Person:Odd Bigstaff (1)

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Dr. Odd Samuel Bigstaff
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Name[8] Dr. Odd Samuel Bigstaff
Unknown _____ Bickerstaff
Unknown _____ Biggerstaff
Gender Male
Birth[2][8] 2 Apr 1804 Kentucky, United States
Marriage to Miss Fenton Bean
Occupation[8] physician
Death[5] 4 Feb 1871 Bath, Kentucky, United States

He MAY be the father of George Bigstaff by an enslaved woman. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:George_Bigstaff_%281%29

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    Name: O L Bigstaff
    Sex: Male
    Age: 47 years
    Birth Year (Estimated): 1803
    Birthplace: Kentucky
    Race: White
    Event Type: Census
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: Bath, Kentucky, United States
    Household Identifier: 478
    House Number: 478
    Line Number: 40
    Schedule Type: 1850 Population
    Affiliate Publication Number: M432
    Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

    Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
    Fenton Bigstaff F 46 years Kentucky
    Sarah F Bigstaff F 15 years Kentucky
    Richard F Bigstaff M 12 years Kentucky
    Benjamin F Bigstaff M 10 years Kentucky
    James M Bigstaff M 8 years Kentucky
    Samuel O Bigstaff M 5 years Kentucky
    Lucy Arnold F 21 years Kentucky
    John Arnold M 17 years Kentucky
    Thomas Corbin M 21 years Kentucky
    Thomas Deskins M 53 years Kentucky

    Digital Folder Number: 004193957
    Microfilm Number: 7844
    Image Number: 558
    Indexing Batch: N01101-8

    Citing this Record
    "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65R-LQY : Wed Mar 06 10:47:07 UTC 2024), Entry for O L Bigstaff and Fenton Bigstaff, 1850.

  3.   .

    Name: O S Bigstaff
    Sex: Male
    Age: 57
    Birth Year (Estimated): 1803
    Birthplace: Kentucky
    Race: White
    Event Type: Census
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Bath, Kentucky, United States
    Page Number: 55
    Affiliate Publication Number: M653
    Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

    Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
    Fenlon Bigstaff F 57 Kentucky
    Ricd Bigstaff M 22 Kentucky
    Benj Bigstaff M 20 Kentucky
    Samuel Bigstaff M 15 Kentucky
    Samuel Riggin M 8 Kentucky
    Elizabeth Riggin F 5 Kentucky

    Digital Folder Number: 005169937
    Microfilm Number: 803355
    Image Number: 59
    Indexing Batch: N01720-3

    Citing this Record
    "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZY1-8VP : Mon Jul 08 07:31:45 UTC 2024), Entry for O S Bigstaff and Fenlon Bigstaff, 1860.

  4.   .

    Name: O G Bigstaff
    Sex: Male
    Age: 67
    Birth Year (Estimated): 1803
    Birthplace: Kentucky
    Race: White
    Relationship to Head of Household: Head
    Event Type: Census
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Sharpsburg, Bath, Kentucky, United States
    Household Identifier: 128
    Line Number: 10
    Page Number: 22
    Affiliate Publication Number: M593
    Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

    Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
    Fenton Bigstaff F 65 Kentucky
    Richard D Bigstaff M 32 Kentucky
    L F Riggen F 16 Kentucky
    Peter Reed M 35 Kentucky
    Peggy Bigstaff F 60 Kentucky
    Isaac Rawls M 60 Kentucky
    Dinah Rawls F 20 Kentucky
    Fannie Rawls F 9 Kentucky
    Minnie Rawls F 6 Kentucky
    William Rawls M 3 Kentucky
    Josh Rawls M 0 Kentucky

    Digital Folder Number: 004263736_001_M9CX-RNF
    Microfilm Number: 000545945
    Image Number: 164
    Indexing Batch: N01516-3

    Citing this Record
    "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX7J-11J : Tue Mar 05 09:02:19 UTC 2024), Entry for O G Bigstaff and Fenton Bigstaff, 1870.

