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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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 1824 - Abt 1906 (81 years)
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| Name |
Samuel Cutler Bigelow [1] |
| Born |
14 Jan 1824 |
Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
Abt 1906 |
San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California, USA |
| Person ID |
I38561 |
Munro |
| Last Modified |
27 May 2001 |
| Family |
Isabel Otis, b. 3 Feb 1836, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA , d. 31 Aug 1915, San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California, USA (Age 79 years) |
| Married |
Jun 1874 |
Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
20 Jan 2009 |
| Family ID |
F13152 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Samuel was the son of Thaddeus Bowman and Polly Doolittle (Cutler) Bigelow.
He was born in the "Inman Castle" in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which was General Putnam's headquarters for the Battle of Bunker Hill. He was in boarding schools from the age of 5 1/2 years, and had many escapades during his school years.
He graduated from Williams College, Massachusetts in 1845 and from Harvard Law School in 1846. He went to California in 1853 and became the Manager of Estates for Thomas O. Larkin (U.S. Consul to California before 1846).
Samuel was elected to the California State Legislature 1861-62. His first wife died in 1864.
He traveled around the world twice and at various times served as President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Dirctor of seven different banks, corporations, water companies and railroads.
References:
(1) "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes" by R. S. Munroe,
2nd ed. - Florence, Massachusetts (1986) - 13-34-11-2 - p. 341-342
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
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- [S247] History of the Munros of Fowlis, Alexander Mackenzie, M.J.L., (Published in Inverness, Scotland by A & W Mackenzie (1898)), p. 576 (Reliability: 3).
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