Samuel Fowler Bigelow (1837–1915) was an American judge, attorney and author in New Jersey.

Biography

Samuel Fowler Bigelow was born in

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, who served as the

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from 1857 to 1864. He was educated at

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, Ashland Hall, and Freehold Institute. He graduated from

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in 1857 and became

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appointed him

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. He also served as Supreme Court Commissioner for the

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and was appointed

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in Chancery by Chancellor William T. McGill. Judge Andrew Kirkpatrick appointed him as United States Commissioner for New Jersey. He wrote the book ''Biographical Sketch of Moses Bigelow'' (1890) about his father

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He was married to Lucy Paul Bigelow (1837-1924) on January 3, 1861 in Belvedere, Warren County, New Jersey. Samuel Fowler Bigelow died at his sister's home in

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on March 8, 1915, and was buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Newark.

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* 1837 births 1915 deaths 19th-century American lawyers Newark Academy alumni City and town attorneys in the United States United States Attorneys for the District of New Jersey New Jersey lawyers Politicians from Newark, New Jersey American writers American judges Princeton University alumni Burials at Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Newark, New Jersey) {{US-law-bio-stub