Fourth Generation

44. John Wesley BIGELOW was born in July 1872 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.^{3,14,15,22,27,35,44} (His gravestone lists his birth year as 1871, but the 1900 Census lists it as July 1872.) He appeared in the census in 1875 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁹ He appeared in the census in 1900 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴ John appeared in the census in 1910 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁵ He and his wife and family were living in the household of his mother, Cornelia Bigelow. His family consisted of William; his wife, Addie; and their children, "Earl" and Geneva. He appeared in the census in 1920 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁵ His household consisted of "John W."; his wife, "Addie J."; their son, "Earl," 12; their daughter, Geneva, 10; and their son, Archie, 8. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Byron Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁰ His household consisted of John, age 56 and married at age 32; his wife, Addie, age 54 and married at age 30; and their children, "Earl A.," Archie, and Margaret. John was buried in 1945 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^38,44 in the Oak Grove Cemetery. He died in 1945 at the age of 73 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^22,44

John Wesley BIGELOW and Aby J. "Ada" HARP were married about 1906 in Monroe County, WI.^15,18 The 1910 Census indicates that they had been married for 3 years. (In the Marriage Registration Indix, she is listed as "Addie" Harp and no date is listed for their marriage.) Aby J. "Ada" HARP, daughter of William HARP and Nancy Matilda GETMAN, was born in October 1879 in Wisconsin.^3,14 (She was listed as "Ada" and her birth date was listed as Oct 1879, age 20, in the 1900 Census.) She appeared in the census in 1880 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.³ She appeared in the census in 1900 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴ She was living with her father and step-mother. Aby appeared in the census in 1910 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁵ She appeared in the census in 1920 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁵ She appeared in the census in 1930 in Byron Township, Fond du Lac County, WI.⁴⁰ Aby died in 1963 at the age of 84.³⁸ The Oak Grove Cemetery records list her year of death as 1963 and indicate that her sons Earl and Archie purchased her cemetery plot in 1945.) She was buried in 1963 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁷ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

John Wesley BIGELOW and Aby J. "Ada" HARP had the following children: