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Caswell County Genealogy
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 1849 - 1921 (~ 72 years)
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| Name |
Bigelow, John Henry [1, 2] |
| Birth |
Oct 1849 |
North Carolina  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
12429 |
| Death |
20 Oct 1921 |
| Burial |
Family Cemetery, Caswell County, North Carolina [3] |
| Person ID |
I12193 |
Caswell County |
| Last Modified |
16 Apr 2024 |
| Family |
Watkins, Isabella Frances, b. Jun 1857, North Carolina d. 10 Aug 1943 (Age ~ 86 years) |
| Marriage |
27 May 1889 |
Caswell County, North Carolina [1] |
| Reference Number |
93805 |
| Notes |
- North Carolina Marriage Records
Name: B Anne Wadkin
Gender: Female
Race: Col
Age: 30
Birth Year: abt 1859
Marriage Date: 29 May 1889
Marriage Place: Caswell, North Carolina, USA
Mother: Betew Wadkin
Spouse: John H Bigelow
Spouse Gender: Male
Spouse Race: Col
Spouse Age: 58
Spouse Father: Thos Bigelow
Spouse Mother: Betsy Bigelow
Event Type: Marriage
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| Children |
| | 1. Bigelow, Vernie N., b. Aug 1890, North Carolina [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 2. Bigelow, John Watkins, b. 18 Apr 1893, North Carolina d. 27 Sep 1959, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina (Age 66 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 3. Bigelow, Bettie V., b. Aug 1894, North Carolina [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 4. Bigelow, Mary F., b. Jul 1899, North Carolina [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F6063 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
16 Apr 2024 |
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| Notes |
- John Henry Bigelow (c.1853-1921)
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See: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 103-104 (Article #42 "The Family of Dora Belle Williamson Bigelow" by Dora Belle Williamson Bigelow).
Thomas Patillo Bigelow provided for the education of at least six of his children at Shaw University (according to records from archivist at Shaw on matriculation). Shaw University Catalogues 1876-1877 and 1878-1879: lists the Bigelow children: Saluda Bigelow, Mary E. Bigelow, Laura Bigelow, James T. Bigelow, John Henry, and Albert Bigelow - all from Yanceyville. Also, it may be that Albert and Lewis Bigelow helped start the Yanceyville School for Coloreds in 1897.
According to a Bigelow family member, James Weldon Bigelow related that John Henry Bigelow was invited to a white man's house for dinner and cigar. Not long afterwards someone told the man that "John Henry Bigelow wasn't white." The man said to his friend, "he fooled me." The man replied, "no, you fooled yourself. Then the man said, "if he married your daughter, their kids would look just like you."
John Henry Bigelow purportedly also told James Weldon Bigelow that Thomas Pattillo Bigelow told his children, "if anybody messes with you, knock the hell out of them." John Henry Bigelow said that Thomas Pattillo Bigelow was fair with his slaves and let them roam at night. One night, a slave was visiting on another plantation with a young lady in a cabin. When the owners caught him, they chased him and they fell in a ditch. The slave ran back to Thomas Pattillo Bigelow's plantation. The next day, the neighboring plantation owner came to Thomas Pattillo Bigelow and asked for the slave to flog. Thomas Pattillo Bigelow said, "Neither animal nor human will be flogged on my land. If you had caught him on your land, there would be nothing I could do, but he's on my land now and I won't stand for it."
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1870 United States Federal Census
Name: John Bigalow
[John Bigelow]
Birth Year: abt 1853
Age in 1870: 17
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1870: Yanceyville, Caswell, North Carolina
Race: Mulatto
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Elizabeth Bigalow 44
Cora Bigalow 22
John Bigalow 17
Jacarish Bigalow 16
Licily Bigalow 10
Laura Bigalow 8
James Bigalow 6
Nancy Bigalow 4
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: John H Bigelow
Home in 1900: Yanceyville, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 50
Birth Date: Oct 1849
Birthplace: North Carolina
Race: Black
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Spouse's Name: Isabella F
Marriage Year: 1889
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 11
Residence : Yanceyville Township, Caswell, North Carolina
Occupation: Farming
Household Members: Name Age
John H Bigelow 50
Isabella F Bigelow 42
Vernie N Bigelow 9
John W Bigelow 7
Bettie V Bigelow 5
Mary F Bigelow 10.12
Andrew James 21
1910 United States Federal Census
Name: John H Bigelow
Age in 1910: 59
Estimated birth year: abt 1851
Birthplace: North Carolina
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: North Carolina
Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina
Spouse's name: Isabella S
Home in 1910: Yanceyville, Caswell, North Carolina
Marital Status: Married
Race: Mulatto
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
John H Bigelow 59
Isabella S Bigelow 55
Mary F Bigelow 11
John W Bigelow 16
1920 United States Federal Census
Name: John H Bigelow
Home in 1920: Yanceyville, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 69 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
Birthplace: North Carolina
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Isabella F
Father's Birth Place: North Carolina
Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina
Marital Status: Married
Race: Mulatto
Sex: Male
Home owned: Own
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members: Name Age
John H Bigelow 69
Isabella F Bigelow 65
North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975
Name: John Henry Bigelow
Gender: Male
Race: Black
Birth Place: Caswell, North Carolina, United States
Death Date: 20 Oct 1921
Age: About 71
Death Location: Yanceyville, Caswell
Attending Physician: S. A. Malloy
Spouse's Name: Fannie Bigelow
Father's Name: Thomas Bigelow
Mother's Name: Elizabith Bigelow
Informant: J. W. Bigelow (probably his son John Watkins Bigelow)
Note that John Henry Bigelow is described as "Black" in his North Carolina death certificaate. However, his father was white and his mother was Native American (possibly Cherokee or Saponi), but had been a slave.
U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880
Name: John Henry Bigelow
Gender: Male
Race: Black
Marital Status: Married
Place of Birth: North Carolina
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835
Age: 45
Month of Death: May
Cause of Death: Stone on the bladder
Place of Death: (City, County, State)
Yanceyville, Caswell, North Carolina
Census Year: 1880
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| Sources |
- Details: 1900 US Federal Census (Yanceyville Township, Caswell County, North Carolina).
- Details: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 103-104 (Article #42, "The Family of Dora Belle Williamson Bigelow" by Dora Belle Williamson Bigelow).
- Details: North Carolina Death Certificate of John Henry Bigelow (c.1850-1921).
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