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Bigelow Pioneer Cemetery
(AKA Boerger Cemetery)
Pike Township,
Madison County, Ohio

Bigelow Pioneer Cemetery, Pike Township, Madison County, Ohio

Gravestone Photographs


This one-half acre cemetery about a quarter mile south of the Union County line is a tiny remnant of the one vast tall grass prairie known as the Darby Plains. Many speies of native prairie plants have survived here from presettlement time because of its scientific and historical significance. The cemetery was dedicated as a state nature preserve by the Pike Township Trustees in September 1978 and is now being managed to aid and perpetuate these prairie species. The native prairie plants are burned off each fall and replanted each spring to aid in the maintenance of the cemetery.

GPS Coordinates:
DEC - Latitude = 40.109722 Longitude = -83.416944
DMS - Latitude = 400635N Longitude = 0832511W
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Items enclosed in brackets [] are from other sources and items underlined are webmasters best guess.

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  • Abbot, Isa, died ___, 1822
  • Bailey, Gilbert, son of J.P. & S., died Feb 10, 1851, aged 10m 26d
  • Baxter, Benj. D., died aug 28, 1844 in his 37th year
  • Bennett, Ella May, dau of J.F. & H., died April 16, 1861, aged 10m 21d
  • Bigelow
    • Alpheus, died Aug 28, 1851, aged 23y 10m 22d
    • Benjamin, [son of R. & L.], died Sept 12, 1819 in his 12th year
    • Delilah I., daughter of A. & M., died March 11, [1854, aged 4y]
    • Eliphaz, died Dec 2, 1864, aged 62y [9m 17d]
    • Grata, dau of Russel & Lucy, died April 15, 1818 in her 18th year
    • Infant, son of Appheus & Ursula
    • Infant, son of Elipha & _____
    • Joannah, dau of Alpheus & Ursula, May 14, 1820 - Dec 6, 1821
    • Lucy, dau of Russel & Lucy, died Nov 24, 1817 in her 28th year
    • Lucy, wife of Russel, died May 12, 1824 in her 37th year
    • Polly C., daughter of Russel & Lucy, died Dec 10, 1817 in her 15th year
  • Colver, Renua E., wife of [Thos.], died Oct 12, [1813], aged 21y 11m 13d
  • Fairbank
    • Lewis, died May 78, 1870, aged 65y 11m 2d
    • Lovinia, wife of Lewis, died Feb 5, 1858, aged 47y 11m 13d
    • Mary L., dau of L.M. & M.A., died [28 Aug 1849, aged 12y 15d]
  • Fenner
    • Almira L., dau of H.C. & L.B., died Aug 8, 1863, aged 18y 11m 1d and Milan N., son of H.C. & L.B., died Aug 26, 1863, aged 18days; (Whole Stone)
    • Lois L., dau of H.C. & L.B., died Feb 1, 1851, aged 1y 7d
  • Flint, Olive, wife of Asirel, died Nov 30, 1848, aged 63 years
  • Harrington
    • Johah, died Jan 8, 1846, [aged 75y]
    • Katharine, died Aug 21, 1824, aged 14y 4m 3d and Serena, died Aug 28, 1824, aged 12y 1m 12d
  • Holycross, [Amelia], dau of D. & P., died Oct 30, 1847, aged [13y 23d]
  • Janes
    • Diadama, dau of Haris & Julia, died Aug 15, 1847, aged 4y 7m 15d
    • Harris, died Sept 1848, aged 33y __m 23d
    • Mary E., dau of H.B. & J., died Aug 21, 1854, aged [18y 6m]
  • Kent
  • Keyes
    • Caroline H., died Dec 3, 1864, aged 18y 11m 22d
    • Emily, dau of Ephraim & Esther, died July 15, 1824, aged 5y 3m
    • Ephraim, died Sept 21, 1822, aged 42 years
    • Esther, wife of Ephraim, died April 1, 1847 [in her 66th year]
    • Harriet, dau of Ephraim & Esther, died Sept 11, 1822, aged 15y
    • Loren, died Dec 30, 1861, aged 60y 7m 27d and Lydia A., wife of Loren, died Nov 10, 1888, aged 84y 5m 29d; (Whole Stone); (Loren, Original Stone)
  • King
    • Benjamin G., died Dec 13, 1858, aged 35y 7m 18d; (Whole Stone)
