Person:Obediah Bigley (2)

"...The father of our subject, Obediah, Sr, was born in Orange CO N Y., October 1, 1804, and was married in Seneca CO OH, in 1830, to Elizabeth Bowerman, a native of PA, born March 23, 1817. In 1822 he came to OH and worked as a farm hand for his grandfather. In 1824 he came to this CO where he remained for two years, and then returned to Seneca CO continuing to make his home there for many years. In 1835 he purchased one hundred and twenty acres of timber-land in Montgomery Twp this CO and after clearing five acres built a log house. He later sold forty acres of his land, but continued to cultivate the remaining eighty acres until his death, which occurred August 20, 1888, at the age of eighty-four years and ten months. His wi departed this life March 7, 1894, when in her seventy-eighth year. Mr. Bigley is administer of his parents' estate. Their eldest child, Charlotte, married Henry Swartz, who died in the war, and after that event she married Thomas Hunt, but both are now deceased. Julia first became the wife of Samuel Essex, and after his demise she married Martin Mound, of this Twp. John lives in Charlotte MI. Mary is the wife of Edward J Teeples, of Bradner. Obediah A is the next in order of birth. Harriet was the wife of Benjamin Eshelman. Louis and Lucy, twins, were the next in the family. The former is a resident of East Toledo, b his sister is now deceased. Jane, the youngest of the family, married Daniel Conant, and lives in Amsden, Seneca CO this state..."

added by Jon Jay Shultz, July 6, 2004.

NOTE: Daniel Conant is related to Rebecca Conant wife of Phillip Shultz.