Samuel Fowler Bigelow Explained

Samuel Fowler Bigelow
Office1:U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey
President1:Grover Cleveland
Term Start1:1887
Term End1:1888
Predecessor1:Job H. Lippincott
Office2:Judge of Newark City Court
Term Start2:1868
Term End2:?
Birth Date:29 March 1837
Birth Place:Newark, New Jersey
Death Place:East Orange, New Jersey
Resting Place:Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Education:Newark Academy
Ashland Hall
Freehold Institute
Alma Mater:Princeton College (1857)
Party:Democrat
Profession:Lawyer
politician
author
judge

Samuel Fowler Bigelow (March 29, 1837 – March 8, 1915) was an American judge, attorney, and author in New Jersey.

Biography

Samuel Fowler Bigelow was born in Newark, New Jersey on March 29, 1837, the son of Moses Bigelow, who served as the Mayor of Newark from 1857 to 1864.[1] [2] He was educated at Newark Academy, Ashland Hall, and Freehold Institute.[3] He graduated from Princeton College in 1857 and became City Attorney of Newark, New Jersey in 1863. He became a judge of the Newark City Court in 1868.

President Grover Cleveland appointed him United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey. He also served as Supreme Court Commissioner for the Supreme Court of New Jersey and was appointed Special Master in Chancery by Chancellor William T. McGill. Judge Andrew Kirkpatrick appointed him as United States Commissioner for New Jersey. He wrote the book Biographical Sketch of Moses Bigelow (1890) about his father Moses Bigelow He married to Lucy Paul Bigelow (1837–1924) on January 3, 1861, in Belvedere, Warren County, New Jersey.

Samuel Fowler Bigelow died at his sister's home in East Orange on March 8, 1915, and was buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Newark.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=6PIQAQAAMAAJ&dq=samuel+fowler+bigelow&pg=PA405 Magazine of Western History, Volume 19
  2. Lee, Francis Bazley. Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey, p. 968. Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1910. Accessed March 1, 2023. "Samuel Foster Bigelow, eldest child of Hon. Moses and Julia Ann (Breckenridge) Bigelow, was prepared for college at Newark Academy, Ashland Hall and Freehold Institute."
  3. Web site: Bigelow, Moses (6) = mos63544.htm. November 2, 2020. bigelowsociety.com.
  4. News: Sam'l F. Bigelow Passes Away at Home of Sister . . 1 . 1915-03-08 . 2023-07-03 . Newspapers.com.