Thomas Bigbie

First Name: Thomas
Last Name: Bigbie
Residence (County): 
Dale County, AL
Biography: 

Reverend Thomas Bigbie (1795-1870) was born in Abbeville County, South Carolina. He moved to Alabama sometime in the 1840s or 1850s. He worked as a farmer. He was married twice: first to Rebecca Robinson in 1814, and second to Mary S. Burnett in 1835. He had several children, including Thomas T. Bigbie (1837-1864), Lewellen Washington Bigbie (1840-1903), and Benjamin Franklin Bigbie (1837-1864). Several of his sons served the Confederacy. He died of pneumonia in February 1870 and was buried in Geneva County, Alabama.

Received Letters

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ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
11557 Bigbie2 June 21, 1862 Thomas T. Bigbie Thomas Bigbie Greenville, Butler County, AL AL
11560 Bigbie5 March 31, 1863 Thomas T. Bigbie Thomas Bigbie Tullahoma, TN AL
11567 Bigbie11 July 16, 1863 Thomas T. Bigbie Thomas Bigbie Harrison, TN AL

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