Chauncy James ⁹ BIGELOW

Greenwood City Cemetery; Greenwood, Clark County, WI

15924.5421     Chauncy James ⁹ BIGELOW, son of  Marlin Isaac ⁸ ( Timothy ⁷ , Timothy ⁶ , Timothy ⁵ , Isaac ⁴, Isaac ³, Samuel ², John ¹ ) and Eutheria (Bunnell) BIGELOW, was born at Union, McHenry co, IL on 21 July 1865. He married Lucy Thompson at unknown date. She was born 1848 and died 1908 (aged 60). She also was married to Leander L. "Lee" Mead in 1877. Chauncy died 04 May 1931 at Tioga, Clark County, WI.

Children of Chauncy James and Lucy (Thompson) Bigelow:

15924.54211    Ralph James ¹⁰, b 23 Nov 1903 Rockford, Winnebago County, IL; d 01 June 1984 North Bend, Coos County, OR; m Elda Grace Swim (b 07 Nov 1913; d 09 Aug 1994);
2 sons known; (see below)

                                                     Sunset Memorial Park; Coos Bay, Coos County, OR

Sources:
Find a Grave
Descendant correspondence
Bigelow Society files

                     Marengo City Cemetery; Marengo, McHenry County, IL

15924.54211.1    Ronald James ¹¹, b 01 Sep 1937 Thorp, Clark County, WI; d 04 May 1989 Milwaukee, WI; m 18 Apr 1962 Rachel Marie Gripentrog (b 25 Dec 1939; d 10 Feb 1998;
4 children: Ronald Lee, Richard Allen, Russell Dean, and Robin Lynn Bigelow; (see below)

15924.54211.2    James Leroy ¹¹, b 11 May 1942 Eau Claire, WI; still living; m 1969 Wanda Messing; 3 children (see below)

Inducted 2019 Order of The Faith; Oregon District

James Leroy Bigelow was born to Ralph and Elda Bigelow in Eau Claire, Wisconsin May 11th 1942. The sixth of eleven brothers and sisters, he attended United Pentecostal churches since he was born. His parents received the gift of the Holy Ghost about ten years prior to his birth.
As a youngster, Rev. Bigelow had his share of shenanigans. In one comical vignette, his mother was chasing him around the kitchen table to give him a whoopin, when she yelled at him, "Get thee behind me, Satan!"
He shot back, "Yeah! Boot her along!!"
Often during his teen years, under the pastorate of Reverend Samuel and Sadie Hart, he was under the conviction of the Holy Ghost but stubbornly refused to yield himself to God. In 1963, at the age of 21, he entered the United States Air Force. He trained for the security services, learned the Russian language and was stationed at the Karamürsel Air Force Base on the Marmora Sea near Turkey. While there, he intercepted Russian communications. He also attended church on a casual basis, making no commitment to live for God.
Shortly after he was discharged, the Lord began to deal strongly with him in September of 1968 at 26 years old. While watching a Billy Graham crusade, under the conviction of the Holy Ghost, he knelt and repented of his life of his sins.
In July 1969, he attended the Wisconsin family camp meeting and took it a liking to that cutie from Marshfield, Wisconsin - Wanda Messing. They married in September 1969, and that evening they set out for Portland, Oregon for James to attend Conqueror's Bible College. In Bible College, Rev. Bigelow was in charge of leading young men aspiring to the ministry.
In 1971, their first son David was born, and Rev. Bigelow graduated in 1972. After graduation, Rev. & Sis. James Bigelow returned to Wisconsin, where they pastored their first church in Stevens Point, Wisconsin from 1972 to 1976.
Their second son, Steven, was born in 1973 and their first daughter Cheryl Ann was born in 1975.
Feeling the call to evangelize, they headed west in April 1976. In North Bend, Oregon, they preached a revival for Rev. and Sister Ernest Moyer and helped them remodel the church. Afterwards, Rev. Moyer retired and recommended Rev. Bigelow to be the new pastor. He was voted in in January 1977.
Rev. Bigelow is a clarion voice of sound doctrine and scholarly teaching. In addition, for a few years he operated a Christian school, grades K-12. He held separate classes for Saints, wishing advanced biblical or ministerial training. He was one to encourage young men and women to follow God's plan for them. At least five of the young men in the North Bend church went on to obtain their ministerial license or to preach as laymen.
Throughout his years of ministry in the Oregon district, Rev. Bigelow has held positions as Sunday-School Secretary-Treasurer, Sectional Secretary-Treasurer, Sectional Presbyter, Oregon District Foreign Missions Director, UPCI Foreign Missions Director, Bay Area Hospital Chaplain and North Bend Police Department Chaplain.
He was the officiating Minister at each of his children's weddings and many of his grandbabies dedications.
During his years of ministry, Rev. Bigelow has always had a heart for supporting missionaries and evangelists. The church wall had an ever-expanding display of sponsored missionaries and evangelistic revivals were the norm. Throughout their years of ministry, Rev. and Sis. Bigelow have been hands in the field, supporters of home missions and struggling churches. For churches without a pastor, Rev. Bigelow has moved his family to pastor in the city of Coos Bay, Myrtle Point, Coquille and Prineville. In addition, he and sister Bigelow started home missionary works in Reedsport and another location.
In 2015, an Oregon district pastor publicly made this comment:
I didn't know it then, but he had just walked through a dark tunnel called cancer. Nor did I know the wit and intelligence that this humble gentleman contains.
This pastor further wrote that he is a man with the spirit of a pioneer.
Pastor and Sister Bigelow have ministered in Oregon since 1976. Now after retiring from pastoring in 2017, he preaches or teaches on request and in their beloved home church in North Bend, Oregon, pastored by Reverend Kevin and Lawna Goodwin.

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