Bigelow Cemetery

This cemetery was first copied on 23 May 1976 by Tom Sikes and then on 1 December 2000 by Barbara Crissman and Kathy Balistreri. The cemetery was surveyed again on 31 Mar 2005 by Ann Staley and Ray Oliver to clarify items for this publication. The row numbers were arbitrarily assigned at that time based on how the cemetery was entered and are provided for orientation only. The cemetery was again partially surveyed by Ann Staley and Paul Staley on 19 Oct 2006 to clarify some dates and to acquire a few more photographs.

The tombstone photography was originally completed by Barbara Crissman on 3 Jan 2004. Additional photographs were taken by Ann Staley and Rae Oliver at a later time.

Directions: From the Arlington Expressway (Alt 90), take University Blvd. north for approximately one mile; turn left onto Floral Bluff Road. The cemetery is located one-half block pass Catlin Street in a fenced-in yard on the left.

The surviving stones indicate that interments were as early as 1840. The cemetery is in Township 2, South, Range 27, East, Section 9, is on the Arlington USGS Map, and is a private family cemetery.

Cemetery information can also be found in:

Edwards, Lucy Ames, compiler. Grave Markers of Duval County, Florida 1808-1916. Jacksonville, FL: no publisher, 1955. (Jacksonville Public Library Call Number GEN 929.375912 E26g)

The USGenWeb Archives. The Tombstone Transcription Project. Duval County, FL.
Florida Department of Military Affairs. Special Archives Publication No. 34: WPA Veteran's Grave Registration 1940-1941, Duval. Reprint, St. Augustine, FL: State Arsenal, no date.
Ferguson, Jon R. "Transcriptions of Grave Markers in Bigelow Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL". The Southern Genealogists Exchange Quarterly, Vol. 42, No. 178 (June 2001) (Southern Genealogist's Exchange Society Library Call Number FL-238)
Ferguson, Jon R. Transcriptions of Grave Markers in Bigelow Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL. Jacksonville, FL: privately printed, 2001. (Jacksonville Public Library)
"Civil War Soldiers Buried in Duval County, Florida". The Southern Genealogists Exchange Quarterly, Vol. 34, No. 146 (Jun 1993)
Jim Tipton, Find A Grave, database and images.
Sikes, Tom. "Cemetery, Floral Bluff Road". Jacksonville Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 3 (September 1976)
Crissman, Barbara and Kathy Balistreri, compilers. Gone But Not Forgotten. Jacksonville, FL: privately printed, not dated. (Jacksonville Public Library)

Additional pictures of the cemetery are:

