Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Name: Maria Oliver Childs
Event Type: Birth
Birth Date: 10 Jun 1794
Birth Place: Lynn, Massachusetts
Father Name: Amariah Childs
Mother Name: Ruth (Larkin) Childs
Maria Childs came to Tennessee and taught in the Nashville Academy, one of the first institutions in the South. She first met her husband, Elijah Bigelow (a graduate of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts) in Nashville, Tennessee, married him six years later then they moved to Jackson, Tennessee. Five years after their marriage he died, leaving her with three children. They were pioneers of the State of Tennessee.
JACKSON GAZETTE, December 31, 1825:
"Married. On the 20 inst., MR. ELIJAH BIGELOW of this town, to MISS MARIA O. CHILDS of Nashville, Tenn."
WHIG AND TRIBUNE, Jackson, Jan. 27, 1872:
DIED. At the Memphis Conference Female Institute, in this city, on Sunday 21st., Mrs. Maria Bigelow, in the 76th year of her age. Mrs. Bigelow had been a citizen of this city since 1824. Her husband died in this city . . . leaving her with three children. By her own exertions, she educated her children highly and the two now living are ornaments in the best social circles of Jackson. Owing to her good management and the increased value of her property, she left her heirs a handsome estate. She devoted her whole life to the great cause of education and in this city she trained the minds of three generations. Her name is today enshrined in the hearts of hundreds of the most brilliant and noblest women in Tennessee. She was a Christian and thoroughly devoted to all the duties of life. With a mind clear and comprehensive, a heart in harmony with the greatest wants and tenderest feelings of humanity, she was indeed a noble benefactor. In her death, Jackson has lost an eminent citizen, society an ornament and the world of letters a distinguished devotee. Upon her tombstone should be written, "A Public Benefactor."
(http://www.tngenweb.org/records/madison/
cemeteries/riverside/mrc1-10.htm#b350b)
Name: Maria Oliver Childs
Event Type: Birth
Birth Date: 10 Jun 1794
Birth Place: Lynn, Massachusetts
Father Name: Amariah Childs
Mother Name: Ruth (Larkin) Childs
Maria Childs came to Tennessee and taught in the Nashville Academy, one of the first institutions in the South. She first met her husband, Elijah Bigelow (a graduate of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts) in Nashville, Tennessee, married him six years later then they moved to Jackson, Tennessee. Five years after their marriage he died, leaving her with three children. They were pioneers of the State of Tennessee.
JACKSON GAZETTE, December 31, 1825:
"Married. On the 20 inst., MR. ELIJAH BIGELOW of this town, to MISS MARIA O. CHILDS of Nashville, Tenn."
WHIG AND TRIBUNE, Jackson, Jan. 27, 1872:
DIED. At the Memphis Conference Female Institute, in this city, on Sunday 21st., Mrs. Maria Bigelow, in the 76th year of her age. Mrs. Bigelow had been a citizen of this city since 1824. Her husband died in this city . . . leaving her with three children. By her own exertions, she educated her children highly and the two now living are ornaments in the best social circles of Jackson. Owing to her good management and the increased value of her property, she left her heirs a handsome estate. She devoted her whole life to the great cause of education and in this city she trained the minds of three generations. Her name is today enshrined in the hearts of hundreds of the most brilliant and noblest women in Tennessee. She was a Christian and thoroughly devoted to all the duties of life. With a mind clear and comprehensive, a heart in harmony with the greatest wants and tenderest feelings of humanity, she was indeed a noble benefactor. In her death, Jackson has lost an eminent citizen, society an ornament and the world of letters a distinguished devotee. Upon her tombstone should be written, "A Public Benefactor."
(http://www.tngenweb.org/records/madison/
cemeteries/riverside/mrc1-10.htm#b350b)
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Name: Maria Oliver Childs
Event Type: Birth
Birth Date: 10 Jun 1794
Birth Place: Lynn, Massachusetts
Father Name: Amariah Childs
Mother Name: Ruth (Larkin) Childs
Maria Childs came to Tennessee and taught in the Nashville Academy, one of the first institutions in the South. She first met her husband, Elijah Bigelow (a graduate of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts) in Nashville, Tennessee, married him six years later then they moved to Jackson, Tennessee. Five years after their marriage he died, leaving her with three children. They were pioneers of the State of Tennessee.
JACKSON GAZETTE, December 31, 1825:
"Married. On the 20 inst., MR. ELIJAH BIGELOW of this town, to MISS MARIA O. CHILDS of Nashville, Tenn."
WHIG AND TRIBUNE, Jackson, Jan. 27, 1872:
DIED. At the Memphis Conference Female Institute, in this city, on Sunday 21st., Mrs. Maria Bigelow, in the 76th year of her age. Mrs. Bigelow had been a citizen of this city since 1824. Her husband died in this city . . . leaving her with three children. By her own exertions, she educated her children highly and the two now living are ornaments in the best social circles of Jackson. Owing to her good management and the increased value of her property, she left her heirs a handsome estate. She devoted her whole life to the great cause of education and in this city she trained the minds of three generations. Her name is today enshrined in the hearts of hundreds of the most brilliant and noblest women in Tennessee. She was a Christian and thoroughly devoted to all the duties of life. With a mind clear and comprehensive, a heart in harmony with the greatest wants and tenderest feelings of humanity, she was indeed a noble benefactor. In her death, Jackson has lost an eminent citizen, society an ornament and the world of letters a distinguished devotee. Upon her tombstone should be written, "A Public Benefactor."
(http://www.tngenweb.org/records/madison/
cemeteries/riverside/mrc1-10.htm#b350b)
Name: Maria Oliver Childs
Event Type: Birth
Birth Date: 10 Jun 1794
Birth Place: Lynn, Massachusetts
Father Name: Amariah Childs
Mother Name: Ruth (Larkin) Childs
Maria Childs came to Tennessee and taught in the Nashville Academy, one of the first institutions in the South. She first met her husband, Elijah Bigelow (a graduate of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts) in Nashville, Tennessee, married him six years later then they moved to Jackson, Tennessee. Five years after their marriage he died, leaving her with three children. They were pioneers of the State of Tennessee.
JACKSON GAZETTE, December 31, 1825:
"Married. On the 20 inst., MR. ELIJAH BIGELOW of this town, to MISS MARIA O. CHILDS of Nashville, Tenn."
WHIG AND TRIBUNE, Jackson, Jan. 27, 1872:
DIED. At the Memphis Conference Female Institute, in this city, on Sunday 21st., Mrs. Maria Bigelow, in the 76th year of her age. Mrs. Bigelow had been a citizen of this city since 1824. Her husband died in this city . . . leaving her with three children. By her own exertions, she educated her children highly and the two now living are ornaments in the best social circles of Jackson. Owing to her good management and the increased value of her property, she left her heirs a handsome estate. She devoted her whole life to the great cause of education and in this city she trained the minds of three generations. Her name is today enshrined in the hearts of hundreds of the most brilliant and noblest women in Tennessee. She was a Christian and thoroughly devoted to all the duties of life. With a mind clear and comprehensive, a heart in harmony with the greatest wants and tenderest feelings of humanity, she was indeed a noble benefactor. In her death, Jackson has lost an eminent citizen, society an ornament and the world of letters a distinguished devotee. Upon her tombstone should be written, "A Public Benefactor."
(http://www.tngenweb.org/records/madison/
cemeteries/riverside/mrc1-10.htm#b350b)
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