Bigelow, Willard Dell (9) = wil92375.htm

15923.2375 Willard Dell 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 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, born 07 September 1871, the 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. Willard died 06 Mar 1939 Washington, DC. Nancy died 14 February 1953.

15923.23753 Jessie ?, b _____; d ______ ; m Seymour Guy Martin; 3 children: Nancy, Mary, and Peter Martin

Sources:
The Bigelow Family Genealogy Vol. II Page 402-403; child
Howe, Bigelow Family of America; page 429;
World Who's Who in Science; (see below)
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
Note:
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
World Who's Who in Science:
Bigelow, Willard Dell, Am. chemist; b Gardner, Kan., May 31, 1866; s. William I. and Jennie (lytle) B., A.B., Amherst 1889; m. Nancy M. Nesbit, Apr. 9, 1896. Asst. prof. chemistry Ore. State Coll., 1889-90; Instr., chemistry Washington High School 1891-92; Chemist, Bureau of Chemistry U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 1892-1913; Asst Bureau Chief 1903-1913; Cheif Div of Foods 1901-1913; Member of Board Food and Drug Inspection 1913; Cheif Chemist Nat. Canners Assoc., 1913- 1918; Dir Research Labs., 1918; Prof. Chemistry National Univ Washington 1893-1898; Author of Bulletins on composition and adulteration of food, also on tech. of canning. Died Mar. 6, 1939.

Willard Dell 9 BIGELOW

Willard Dell ⁹ BIGELOW