15923.2373 Arthur 9 BIGELOW,
son of William Irwin 8
( Russel 7 ,
Russell 6 , Isaac 5 , Isaac 4, Isaac 3, Samuel 2,
John 1 ) and Jane
(Lytle) BIGELOW, was born 20 February 1860 at Gardner, KS and died
16
April 1942 at Gardner, KS. On 14 June 1888 he married at Gardner,
KS
by Rev. A.B. Delong to Annette (Nettie) Cunningham, born 15 August 1864
and
died 25 December 1894, daughter of T. C. and Margaret Cunningham.
(T.C.
Cunningham was born 27 July 1836 and d 06 Sept 1903. His wife
Margaret
was born 1838 and d. 1925, buried at Gardner, KS Cemetery).
Arthur
married (2) _ April 1900 Rebecca Jane (Jennie) McCabe, born 01
October
1862 and died 28 September 1955, daughter of David McCabe and wife
Charlotte
Anderson. Arthur was a merchant. He owned and operated the
Bigelow-Foster
Mercantile Co., in Gardner, KS. He had four children by m-1 and
one
by m-2. Arthur's obituary is on file Bigelow Society Library.
Children of Arthur and Annette "Nettie" (Cunningham) Bigelow:.
15923.23731t Howard
Cunningham, b 21 Mar 1889 Gardner; d 13
Feb 1969
Kansas City, Jackson co, MO (obit on
file); m (1) 25 Nov 1919 at Bonner Springs, KS to
Cornelia Margaret Kindred (b abt. 1896, dau. of Herbert and Laura
(Braughs) Kindred);
m
(2) 12 May 1945 in Kansas City, KS to Vivian Bruening b about 1892; 2
children
from 1st mar: Patricia and Annette Louise Bigelow (FTM); (see below)
15923.23732t Charles Arthur, b 31 Aug 1890, Gardner,
Johnson
co, KS; d 05 May 1932 Gardner; m 05 Jan 1914 Mary Ethel Griffin
at
Gardner, KS; (she b 02 May 1890 at Johnson co, KS; d 01 May 1956 in
Montana.,
buried Gardner Catholic Cemetery, dau of John and Julia (Carol)
Griffin);
4 children;.
15923.23733t Edna
Nadine, b 01 Mar 1893 Gardner,
Johnson
co, KS; d 25 July 1986 San Diego, CA; m 24 Aug 1917 at San Francisco,
CA,
Dr. Watie Murrell Alberty (b. 06 May 1893 Going Snake, Indian
Territory;
d 1960 at San Diego, CA; bur. at Ft. Rose Crans cem.; Dr. of medicine);
2
children: Margaret Jane and Watie Murell Alberty II. (see
below)
15923.23734 James Lytle, b 18 Dec 1894 Gardner,
Johnson
co, KS; d 29 Nov 1935; named James Lytle, but signed his name James
Leonard;
World War I veteran;
Child of Rebecca Jane "Jennie" (McCabe) Bigelow:
15923.23735 Charlotte Evelyn, b 29 Nov 1904 Gardner; d
01
Sept 1988 Englewood, CO; m 24 Sept 1938 Ai Lloyd McDonald at Gardner;
(Ai
born 01 Nov 1888 Ford co, IL; d ____ ;); child: Willard D. Bigelow??;
Sources:
The Bigelow Family Genealogy Vol. II Page 402-403; child
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
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 15 no 1; Jan 1986.
Forge: The Bigelow Society Quarterly; Oct 1981
Betty Messer Book "Kansas Saplings" p. 16 ; published 1997.
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