Bigelow Sign View 1 View 2 View 3 View 4

Row 1 - Against the fence
Name	Born	Died	Comments
Harold Thomas Johnson	March 8, 1964	Oct 26, 1983	Tommy, we love you [Also has a funeral home marker]
Rose Bigelow Pearce	March 9, 1890	August 8, 1983	[Also has a funeral home marker]
Ira Jewel Williams	Dec 19, 1890	Aug 18, 1917	In Memoriam
Mary Tallulah Bigelow	Feb 4, 1866	June 28, 1906
Our Baby Bigelow		Oct 22, 1887
George Mongin Bigelow	Mar 8, 1863	Sept 29, 1868	Suffer little children lo come / onto me and forbid them not for / of such is the kingdom of God [Verse very hard to read in 2005]
George Mongin Bigelow 2nd	Nov 19, 1869	May 21, 1870	The lovely and so young and fair / Called home by early dawn / Just came to show how sweet a flower / In paradise would bloom. [Verse very hard to read in 2005]
Anna F. Bigelow	June 14, 1840	Oct 14, 1876
Eugene Bigelow	July 11, 1837	Feb 9, 1893
Lee Eugene Richard Bigelow	Dec 2, 1872	May 28, 1940	[With footstone “L.E.R.B.”]
Anna Eugenia Bigelow	Sep 20, 1868	June 18, 1945
Row 2
Robt. Bigelow	Oct 17, 1797	Aug 8, 1868
Broken stone with no markings
Elizabeth A. Bigelow	Dec 12, 1805	Jan 30, 1891	Sacred / to the Memory of / our Mother
M. McG. Breadalbane	Feb 20, 1829	Apr 20, [?]	[In 1976, Tom Sikes read the death date as Apr 20, 1885.] [On 19 Oct 2006, this stone was broken and laying on the ground.]
Rebecca E. Reed	June 17, 1784	June 11, 1851
Benjamin Bigelow	June 10, 1839	Dec 1840	[With footstone “B.B.”]
Our two Little Baby Boys Turknett			[No dates. In 1976, Tom Sikes did not record a tombstone.]
Elizabeth Florence Turknett	Jan 21, 1866	Sept 13, 1867
George A. Turknett	June 18, 1819	Sept 20, 1868
Minerva B. Turknett	July 21, 1833	Dec 7, 1868	[Mar 2005: This stone is now too far in the ground to read the death date.]
Row 2a
A. F. B			[In 1976, Tom Sikes did not record a stone.] [This might be the footstone for Anna F. Bigelow]
E. B.			In 1976, Tom Sikes did not record a stone.] [This might be the footstone for Eugene Bigelow.]
Row 3
Lillie Victoria Dixon	Aug 25, 1858	Nov 4, 1918	[In 1976, Tom Sikes read the birth date as Aug 25, 1856 and the death date as Nov 14, 1918.]
John Marion Dixon	Dec 27, 1848	Jan 3, 1916	[In 1976, Tom Sikes read the death date as Jan 3, 1915.]
Rosalie C. Bowlin	Nov 14, 1892	March 6, 1976	[In 1976, Tom Sikes did not record a tombstone.]
Merle Allen Bowlin	Aug 15, 1885	April 11, 1940	[In 1976, Tom Sikes read the birth date as Aug 13, 1885.]
Lucien B. Bigelow	Sept 2, 1846	Feb 5, 1891	[In 1976, Tom Sikes read the birth date as Sept. 2, 1845.]
Row 4
Merle A. Bowlin	Aug 10, 1912	Aug 15, 1994
Row 5
Sarah J. Brenaman	May 14, 1845	May 17, 1917	Mother [In 1976, Tom Sikes read the birth date as May 11, 1845.]
Tombstone not located - 19 Oct 2006
Sarah Wood Scott			Jan 8, 1893 [In 1976, Tom Sikes located this stone with only one date on the stone.]
Tombstones not located
Mrs Harriette Moore		May 1, 1901	Missing Stone, Age 65. [Barbara Crissman found this information in the obituary (Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, FL; 2 Mar 1901, page 4, column 6). This tombstone was not recorded in 1976 by Tom Sikes.]
Isabella Morris		Nov 1, 1901	Missing Stone; Age 18. [Barbara Crissman found this information in the obituary (Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, FL; 2 Nov 1901, page 4, column 6). This tombstone was not recorded in 1976 by Tom Sikes.]
Mrs. Jennie B. Cole		Jun 26, 1915	Missing Stone. [Barbara Crissman found this information in the obituary (Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, FL; 26 Jun 1915, page 13, column 2). This tombstone was not recorded in 1976 by Tom Sikes.]
Priscilla Floyd		Oct 29, 1915	Missing Stone, Age 81. [Barbara Crissman found this information in the obituary. In 1976, Tom Sikes did not record a tombstone.]
Mrs Helen M. Cooke		Jan 7, 1917	Missing Stone. Age 81. [Barbara Crissman found this information in the obituary. In 1976, Tom Sikes did not record a tombstone.]
Keith Manard		May 25, 1917	Missing Stone. [Barbara Crissman found this information in the obituary. In 1976, Tom Sikes did not record a tombstone.]
W. W. Pilson, Jr		Feb 25, 1899	Missing Stone. [Name found in the Florida Times-Union Index for 1899. See Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, FL; 2 Mar 1901, page 4, column 6. This tombstone was not recorded in 1976 by Tom Sikes.]

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