Person:Hiram Bigelow (4)

Hiram Bigelow, son of Cornelius and Persis (Harris) Bigelow, was born 1793 (headstone) at Bennington (or Townsend), VT. He moved with his parents to Quebec at an early age and grew up in Chatham township of what is now Argenteuil county, but was then called York. He was married and a father before 1820. His wife, Nancy C. Lemieux, died about 1825. He married (2) about 1826 Mrs. Mary (Smith) Smith (see below), called Pol Smith, a widow of Samuel Smith whom she had married in 1813. She was born in VT the daughter of James and Elizabel (Mills) Smith, at Newbury, Orange co, VT and died at Buckingham, Quebec on 14 March 1885.

Hiram homesteaded in Buckingham township. He farmed and logged in the area. Although he was born in the United States, Hiram claimed that he was a Canadian citizen when he took up land. No record has been found that he was a citizen of Canada. He died in Buckingham on 25 July 1891. Both Hiram and Mary are buried at St Stephen's village cemetery.

Sources: Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Vol II, pg 84. Howe, Bigelow Family of America; pg 192; child; #778-1797 Vital records, church and cemetery records VT and Que;

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Bigelow Family Genealogy, in Bigelow Society
   Vol II, pg 84.

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