Fourth Generation

48. Joseph BIGELOW was born on 30 May 1879 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.^3,14,22 He appeared in the census in 1900 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴ After 1902 he was a horse trader and also worked for the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.)..⁶⁰ Joseph appeared in the census in 1910 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁵ He appeared in the census in 1920 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁵ He appeared in the census in 1930 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁰ He and his wife and children were living with his wife's parents. Joseph died of acute dilation of the heart on 18 November 1937 at the age of 58 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.^22,60 He was buried in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹ in the Lincoln Township Cemetery.

Joseph BIGELOW and Elizabeth Celeste "Libbie" HOWARD were married on 4 July 1902 in Monroe County, WI.^1,15,18 Elizabeth Celeste "Libbie" HOWARD, daughter of Elisha Darius HOWARD and Josephine BENNETT, was born on 18 July 1880 in Oberlin, Decatur County, KS.^1,9,35,60 (She may have been born in Wisconsin.)
She appeared in the census in 1910 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁵ She appeared in the census in 1920 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁵ Libbie appeared in the census in 1930 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁰ She died of advanced arterioschlerosis on 14 March 1972 at the age of 91 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.^1,60 (She may have died in Lincoln Township, Monroe County.) She was buried in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹ in the Lincoln Township Cemetery.

Joseph BIGELOW and Elizabeth Celeste "Libbie" HOWARD had the following children: