Charles H. Bigelow

Charles H. Bigelow
Born
Charles Henry Bigelow

(1814-07-13)July 13, 1814
Watertown, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedApril 15, 1862(1862-04-15) (aged 47)
New Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationUnited States Military Academy
Occupations
  • Engineer
  • architect
SpouseHarriet Briggs

Charles Henry Bigelow (July 13, 1814 – April 15, 1862)[1] of Lowell, Massachusetts was a 19th-century engineer and architect. Born in Watertown, Massachusetts,[1] Bigelow was a graduate of West Point, ranking second in the class of 1835.[2] He married Harriet Briggs, daughter of the late Massachusetts Governor George N. Briggs. He died in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1862 at the age of 47.[3][4] On March 31, 1847, Bigelow was one of a group of influential citizens in Lawrence, Massachusetts that founded and chartered the Franklin Library Association, now the Lawrence Free Library.[5] Bigelow was the Association's first president.[6]

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  2. ^ "History of the churches of New Bedford", page 45 (Pacific Church)
  3. ^ "Genealogy of the Bigelow Family” by Gilman Bigelow Howe (1890)
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  5. ^ "Lawrence Free Library website". Archived from the original on 2018-02-24. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
  6. ^ "About Us" Archived 2009-04-02 at the Wayback Machine on the Lawrence Free Library website