Obituary: Rock County, Wisconsin: Lucius BIGLOW

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Submitted by Ruth Ann Montgomery, <rmontgomery@cishome.com> May 2005

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Lucius Franklin Biglow was born Sept. 6, 1842, the youngest son of Harvey
and Lorenda Biglow, and died Nov. 27, 1921, aged 79 years.

His father was of the 18th century having been born in 1799, and three more
years would have seen the 100th wedding anniversary of his father and
mother.

Lucius came to Wisconsin with his parents when two years old, in 1844. The
Biglows, together with friends and neighbors, chartered a boat on the Erie
canal in making the journey westward. They settled on the home farm
immediately and so it has been Mr. Biglow's home for 77 years.

The first house was built of logs and in this they lived until 1851 when
the present house was built. The lumber for which was transported from
Milwaukee by ox team.

When a young man Mr. Biglow attended school at Union and also at
Cooksville, and completed his schooling at what is now Milton College.

He was married in 1872 to Florence C. Doughlass of Janesville, Wis. To them
were born four children, Edna, Arthur who died in infancy, Ray and Lucy.

Mrs. Biglow passed away in October 1918.

Harvey Biglow, the father, was one of the founders and charter members of
the Baptist church at Union in 1851, and Lucius became a member at an early
age, a trustee in 1879, continuing in that office till his death, most of
the time serving as clerk of the board. He was a faithful church attendant,
having been present at the services three weeks before his decease.

Mr. Biglow leaves of his immediate family, two daughters, Miss Edna, of
Pardeeville, Wis., Mrs. Lloyd Porter of Cooksville, and the son Ray on the
home farm, and two grandchildren, Edna Loraine Porter and Harold Biglow
Porter, besides many friends and relatives.

Mr. Biglow probably lived on the same farm the longest of any one in the
locality. He saw the development of the country from the back-woods, ox-
team and log house era through the progressive stages of improvement and
did his share for the benefit of the country materially as well as morally
and spiritually.

Mr. Biglow's familiar presence will be missed, but he will be remembered as
a careful, loving and helpful husband and father, an honest upright and
accommodating neighbor. 

The funeral service was conducted by his pastor, Rev. A. W. Stephens on
Wednesday, November 30th.

The solos by Mrs. Park Ames and Mrs. Leta Walton-Imlay were very
appropriate.

Besides a large number of immediate neighbors, the following were some of
the friends from a distance.

Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Doughlass, Florence and Donald Doughlass of Janesville;
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Page of Stoughton; Mrs. D. F. Sayre, Jas. Pratt and Lena
Pratt of Edgerton; Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Lefeber of Wauwatosa; Mrs. Imlay of
Black Earth and Sheldon Tusler of Oregon. 

Evansville Review, December 8, 1921, Evansville, Wisconsin