Eleventh Generation

167. Osmon M. BIGELOW was born on 7 Dec 1884 in LaGrange Township, Monroe County, WI.^{57,64,101,105,128} (He was probably named after his mother's oldest brother, Osmon J. Griggs.)

The following was included in a letter dated April 27, 1894 from Susan Griggs to her brother Roswell and his wife Roxana in Missouri: "Osmon, Florence's nine year old son was out doing barn chores--it was cold and Florence thought he ought to come in and warm. George was away in the woods. Florence went to the barn but found him (Osmon) several feet from the barn in the yard lying on his back, his face covered with blood, unconscious.

She could not lift to carry him, but somehow got him a few rods half way to the house and saw some men with teams in the road. Calling, one man came and brought him in. It was noon, he went for George, sent for Dr. Mosely, Tomah. He got there at half past two and had the wound, which was over his left eye--2 1/2 inches long--sewed with six stitches by four o'clock. Lucius and Kate (Griggs) came and Lucius helped dress the boy's wound.

He was not fully conscious until Sunday, 18th inst, but now the 27 he is up, goes out some, wants to go much more than is prudent for him to go. The doctor came last Sunday and took out the stitches and said he had got up wonderfully quick. But his mother and father had given the very best of care or he could not have gained as he did. We are thankful that the doctor was at home and could come so quick and wonder how a horse could kick so bad and it not be worse.

He must have been kicked by a horse that he has harnessed many times for three years, and gone three miles with it this year for Lucius and Kate, taken them home again saying he would get them once a week to come and spend the day. We never knew that horse to kick before."

. He appeared in the census in 1900 in LaGrange Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰¹ He appeared in the census in 1920 in Wichita County, TX.^109,129 He was living with his father and his occupation was "Fireman, Texas Co." He was listed as a Widower, but his children were not living with him. It is possible that his wife and children were killed in a fire or other accident, but that is doubtful; he may also have been divorced, or the census enumerator may simply have made a mistake regarding his marital status. He died on 14 Jun 1927 in Burkburnett, Wichita County, TX.^105,130 Retta Bigelow's letter to her cousin Elton Griggs in 1938 mentions that "Osmon had two boys and two girls--all married--and he and his wife have been dead for years."

Osmon M. BIGELOW and Minnie COATS were married on 8 May 1904 in McMinnville, Warren County, TN.^{57,105,129,131,132}

Newspaper Article: "Friends of Osmon Bigelow will be surprised to learn that he was married on the 8th inst. to Miss Minnie Coats of McMinnville, Tenn. Osmon is a little young, but this being a political year is full of surprises. We extend congratulations and hope he may enjoy a long and happy life."

Letters written by Osmon's mother, Florence, mention him and Minnie and their two sons and two daughters in Tennessee. The letters are in the Vermont Historical Museum Library in Barre.

(According to the research of John Sissom, Osmon's wife's name was Mary Myrtle Edges; that is believed to have been in error, unless he married a second time.)

(He and his wife and children could not be located anywhere in the U.S. in the 1910 Census.)

. Minnie COATS died before Jun 1920.^109,130 (Her husband was listed as a Widower in the 1920 Census.) She was born in Tennessee.¹³³ Osmon M. BIGELOW and Minnie COATS had the following children:

+183	i.	Raymond BIGELOW.
+184	ii.	Paul BIGELOW.
+185	iii.	(Unknown Daughter I) BIGELOW.
+186	iv.	(Unknown Daughter II) BIGELOW.