Died
at age 82
in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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Biography
Jabez Bigelow was born on August 13, 1793, in Chester, Massachusetts to John and Persis (Wright) Bigelow. He married Philinda Prouty on January 30, 1814, in Spencer, Massachusetts. They were the parents of John Wright (1814-1887), Joseph Draper (1814-1881), Mary Edenia (1816-1882), Cheney (1819-1873), Charles Prouty (1821-1863), Philinda E. (1823-1888), Elmira Goodell (1825-1887), Jonah Howe (1828-1896), and George F. (1831-1864). Philinda died in 1854 and on August 20, 1854, he married Hannah Perham in Worcester, Massachusetts. They had one son, William Albert (1855-1951). Hannah died in 1855, and on February 5, 1859, he married Mary Montague Smith on in Chester, Massachusetts. He died on February 5, 1876 in Worcester, Massachusetts, at the age of 82.
Fact: Residence (1850) Worcester, ward 4, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Fact: Residence (1855) Ward 04, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Fact: Residence (1860) Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Fact: Residence (1865) Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Fact: Residence (1870) Massachusetts, United States
Sources
1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD94-1FT : 22 December 2020), Jabez Bigelow, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
1855 Census: "Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ4N-HCD : 11 March 2018), Jabez Bigelow, Ward 04, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,965.
Marriage to Philinda Prouty: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZG-MX4D : 19 April 2021), Jabez Bigelow and Philinda Prouty, 9 Jan 1814; citing Marriage, Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011108.
Marriage to Hannah Perham: "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWBV-NW2 : 10 March 2021), Jabez Bigelow and Hannah P. Perham, 20 Aug 1854; citing Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,013.
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