JoabBigelow

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"In 1800 the family removed to Pompey, Onondaga county, NY; there within a few years both parents died of typhoid fever or malaria, and the children were separated. Joab lived with a Presbyterian deacon until he reached his majority, except for a time during the War of 18 l2 when he served with the local militia. When he turned 21, he took his ax and blanket, and walked to Genesee county, NY, where an older brother had settled, but in 1818 he returned to Pompey to marry Lois Putnam, daughter of Peter Putnam. She was born 6 Apr 1800 in Pompey.
They settled near Batavia, NY and lived there until 1837, when Joab decided to follow his oldest brother to Michigan. He traveled by horseback through Canada, crossing at Detroit, thence on to Jackson, which he considered "an inferior muddy place." But 20 miles farther he came upon oak openings, a nice lake,and good farmland, so took up land on the outskirts of Concord village. He returned to New York, and the following spring brought his family to Concord. He established brick kilns on the farm, as he found several deposits of clay (the site is still visible). Many of the brick buildings in Concord today are of bricks stamped with his initials.
He was active in township alfairs, and a member of Michigan's Pioneer Historical Society, for which he prepared a paper on his early days in Michigan. Though raised a Presbyterian, he became a member of the Universalist church. His wife died on 4 Oct 1847, and the following year he married Chloe Wells, but she died 28 Oct 1851. Joab died 21 Oct 1879; they are buried near the fence on Main Street, in Maple Lawn Cemetery, Concord."

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