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Israel B. Bigelow Full Name: Israel Bennoni Bigelow Date of birth: September 26, 1809 Date of death: March 29, 1869 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 24 Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853 4th (1) (2)     Brownsville / Cameron   Cameron, Starr (1) 4th Legislature, Regular Session - 11/3/1851, p. 3 - District 24, Cameron and Starr Counties. Included in "roll of Senators elected being called by Districts, the following gentlemen appeared, presented their credentials, and being qualified, took their seats." Senate Journal. (2) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Feb. 2, 1853, 4th Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 4, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, pp. 382-383, Hon. Israel Bennoni Bigelow. Born in Colchester, Vermont, 9/26/1809, went to Texas in early days of the Republic and settled in Brownsville, died in Brownsville, 3/29/1869. Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America: From the Marriage in 1642 of John Biglo and Mary Warren to the Year 1890., 1890. Other Resources Account of efforts of Valley landowners to create an independent territory between the Nueces and Rio Grande rivers, pp. 115-117, I Would Rather Sleep in Texas: a History of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and the People of the Santa Anita Land Grant, 2003. Biographical information and description of the founding of the City of Brownsville, pp. 106-108. I Would Rather Sleep in Texas: a History of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and the People of the Santa Anita Land Grant, 2003. Description of Radical Republican takeover of Brownsville during reconstruction: Israel Bigelow and, eventually, Jerry Galvan ousted; Ferdinand Schlickum sent to first Republican Convention; Rip Ford wounded in fight with the sheriff, pp. 305-309, I Would Rather Sleep in Texas: a History of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and the People of the Santa Anita Land Grant, 2003. Description of the creation of Starr and Cameron Counties in 1848 and the election of the counties' first officials, pp. 127-128, I Would Rather Sleep in Texas: a History of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and the People of the Santa Anita Land Grant, 2003. John McAllen laments the death of his friend, Israel B. Bigelow, who died on March 29, 1869. p. 307, I Would Rather Sleep in Texas: a History of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and the People of the Santa Anita Land Grant, 2003. Judge Israel Bigelow authored the bill that established Hidalgo County, p. 130, I Would Rather Sleep in Texas: a History of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and the People of the Santa Anita Land Grant, 2003. Committee Informationtop 4th R.S. - 1851 Apportionment   Counties and County Boundaries   Indian Affairs   Judiciary   Land Titles West of the Nueces, Select   Land Titles, Investigation Report of Commissioners William H. Bourland and James B. Miller, Select

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