The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-13

OF land in Vermont, and under their
direction a settlement was formed
which was named Montpelier, and in
1908 became the capital of the new
state. Bigelow never lived there, how
ever. He died in Worcester under the
lamentable circumstances already de-
scribed.
1t will be seen that Timothy Biee-
low was a good deal of a man in his
day, and one of whom the ci~y may
well be proud. His connection with the
committee of correspondence, previous
to the war, brought him in contact
with the noted men of the era, ana as
a member of a Boston whig club, he
was associated with Warren, Otis, Han
cock and other leaders. lie has been
called the political brother" of Isaiah
THOMAS, for it was he who clandcstine-
ly removed The Massachusetts Spy
press and types from Boston, where
the paper had been suppressed by Gen.
Gage, April 6, 1875, and brought them
to his own house in Worcester, where
Thomas resumed publication. May g.
BlgeloW was, moreover, a delegate to
the provincial congress at its first ami
second sessions. 1t is therefore curious
to note that his son, Timothy BigelOw.
who was speaker of the Massachusetts
house for ten terms, was also a dele
gate to the Hartford convention, which
was the New England protest against
the war of 1872, and the northern pre-
cedent'' which the south used to quote
whenever secession was under discus
sion. granddaughter married Alb
bott Lawrence, once minister to Eng
land, a grandson married the daughter
OF William II. Prescott, the historian,
while John Prescott BigeloW, another
grandson was mayor of Boston and
was secretary of the commonwealth
frdom 1886 to 1S43.
As with many true soldier. there
was vein of romance in Colonel Bige-
low, His house at Lincoln square was
not far from the home of fair Anna An
drews, who was esteemed the wealthiest
heiress in Worcester. He courted hel
assiduously, but her guardian anG
friends looked with distinct disfavoi
upon the young blacksmith, and OBJ
posed his suit. The girl knew her owr
mind. however. and the lovers elopeC
and We're married at Hampton, n. H.
which was then the Gretna Green foi
Massachusetts Romance was heredi
tary in the blood Of Anna Andrews, too
for her father had abandoned hi.
course at Harvard College in order t.
marry her mother, the young and pretty
daughter of thrifty Irish immigrant
The Bigelow monument was built a
the expense of Colonel Timothy Bige
low Lawrence of Boston, great grand
son of the old soldier, and the land OF
which it stands was given by the cit!
| government in 1859, when Alexander II
Bullock was mayor. The architect wa
George Smell of Boston. Bigelow wa
| buried in the old cemetery which one
| occupied part of the common, and tn
monument enclosure covers the sit
of his grave, but his body was disih
| tered, encased in a metallic casket ant
placed in its proper position under tn
monument.
| The dedication ceremonies were elab
crate and imposing for the time. TIL
committee of arrangements included
Mayor Isaac Davis, Aldermen Georg
Hobbs and Charles b. Pratt, and Coun
cilmen Walter Bigelow, Frank H. Kel
ley and NJ. S. McConville, all wei
known Worcester names. There wa.
also committee of representative cit
liens, some of whom have since achiev
ed a national reputation.
The exercises began with a parade
which included past and exempt mem
bers of the Light Infantry, in com
mand of D. Waldo Lincoln, the High
land Cadets, the city government, tn
invited guests in carriages, the fire de
partment, the Father Mathew Society
and the German Turner's. At noon
salute of 81 guns was fired.
The literary exercises We're begun
with prayer by Rev. DR.. Alonzo Hill o
the Second Parish church. A poem
written by Clark Jillson, a future may
or, was sung by a chorus, conducted
by Albert S. Allen, who wrote the mu
sic. Colonel Lawrence then made hi
presentation speech, Mayor Davis re
piled, and there was an address by tn
venerable Ex-Governor Lincoln, VIII
was able to give personal "reminiscences
of Colonel BigeloW. Hon. John p. Bige
low, a former mayor of Boston, grand
son of the colonel, made a brief speech
and gave to the mayor a few bullet
that had been moulded by Bigelow'
men in Worcester, in 1777, very likeE
from family pewter. Other speak
ers We're Tyler Bigelow of Waterfowl
aged SO, nephew of the colonel AM
Hon. Benjamin F. Thomas. In the eve
ming Ex-Governor Lincoln gave a ban
quet for the principal guests.