William Irwin ⁸ BIGELOW

William Irwin Bigelow
Pvt., 12th Kansas Infantry
1833-1900

15923.237 William Irwin ⁸ BIGELOW, son of Russel ⁷ ( Russell ⁶ , Isaac ⁵ , Isaac ⁴, Isaac ³, Samuel ² , John ¹) and Margaret (IRWIN) BIGELOW, was born at Columbus, Franklin co, OH on 12 May 1833. He married Jane Lytle on 24 February 1855 at Mansfield, Richland, OH. She was the daughter of Andrew and Helen (Steele) Lytle and born 17 July 1834 at Salem, NY. This family lived in OH, IA and in 1859 moved into Gardner, Johnson co, KS. William was a printer and newspaperman and died at Gardner on 22 March 1900 and is buried there. Jane died there on 01 September 1918. (see below) for more.

Children of William and Jane (Lytle) Bigelow, the 5 youngest born at Gardner:

15923.2371t Russel, b 25 March 1857 Knoxville, IA; d 27 July 1901 Johnson co, KS; m 15 Dec 1881 Florence Rankin; 6 children.

15923.2372 Henry Owen, b 13 May 1858 Oskaloosa, IA; d 07 Oct 1864 of diptheria Gardner, KS.

15923.2373t Arthur, b 20 Feb 1860; d 16 April 1942 Gardner; m (1) 14 June 1836 Annette Cunningham, d 1894, 4 children, m (2) 01 Oct 1862 Rebecca Jane McCabe, 1 child.

15923.2374 Andrew Lytle, b 21 Aug 1861; d 01 Oct 1864 Gardner, bur. Gardner cem.

15923.2375t Willard Dell, b 31 May 1866; d 06 Mar 1939 Washington, DC; m 09 April 1896 Nancy Nesbit; 2 children. (see below)

15923.2376t Bertrand Clapp, b 18 Aug 1874; d 06 Feb 1932 Gardner; m 12 Dec 1899 Bess Limbird; 4 children.

15923.2377 Alpheus Armstrong, b 13 Nov 1879; d 17 Mar 1951 Leavenworth, KS; m Alma Anderson, 1878 - 1941; both bur. Gardner cem.; no children. Alpha was one of the five residents of Gardner to serve in the Spanish-American War, seeing combat in the Phillipines, despite having smallpox during his tour of duty there.

Sources:
The Bigelow Family Genealogy Vol. II Page 402-403;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America; pg 429;
World Who's Who in Science;
family records;
marriages of Union, Richl and and Madison counties, OH;
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 4 no 4; Oct 1975.
Forge: The Bigelow Society Quarterly; vol 15 no 1; Jan 1986.
Forge: The Bigelow Society Quarterly; Oct 1981.

William Irwin Bigelow was born 12 May 1833 at Columbus, Franklin Co., OH.
He married Jane Lytle on 24 Feb 1855 at Mansfield, OH. They had seven
sons: Russel, Henry, Arthur, Andrew, Willard, Bertrand, and Alpheus.
They relocated to Gardner, Johnson Co., KS in 1859.
William I Bigelow enlisted 23 Aug 1862 in Company I Regiment 12 of the
State of KS as a Sergeant. His service ended 30 Jun 1865. While he was
away from home two of his sons died of diphtheria. He served at least
part of his enlistment as a clerk. It is apparent why he was selected
to be a clerk when one views the 1875 Kansas Census and the 1880 Federal
Census. He served as a Census taker and his penmanship was beautiful.
After returning home he helped to found the First Presbyterian Church of Gardner, KS. He died 22 Mar 1900 at Gardner, Johnson Co., KS.
He is buried at Gardner, KS. He was the son of the Circuit Rider Rev. Russel Bigelow

15923.2375, Willard Dell Bigelow, son of William Irwin, etal. was born 31 May 1866 at Gardner, KS and died 06 March 1939 at Washington, DC, buried at Rock Creek Churchyard cem., Washington, DC. He married 09 April 1896 at College Park, MD to Nancy Nesbit, dau. of David Montgomery Nesbit. Willard was a graduate at Amherst College. He was a teacher and chemist. According to the Olathe Millor,
Olathe, KS., (May 28, 1891) he was taking a post graduate collegiate course at Strasburg, Germany. 2 children
Sources: Betty Messer Book "Kansas Saplings" p. 16
From: Wilson DeCamp WilsonD212@aol.com
Date: 04/29/04

I'm looking for any information about Willard Dell Bigelow, an early chemist with the Bureau of Drugs (predecessor to the FDA). He was born in Kansas, and lived in Washington, DC, in 1920 and 1930. The census shows that he was married to Nancy, and had daughters May and Josephine.
I'm especially interested in information about his descendants and later career.

This is not related to my family; I'm doing this as part of a project for the FDA centennial in 2006

Wilson DeCamp
Vienna, VA

Rod Bigelow (Roger Jon ¹² BIGELOW)

Box 13 Chazy Lake

Dannemora, NY 12929

rodbigelow@netzero.net

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