Brief Life History of Nahum
When Nahum Bigelow was born on 9 February 1785, in Brandon, Rutland, Vermont, United States, his father, Simeon Bigelow, was 32 and his mother, Sarah Rebecca Foster, was 24. He married Mary Gibbs about 12 December 1826, in Lawrenceville, Lawrence, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1850 and lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1850. He died on 28 January 1851, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Nahum Bigelow, "United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850"
- Family Data Collection - Marriages
- Nahum Bigelow, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
English or Irish: perhaps a variant of English Bigley or Irish Begley .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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