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Israel Bennoni Bigelow

Full Name: Israel Bennoni Bigelow
Birth date: September 26, 1809
Death date: March 29, 1869

Terms of Service

  • Senate, 4th (1) (2) Legislature
    11/3/1851 - 11/7/1853
     
(1) 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.
(2) 4th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elect presented their credentials, qualified, and took their seats, 11/3/1851, pp. 3-4. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Biographical information and description of the founding of the City of Brownsville, pp. 106-108. Description of the creation of Starr and Cameron Counties in 1848 and the election of the counties' first officials, pp. 127-128. Judge Israel Bigelow authored the bill that established Hidalgo County, p. 130. 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.
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