Marion Albina (Purmort) Bigelow was the daughter of Richard and Sarah F. Purmort. She was the wife of Rev. Andrew Frank Bigelow. They were married December 12, 1847. Rev. Bigelow was a minister in the Black River Conference and Northern New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died September 20, 1887. Marion was a life member of the Black River Conference Missionary Society.
Bigelow, Marion Albina
The Northern Harp: containing songs from the St. Lawrence, and Forest Melodies.
Obituary
Northern Christian Advocate
August 13, 1891
BIGELOW.--Marion A. Purmort was born in Plainfield, New Hampshire, February 23, 1822, and died in Malone, New York, July 28, 1891. When she was four years of age her parents moved to De Peyster, St. Lawrence County, New York, where she lived until her marriage, December 12, 1847, to the Rev. Andrew F. Bigelow, an honored member of the Northern New York Conference. For over thirty years she shared the toils and triumphs of this faithful itinerant preacher, consecrating herself to labor for the Church and entering into deepest sympathy with her husband's high vocation. Of this marriage eight children were born, three of whom survive: Mrs. Ina Pierce of Brandon, Franklin County, New York, Dr. Blake Bigelow and Frank Bigelow, of Malone. Sister Bigelow was converted at the age of 15, and immediately united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which she remained a faithful member all her life. She was peculiarly interested in the prosperity of the Church, and so firm was her faith in its doctrines and so clear her religious experience that her husband often declared to his children that their mother never had a doubt, in fact that she did not know what doubt was. Although her public words were few and her piety undemonstrative, it was nevertheless deep and strong, manifesting itself in steadfast fidelity in home life and a quiet, serene trust which exercised the greatest influence on her children. They give glad testimony to the power of their quiet mother's faith and love, and affirm that in all these years not one ungentle or unkind word passed her lips. Added to this gentleness was a great charity, an unwillingness to think evil of any one, a faith in humanity that seemed sometimes almost too strong, but now seems a heavenly characteristic of this serene spirit. She found her friends in the churches to which her life was devoted--friends whom she loved and prized to the last. This Christian fellowship was one of the dearest things of her life. Her mental powers were maintained to the last, her interest in the new developments of Christianity showing that her heart was with the ark of God. Sister Bigelow was for many years a regular contributor to the Ladies' Repository, the Northern Christian Advocate and other Church periodicals. Her poems met with such a flattering reception that they were published in three volumes, entitled, "Songs from the St. Lawrence", "Forest Melodies", and "The Last Bird". The three were afterward issued in one volume which had a large circulation among her friends. Her writings have been thus characterized: "The poems are of the best of their kind. They abound in specimens of the tender, pathetic, and a subdued melancholy, everywhere breathing the pure spirit of Christian fortitude, love and devotion". This chastened sadness and subdued melancholy impress the reader, but at the same time there are purity and elevation of thought and wondrous faith. She wrote from the heart to the heart, impelled by love and desire to give voice to the aspirations of her soul.
For her death had no terrors. In her severe sickness during the past year, when she was hourly expecting to die, there was no shade of fear. Christ and Heaven were too real and too near to her to permit any distrust of the future. She passed very suddenly from us. For several weeks her health had greatly improved, and in renewed strength and the presence of her son, Dr. Blake Bigelow, who had returned from the Isthmus of Panama to cheer his mother's last days, she seemed to take a new lease on life. But July 28, as the shades of evening were falling, she was taken suddenly worse, said calmly to her son, "I am dying", and was gone to the Heaven of which she had so sweetly sung, and which she had so long anticipated.
Written by Rev. William Dixon Marsh
Northern New York Conference
St. Lawrence District
Malone Methodist Episcopal Church
Obituary
Franklin Gazette
July-September 1891
BIGELOW.--The death of Mrs. Marion A. Bigelow, mother of Frank and Dr. Blake Bigelow, which occurred last week, removes from our midst a lady of many Christian virtues and one whose poetic and literary ability was well known and recognized. Mrs. Bigelow was the author of several volumes of poems, besides being a regular contributor of several religious and secular periodicals, and through a long life of trial and adversity preserved a simple faith and serenity of life which won for her the sympathy and respect of all who knew her.
Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
Northern New York Conference Journal
1892, Page 61
Bigelow, Marion Albina
The Northern Harp: containing songs from the St. Lawrence, and Forest Melodies.
Obituary
Northern Christian Advocate
August 13, 1891
BIGELOW.--Marion A. Purmort was born in Plainfield, New Hampshire, February 23, 1822, and died in Malone, New York, July 28, 1891. When she was four years of age her parents moved to De Peyster, St. Lawrence County, New York, where she lived until her marriage, December 12, 1847, to the Rev. Andrew F. Bigelow, an honored member of the Northern New York Conference. For over thirty years she shared the toils and triumphs of this faithful itinerant preacher, consecrating herself to labor for the Church and entering into deepest sympathy with her husband's high vocation. Of this marriage eight children were born, three of whom survive: Mrs. Ina Pierce of Brandon, Franklin County, New York, Dr. Blake Bigelow and Frank Bigelow, of Malone. Sister Bigelow was converted at the age of 15, and immediately united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which she remained a faithful member all her life. She was peculiarly interested in the prosperity of the Church, and so firm was her faith in its doctrines and so clear her religious experience that her husband often declared to his children that their mother never had a doubt, in fact that she did not know what doubt was. Although her public words were few and her piety undemonstrative, it was nevertheless deep and strong, manifesting itself in steadfast fidelity in home life and a quiet, serene trust which exercised the greatest influence on her children. They give glad testimony to the power of their quiet mother's faith and love, and affirm that in all these years not one ungentle or unkind word passed her lips. Added to this gentleness was a great charity, an unwillingness to think evil of any one, a faith in humanity that seemed sometimes almost too strong, but now seems a heavenly characteristic of this serene spirit. She found her friends in the churches to which her life was devoted--friends whom she loved and prized to the last. This Christian fellowship was one of the dearest things of her life. Her mental powers were maintained to the last, her interest in the new developments of Christianity showing that her heart was with the ark of God. Sister Bigelow was for many years a regular contributor to the Ladies' Repository, the Northern Christian Advocate and other Church periodicals. Her poems met with such a flattering reception that they were published in three volumes, entitled, "Songs from the St. Lawrence", "Forest Melodies", and "The Last Bird". The three were afterward issued in one volume which had a large circulation among her friends. Her writings have been thus characterized: "The poems are of the best of their kind. They abound in specimens of the tender, pathetic, and a subdued melancholy, everywhere breathing the pure spirit of Christian fortitude, love and devotion". This chastened sadness and subdued melancholy impress the reader, but at the same time there are purity and elevation of thought and wondrous faith. She wrote from the heart to the heart, impelled by love and desire to give voice to the aspirations of her soul.
For her death had no terrors. In her severe sickness during the past year, when she was hourly expecting to die, there was no shade of fear. Christ and Heaven were too real and too near to her to permit any distrust of the future. She passed very suddenly from us. For several weeks her health had greatly improved, and in renewed strength and the presence of her son, Dr. Blake Bigelow, who had returned from the Isthmus of Panama to cheer his mother's last days, she seemed to take a new lease on life. But July 28, as the shades of evening were falling, she was taken suddenly worse, said calmly to her son, "I am dying", and was gone to the Heaven of which she had so sweetly sung, and which she had so long anticipated.
Written by Rev. William Dixon Marsh
Northern New York Conference
St. Lawrence District
Malone Methodist Episcopal Church
Obituary
Franklin Gazette
July-September 1891
BIGELOW.--The death of Mrs. Marion A. Bigelow, mother of Frank and Dr. Blake Bigelow, which occurred last week, removes from our midst a lady of many Christian virtues and one whose poetic and literary ability was well known and recognized. Mrs. Bigelow was the author of several volumes of poems, besides being a regular contributor of several religious and secular periodicals, and through a long life of trial and adversity preserved a simple faith and serenity of life which won for her the sympathy and respect of all who knew her.
Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
Northern New York Conference Journal
1892, Page 61
Marion Albina (Purmort) Bigelow was the daughter of Richard and Sarah F. Purmort. She was the wife of Rev. Andrew Frank Bigelow. They were married December 12, 1847. Rev. Bigelow was a minister in the Black River Conference and Northern New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died September 20, 1887. Marion was a life member of the Black River Conference Missionary Society.
Bigelow, Marion Albina
The Northern Harp: containing songs from the St. Lawrence, and Forest Melodies.
Obituary
Northern Christian Advocate
August 13, 1891
BIGELOW.--Marion A. Purmort was born in Plainfield, New Hampshire, February 23, 1822, and died in Malone, New York, July 28, 1891. When she was four years of age her parents moved to De Peyster, St. Lawrence County, New York, where she lived until her marriage, December 12, 1847, to the Rev. Andrew F. Bigelow, an honored member of the Northern New York Conference. For over thirty years she shared the toils and triumphs of this faithful itinerant preacher, consecrating herself to labor for the Church and entering into deepest sympathy with her husband's high vocation. Of this marriage eight children were born, three of whom survive: Mrs. Ina Pierce of Brandon, Franklin County, New York, Dr. Blake Bigelow and Frank Bigelow, of Malone. Sister Bigelow was converted at the age of 15, and immediately united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which she remained a faithful member all her life. She was peculiarly interested in the prosperity of the Church, and so firm was her faith in its doctrines and so clear her religious experience that her husband often declared to his children that their mother never had a doubt, in fact that she did not know what doubt was. Although her public words were few and her piety undemonstrative, it was nevertheless deep and strong, manifesting itself in steadfast fidelity in home life and a quiet, serene trust which exercised the greatest influence on her children. They give glad testimony to the power of their quiet mother's faith and love, and affirm that in all these years not one ungentle or unkind word passed her lips. Added to this gentleness was a great charity, an unwillingness to think evil of any one, a faith in humanity that seemed sometimes almost too strong, but now seems a heavenly characteristic of this serene spirit. She found her friends in the churches to which her life was devoted--friends whom she loved and prized to the last. This Christian fellowship was one of the dearest things of her life. Her mental powers were maintained to the last, her interest in the new developments of Christianity showing that her heart was with the ark of God. Sister Bigelow was for many years a regular contributor to the Ladies' Repository, the Northern Christian Advocate and other Church periodicals. Her poems met with such a flattering reception that they were published in three volumes, entitled, "Songs from the St. Lawrence", "Forest Melodies", and "The Last Bird". The three were afterward issued in one volume which had a large circulation among her friends. Her writings have been thus characterized: "The poems are of the best of their kind. They abound in specimens of the tender, pathetic, and a subdued melancholy, everywhere breathing the pure spirit of Christian fortitude, love and devotion". This chastened sadness and subdued melancholy impress the reader, but at the same time there are purity and elevation of thought and wondrous faith. She wrote from the heart to the heart, impelled by love and desire to give voice to the aspirations of her soul.
For her death had no terrors. In her severe sickness during the past year, when she was hourly expecting to die, there was no shade of fear. Christ and Heaven were too real and too near to her to permit any distrust of the future. She passed very suddenly from us. For several weeks her health had greatly improved, and in renewed strength and the presence of her son, Dr. Blake Bigelow, who had returned from the Isthmus of Panama to cheer his mother's last days, she seemed to take a new lease on life. But July 28, as the shades of evening were falling, she was taken suddenly worse, said calmly to her son, "I am dying", and was gone to the Heaven of which she had so sweetly sung, and which she had so long anticipated.
Written by Rev. William Dixon Marsh
Northern New York Conference
St. Lawrence District
Malone Methodist Episcopal Church
Obituary
Franklin Gazette
July-September 1891
BIGELOW.--The death of Mrs. Marion A. Bigelow, mother of Frank and Dr. Blake Bigelow, which occurred last week, removes from our midst a lady of many Christian virtues and one whose poetic and literary ability was well known and recognized. Mrs. Bigelow was the author of several volumes of poems, besides being a regular contributor of several religious and secular periodicals, and through a long life of trial and adversity preserved a simple faith and serenity of life which won for her the sympathy and respect of all who knew her.
Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
Northern New York Conference Journal
1892, Page 61
Bigelow, Marion Albina
The Northern Harp: containing songs from the St. Lawrence, and Forest Melodies.
Obituary
Northern Christian Advocate
August 13, 1891
BIGELOW.--Marion A. Purmort was born in Plainfield, New Hampshire, February 23, 1822, and died in Malone, New York, July 28, 1891. When she was four years of age her parents moved to De Peyster, St. Lawrence County, New York, where she lived until her marriage, December 12, 1847, to the Rev. Andrew F. Bigelow, an honored member of the Northern New York Conference. For over thirty years she shared the toils and triumphs of this faithful itinerant preacher, consecrating herself to labor for the Church and entering into deepest sympathy with her husband's high vocation. Of this marriage eight children were born, three of whom survive: Mrs. Ina Pierce of Brandon, Franklin County, New York, Dr. Blake Bigelow and Frank Bigelow, of Malone. Sister Bigelow was converted at the age of 15, and immediately united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which she remained a faithful member all her life. She was peculiarly interested in the prosperity of the Church, and so firm was her faith in its doctrines and so clear her religious experience that her husband often declared to his children that their mother never had a doubt, in fact that she did not know what doubt was. Although her public words were few and her piety undemonstrative, it was nevertheless deep and strong, manifesting itself in steadfast fidelity in home life and a quiet, serene trust which exercised the greatest influence on her children. They give glad testimony to the power of their quiet mother's faith and love, and affirm that in all these years not one ungentle or unkind word passed her lips. Added to this gentleness was a great charity, an unwillingness to think evil of any one, a faith in humanity that seemed sometimes almost too strong, but now seems a heavenly characteristic of this serene spirit. She found her friends in the churches to which her life was devoted--friends whom she loved and prized to the last. This Christian fellowship was one of the dearest things of her life. Her mental powers were maintained to the last, her interest in the new developments of Christianity showing that her heart was with the ark of God. Sister Bigelow was for many years a regular contributor to the Ladies' Repository, the Northern Christian Advocate and other Church periodicals. Her poems met with such a flattering reception that they were published in three volumes, entitled, "Songs from the St. Lawrence", "Forest Melodies", and "The Last Bird". The three were afterward issued in one volume which had a large circulation among her friends. Her writings have been thus characterized: "The poems are of the best of their kind. They abound in specimens of the tender, pathetic, and a subdued melancholy, everywhere breathing the pure spirit of Christian fortitude, love and devotion". This chastened sadness and subdued melancholy impress the reader, but at the same time there are purity and elevation of thought and wondrous faith. She wrote from the heart to the heart, impelled by love and desire to give voice to the aspirations of her soul.
For her death had no terrors. In her severe sickness during the past year, when she was hourly expecting to die, there was no shade of fear. Christ and Heaven were too real and too near to her to permit any distrust of the future. She passed very suddenly from us. For several weeks her health had greatly improved, and in renewed strength and the presence of her son, Dr. Blake Bigelow, who had returned from the Isthmus of Panama to cheer his mother's last days, she seemed to take a new lease on life. But July 28, as the shades of evening were falling, she was taken suddenly worse, said calmly to her son, "I am dying", and was gone to the Heaven of which she had so sweetly sung, and which she had so long anticipated.
Written by Rev. William Dixon Marsh
Northern New York Conference
St. Lawrence District
Malone Methodist Episcopal Church
Obituary
Franklin Gazette
July-September 1891
BIGELOW.--The death of Mrs. Marion A. Bigelow, mother of Frank and Dr. Blake Bigelow, which occurred last week, removes from our midst a lady of many Christian virtues and one whose poetic and literary ability was well known and recognized. Mrs. Bigelow was the author of several volumes of poems, besides being a regular contributor of several religious and secular periodicals, and through a long life of trial and adversity preserved a simple faith and serenity of life which won for her the sympathy and respect of all who knew her.
Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
Northern New York Conference Journal
1892, Page 61
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