America was due
to Timothy C. Bigelow and his son Timothy L. of Plain City and Camp Chase,
Ohio.
Sources:
Bigelow Society Genealogy Vol. II Page 420.
Howe, "Bigelow Family of America."
Bigelow Society historian/genealogist records.
Page 24 April 1986 FORGE: The Bigelow society Quarterly Vol. 15,
No. 2
Page 49 July 2001 FORGE: The Bigelow society Quarterly Vol. 30, No. 3.
Don's article from Forge: http://bigelowsociety.com/TBHorses.html
Note:
Subject: Possible missing information for you
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 20:04:02 EST
From: Alexis (Bigelow) Fangmann Tigandtheboysmom@aol.com
Someone was doing some research on my Grandfather Leslie L. Bigelow
and sent my mother Marian P. Bigelow (widow of Robert G.) information from
your site on Timothy C. Bigelow. It showed who he married and the numerous
children he had, though many passed away early.
I note that Timothy L. 8/27/1854 married Mary Helen ___ . I presume
that means you are unsure of her maiden name.
Apparently is was also Bigelow(?) I don't know from what branch - hopefully
distant! But apparently the sons of Timothy had great difficulty convincing
people they did know their Mother's maiden name and it was Bigelow. You
might want to check that out!
All of Leslie L. Bigelow's direct family have passed away
Leslie - Edmund and Robert G. as well as Elizabeth his wife
Just thought you might be interested
Alexis (Bigelow) Fangmann
Don Bigelow scanned page and note below to Don:
I enjoyed, particularly, your histories of Col. Timothy 4 Bigelow and Timothy
C.7 Bigelow, for separate reasons.
(1) Col. Bigelow, serving with Benedict Arnold's army in Maine, may
have been stationed at the home of relatives on my maternal (Emery) side,
Jonathan (4) Emery, Fairfield, Maine, who lived on the west side of the Kennebec
River. In 1775, when Arnold was making his famous expedition into Canada,
he made his headquarters at J. Emery's home while his boats and baggage were
being transported over the carrying place to avoid the rapids of the Kennebec
River. Jonathan's son, David (5) Emery, enlisted with Arnold's Army to Dead
River, but later went on to become a bodyguard for Gen. George Washington.
As for Timothy C. Bigelow, a portion of his history may fit in with my research
on the paternal side of my family (Martin). Our history (which is severely
lacking on the English side of the ocean), states that Philip and his son,
Philip R., Martin, were responsible for bringing the Percheron "Louis Napoleon"
to America in 1851 (we'd been told 1859, but have since read differently).
Am curious if your "Napoleon #325" is our "Louis Napoleon," as ours arrived
the same time as another Percheron, "Normandy(ie)." (Sp. from http://www.percheronhorse.org/history.htm)
If this is a definite match, your information will prove invaluable to me
in writing up our family history. After all, "Louis Napoleon" has become
almost like a member of the family after all these years! Thank you for your
in-depth family history. It was great reading!
Janis Martin Hansen email frogtown@fm-net.com
Harvard Class
Notes:
HOSEA BRADLEY BIGELOW
Is manager of the T. L. Bigelow & Sons Transfer & Storage Co., 31
East Naghten St., Columbus, 0H.
Married Fay Amelia Christy, daughter of R. J. Christy and Amelia Christy,
November 10, 1909, at Fremont, 0H. Present residence: 1288 Beyden Rd., Columbus,
0H.
Modified - 03/20/2009
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