Charles Bigelow (politician)

Charles Bigelow
4th Mayor of Houston
In office
January 6, 1840 – January 15, 1841
Preceded byGeorge W. Lively
Succeeded byJohn Day Andrews
Personal details
Born(1805-07-15)July 15, 1805
Northborough, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedOctober 27, 1885(1885-10-27) (aged 80)
Grafton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Spouse(s)
Cynthia Greenwood Warren
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(m. 1829; died 1849)​

Harriet Caroline Taft
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(m. 1849)​

Charles Grafton Bigelow (July 15, 1805 – October 27, 1885) was a businessman who served a single one-year term as the fourth mayor of Houston, Texas, from January 6, 1840, to January 15, 1841, before serving as a colonel in the Mexican-American War.[1]

Bigelow Street in Houston's Near Northside neighborhood is named in his honor.

  1. ^ Shuffield, Lynna Kay (2014). Houston, Harris County, Texas : mayors during the Republic of Texas, 1836–1846 and the co-founders, a collection of biographical, death & burial information. Houston, Texas. pp. 75–83.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)