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    Dr Odd Samuel Bigstaff
    Birth: 1804 Madison County, Kentucky, USA
    Death: 4 Feb 1871 (aged 66–67) Bath County, Kentucky, USA
    Burial: Bigstaff Cemetery Bath County, Kentucky, USA
    Memorial #: 192227776
    Bio: Physician with a practice that ran from Bath County to the Ohio River. Graduate of Transylvania University. His residence was on Flat Creek in Bath County.
    Family Members
    Spouse
    Fenton Watkins Bean Bigstaff 1803-1896
    Children
    Sarah Fenton Bigstaff Hinde 1836-1916
    Richard Bigstaff 1837-1920
    Rev Benjamin Beane "Ben" Bigstaff 1840-1905
    James D. Morrison Bigstaff 1842-1912
    Samuel Bigstaff 1845-1912
    Maintained by: RFB Jenkins (47712974)
    Originally Created by: Todd Whitesides (47553735)
    Added: 2018-08-13T20:43:20.000Z
    URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192227776/odd-samuel-bigstaff
    Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192227776/odd_samuel-bigstaff: accessed August 1, 2024), memorial page for Dr Odd Samuel Bigstaff (1804–4 Feb 1871), Find a Grave Memorial ID 192227776, citing Bigstaff Cemetery, Bath County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by RFB Jenkins (contributor 47712974).

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    1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules
    Name O S Bigstaff Residence Date 1860
    Residence Place Bath, Kentucky, USA
    Number of Enslaved People 15
    Role Slave Owner All Enslaved People (Gender) Age
    Female 37
    Female 47
    Female 9
    Male 3
    Female 47
    Female 12
    Female 9
    Male 5
    Female 30
    Male 29
    Male 22
    Female 80
    Female 7
    Female 1
    Male 12

    1860 slave census - 1828 birthdate of George = age 32. Might George be the 29 year old male listed here?

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    1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules
    Name O S Bigstaff Residence Date 1850
    Residence Place District 1, Bath, Kentucky, USA
    Number of Enslaved People 11
    Role Slave Owner
    All Enslaved People (Gender) Age
    Female 60
    Female 40
    Female 30
    Female 23
    Male 22
    Male 20
    Male 14
    Male 40
    Female 10
    Male 5
    Female 11/12

    1850-1828 = 22 Might George be the 22 year old male listed here?

  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 .

    Kentuckian-Citizen
    Wed, Mar 01, 1871 ·Page 3
    Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky

  9.   Biographical cyclopedia of the commonwealth of Kentucky.

    https://archive.org/details/cu31924028804122
    Biographical cyclopedia of the commonwealth of Kentucky
    by Gresham, John M., Co., Pub
    Publication date 1896
    Publisher Chicago, Philadelphia, J.M. Gresham Co.

    Odd Samuel's ancestors came from Culpepper County, Virgina. Before that they were from Bickerstaff Place, England. In England the name was Bickerstaff or Biggerstaff. Dr. odd Samuel changed the name to take out the "er" to become Bigstaff.

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    Genealogical and historical notes on Culpeper County, Virginia
    by Green, Raleigh Travers, 1872- [from old catalog]; Slaughter, Philip, 1808-1890. History of St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia. [from old catalog]

    Publication date 1900 Bigstaff/Biggerstaff/Bickenstaff not found

  11.   Family Search Books.

    Culpeper and Orange County, Va., families
    Identifier
    2531776
    Creator
    Glass, George W.
    Language
    English
    eng
    en
    Subject
    United States, Virginia, Culpeper - History
    United States, Virginia, Orange - History
    Page Count
    274
    Owning Institution
    Houston Public Library
    Publisher Digital
    FamilySearch International

    This is a handwritten notebook. I did not search all 274 pages. Computer keyword searching is not working on this handwritten work.

  12.   Family Search books.

    Historical collections of Virginia : containing a collection of the most interesting facts, tradition, biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc. relating to its history and antiquitites, together with geographical and statistical description, to w;
    Identifier
    71380
    Creator
    Howe, Henry, 1816-1893
    Language
    English
    eng
    en
    Subject
    United States, Virginia - History
    United States, Virginia - Biography
    United States, District of Columbia - History - Indexes
    Extent
    544 p.
    Page Count
    564
    Owning Institution
    FamilySearch Library
    Publisher Digital
    FamilySearch International
    Access Level
    Public
    name not found