When Samuel Smith Biglow was born on 23 February 1835, in Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga, Essex, New York, United States, his father, Andrew Crague Bigelow Sr., was 29 and his mother, Eliza Margaret Hyde, was 31. He married Roby Narcissa Chapman on 16 August 1856, in Defiance, Defiance, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Farmer, Farmer Township, Defiance, Ohio, United States in 1850. He died in 1908, in Bryan, Williams, Ohio, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Bryan, Williams, Ohio, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
English or Irish: variant of Bigelow .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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