Person:Reuben Bigelow (1)

Name	Reuben Bigelow
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	23 Nov 1776	Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	Oct 1796	to Abigail Brooks
Death^[1]	13 Dec 1834	Peru, Bennington, Vermont, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 White, Almira Larkin. Ancestry of John Barber White and his descendants. (Kansas City, Mo.: J.B. White, 1913, 1913).

"Abigail Brooks, b. in Princeton, Sept. 16, 1776; m. Oct 1796 Reuban, son of Jabez and Deborah (Knowlton) Bigelow, b. in Westminster, Mass., Nov. 23, 1776. They lived for a short time in Peru, Vt., where he was a prominent man, being the first representative, and teaching the first school in Peru. ... He was one of the first to abandon the use of intoxicating liquors and advocate the cause of temperance, and remained true to his convictions til his death, which occurred Dec. 13, 1834."