Elisha Bigelow was born in Guilford, VT, and came to Onondaga County, thence to Batavia in 1830, where he died in 1883, aged 89 years. His first wife was Maria Reed; his second wife was Harriet Jerome. The children were Horace E., James R., Jerome L., Mary, Sarah, Mariah, and William R. The latter was born in Hastings, N. Y., and married Jennie A., daughter of John D. and Abigail R. (Wolcott) Safford, of Pembroke. Their children were Egbert A., Gertrude S., Florence J., and Luella E. Gertrude S. is a missionary in Japan, where she has been three years under the auspices of the Presbyterian board. William. R. Bigelow is a farmer on road 76.

FROM: Gazetteer and Biographical Record of Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890