Russel 9 BIGELOW
Not positive that this is Russel 9 Family, but pretty sure.
son Roy Henry in back with mother Florence, and dau Bessie on right;
son, Ernest Rankin on left; dau Emma; and dau Mildred on lap;
15923.2371 Russel 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 25
March 1857, Knoxville, IA. He married Florence Rankin on 15
December 1881 at Edgerton, Johnson co, KS by her uncle Rev. John
N. Rankin. (See family, Vol.IV of Messer Book) Russel died 27 July
1901 at Johnson co., KS and buried in Gardner. Wife Florence was
born 22 April 1859 Dade co, MO, the dau of David Vance and Nancy
Foster (Caldwell) Rankin. Florence died 06 February 1944 at
Gardner, Johnson co, KS, and buried there as well.
Children of Russel and Florence (Rankin) Bigelow:
15923.23711 Roy Henry, b 06 Oct 1882 Olathe, KS; d 01
Jan 1958 (aged 75) Terry, MT;
15923.23712 Jennie, b 23 Feb 1884 Gardner, KS;
d 27 Feb 1884 Gardner, KS;
15923.23713 Bessie, b 19 Aug 1885 Gardner; d 13 May
1938 Chunute, KS; m 22 Apr 1917 William Hunt; no children;
15923.23714 Ernest Rankin, b 13 Feb 1887 Gardner; d
14 Dec 1970 Gardner;
15923.23715 Emma, b 18 Oct 1894 Gardner; d
09 Oct 1987 Olathe, Johnson co., KS; m 16 Sept 1917 Michael Martin
McCann at South Park, Johnson co, KS by Rev Davis; (Michael, b 17
May 1891 Gardner; d 31 Mar 1969 De Soto, KS?;);
children??;
Sources:
The Bigelow Family Genealogy Vol. II Page 402-403;
child
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
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.
rodbigelow@netzero.net
