Edward Manning BIGELOW

1850 - 1916  (66 years)

• Name	Edward Manning BIGELOW
  Birth	6 Nov 1850	Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Dec 1916	Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
  Burial	Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
  Siblings	1 brother and 3 sisters
  1. Thomas Steel BIGELOW,   b. 28 Jul 1846   d. 20 Jul 1904  (Age 57 years)   2. Mary Lavinia BIGELOW,   b. Aug 1848   d. 1940  (Age 91 years)   3. Edward Manning BIGELOW,   b. 6 Nov 1850, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania d. 6 Dec 1916, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania  (Age 66 years) + 4. Virginia Clay BIGELOW,   b. 9 Oct 1852, Pennsylvania d. 6 Sep 1926, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania  (Age 73 years) + 5. Elizabeth Magee BIGELOW,   b. Aug 1854, Pennsylvania d. 1908  (Age 53 years)
  Person ID	I8252	bmds
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2015

  
  

  Father	Edward Manning BIGELOW,   b. 14 Nov 1819, Nova Scotia d. 17 Sep 1855, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania (Age 35 years)
  Mother	Mary STEEL,   b. Pennsylvania d. 6 Nov 1886, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F2578	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary PEABODY   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1880
  Age at Marriage	Edward : ~ 29 years old | Mary : ?? old.
  Family ID	F3280	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 6 Nov 1850 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania Death - 6 Dec 1916 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania Burial - - Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  He was a Civil Engineer, City of Pittsburg; no children. Head of Dept of Public Works in Pittsburgh and died before the start of his 4th term, whose foremost achievement was the acquisition of Schenley and Highland Parks for the city. Known as the father of the city’s parks system in Pittsburgh, the city erected a statue of Mr. Bigelow in Schenley Park while he was living (by Giuseppe Moretti, 1895) which was an extremely rare honor! He was very good friends with Andrew Carnegie. Mary Peabody married Edward Bigelow in 1880 and they had no children. He was appointed Commissioner of the newly formed State Highway Department in 1911 (served 1911-15) by PA Gov. John K. Tener and grew the roads managed from 7,000 to 13,000 miles at a time when the automobile was a novelty, but quickly replacing the horse and carriage as the regular mode of transportation. PennDOT claims more than 41,000 miles today (Sep. 2013). Grant Boulevard was posthumously re-named Bigelow Boulevard in his memory in 1916.