Sketch of Moses Bigelow, St. Charles County, Missouri >From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876. ********************************************************************** Moses Bigelow, the son of Zachariah Bigelow, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania came to St. Charles County, Missouri, in 1821. He married Parthana, eldest daughter of Jonathan Bryan, who was a widow at the time, having previously married her cousin, Joseph Bryan. Mr. Bigelow had $1,000 in cash when he came to Missouri, and by keeping that sum constantly at interest it made him a comfortable fortune before his death, which oc- curred in 1857. Several years before his death, his wife, while on a visit to a married daughter, was thrown from her horse while returning from church, and one of her limbs was so badly fractured that it had to be amputated. She, however, outlived her husband, and died in 1873 or cancer. They had six children: James, Rufus, Rutia, Abner, Agnes and Phoebe. James was married three times; first to Mary E. Hopkins; sec- ond, to her sister, Amanda Hopkins; and third, to Angeline Callaway. Rufus married Henrietta Eversman. Rutia married Charles E. Ferney. Abner married Hulda Logan. Agnes died single. Phoebe married Fortun- atus Castlio. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================