Catherine Elizabeth Stough

Brief Life History of Catherine Elizabeth

When Catherine Elizabeth Stough was born on 17 May 1852, in Tuscarawas, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States, her father, James Madison Stough, was 32 and her mother, Maria Sparks, was 34. She married Barton Bartlett Bigelow on 5 July 1867, in Vernon Township, Isabella, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 2, Anderson, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 7, Jefferson, Texas, United States in 1920. She died on 30 October 1937, in Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Port Neches, Jefferson, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Barton Bartlett Bigelow
1829–1881
Catherine Elizabeth Stough
1852–1937
Marriage: 5 July 1867
Frances Adeline Bigelow
1869–1951
Helen Josephine Bigelow
1871–1959
Andrew C Bigelow
1873–1927
George B Bigelow
1875–
H O Bigelow
1876–
Mary Walker Bigelow
1877–1955
E R Bigelow
1880–
Emily Caroline Bigelow
1881–1974

Sources (16)

  • C Eph Thomas in household of J S Thomas, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Catharine E. Stow, "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940"
  • Catherine Elizabeth Stough Thomas, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

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.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Possibly an Americanized form of German Stauch, a habitational name from a place so named in the Rhineland.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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