    • Catharine Foos, wife of Henry, July 9, 1787 - Dec 13, 1880; (Whole Stone)
    • Cyntha, dau of H.J. & M.E., [died 8 Sep 1841, aged 1y 2m 10d]
    • Dr.Wm.F., died April 14, 1844, aged 30years 11months 5 days
    • Henry, born in Schuylkill Co. PA, March 15, 1787, died Nov 9, 1869, aged 82y 7m 26d; (Whole Stone)
    • Katherine L., dau of Henry & Katherine, died April 25, 1840, aged 13y 3m 11d - (broken stone)
    • Phebe Ann, dau of Henry & Katherine, died May 7, 1840, aged 15y 6m 14d
    • Phebe Ann, daughter of W.F. & Diana E., died Oct 5, 1817, aged 5y 8m 28d
    • S.Arvilla, dau of H.J. & M.E., died Dec 3, 1862, aged 12y 8m 19d
  • McCloud
    • Anna, wife of C., died Sept 28, 1823, aged 40y 9m 11d and Rodney, son of C. & A., died Aug 7, 1821, aged 2y 6m
    • Anna J., dau of J. & L., died Feb 16, 1823, [aged 9m 18d]
    • C., died Feb 23, 1844, aged 74y, 5m 21d
    • Elizabeth, dau of C. & S., died Dec 25, 1828, aged 16y 2m 14d
    • Infant, dau of J. & L., March 13, 1831
    • Lucy, dau of C. & S., died Feb 3, 1828, aged 17y 1m
    • Sarah, wife of C., died Nov 8, 1817, aged 43y 4m 26d
    • Sarah, dau of C. & S., died Oct 27, 1827, aged 21y 9m
  • McKeever, Margaret M., dau of J. & S., died May 8, 1854, aged 8m 18d
  • Marquis, Cynthia, wife of Wesley, died Feb 4, 1856, aged 19y 8m 15d
  • Owens, David B., Sept 28, 1914 - Dec 31, 1989
  • Patrick
    • Clarissa, wife of Moses, died Feb 23, 1850, aged 76y 7m 16d
    • Clarissa Jane, dau of John & Lydia, died Sept 29, 1841, aged 15y 10d
    • Moses, died Aug 23, 1850, aged 78y 6m 9d
  • Russell, Robert, son of James & Elizabeth, died [14 Oct 1825, aged 23y]
  • Sabin
    • Asbury, died April 8, 1845, aged 36y 2m 20d
    • Homer, son of Asbury &; Sophia, died Sept 20, 1842, aged 9y 10m 12d
    • Nehemiah, died Dec 20, 1855 in his 44th year
    • Phebe, died Sept 25, 1815 in her 44th year
    • Wm.R., died June 24, 1855 in his 22nd year
  • Savage, Ira K., son of A. & I., died Oct 12, 1844, aged 15y 6m 25d
  • Scott
    • Jefferson, [20 May 1808 - 31 Oct] 1838, aged [30y] 5m 11d
    • Mahala, daughter of Jefferson & Mary, March 24, 1837 - Nov 4, 1838, aged 1y 7m 13d
  • Smith
    • Anna, died April 22, 1869, aged 71y 10m 17d
    • Henry P., died July 31, 18[3(1)]7, [child of John & Anna] and Orson F., died in Vt. April 1, 1825, aged 3m, [child of John & Anna]
    • John, died April 21, 1855, aged 61y 6m 20d
    • Maria, wife of Orson, died Sept 8, 1831, [ aged 33y]
    • Stephen, son of O. & M.H., died Aug 8, 1833, aged 11yrs and Maria H., wife of O., died Sept 8, 1831, aged 33 yr; (Whole Wtone)
  • Stow, Ann J., wife of Willard S., died April 2, 1882, aged 41y
  • Tarpenning
    • Eliphas, died Aug 23, 1816, aged 18y 4m 3d
    • Isaac C., died Nov 27, 1817, aged 35 yrs
    • Lawrence, Sept 21, 1800 - Feb 9, 1856 and Mary Ann, wife of Lawrence, June 26, 1805 - Dec 7, 1854; (Whole Stone)
      • Children of L. & M.A.
        • Eliphas, Dec 20, 1830 - July 22, 1832
        • Isaac, June 24, 1839 - Sept 14, 1841
        • Samuel, Oct 16, 1828 - July 17, 1846
        • Polly Ann, June 4, 1833 - Apr 5, 1852
    • Samuel, died Aug 14, 1817, aged 45y 2m 10d
  • Tinkham, Esther Ann, died July 14, 1841, aged 7y 11m 19d
  • Tucker
    • Robert, died Oct 2, 1842, [aged 75y]
    • Sarah, wife of Robert, died Dec 1, 1846, aged 59y 7m 13d
  • Wright, Luinglas G., son of O. & R., Mar 29, 1854
  • Wood
    • Cyntha A., died Sept 19, 1821, aged [6yrs]
    • Uriah, died June [9, 1826, aged 52y 8m 4d]

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