Grover Cleveland Bigham

1892 - 1965  (72 years)

• Name	Grover Cleveland Bigham  [1]
  Born	20 Jul 1892	Temple, Bell, Texas, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Jun 1965	Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA   [1]
  Buried	15 Jun 1965	Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA   [1]
  	Greenwood Cemetery
  Person ID	I7978	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	Rufus Monroe Bigham,   b. 25 Jan 1852, Texas, USA ,   d. 1 Feb 1912, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA  (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sallie Marcella Lincecum,   b. 8 Jan 1861, Texas, USA ,   d. 29 Jun 1930  (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F2807	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mildred Poston
  Married	10 Mar 1913	Temple, Bell, Texas, USA   [2]
  Children	1. Doris Bigham  [natural]
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2020
  Family ID	F2803	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Jul 1892 - Temple, Bell, Texas, USA Married - 10 Mar 1913 - Temple, Bell, Texas, USA Died - 12 Jun 1965 - Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA Buried - 15 Jun 1965 - Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  - Temple Daily Telegram (Texas) Friday, 26 January 1912 [via The Portal to Texas History -- http://texashistory.unt.edu] PERSONAL MENTION Grover Bigham submitted yesterday to an appendiceal operation at the Santa Fe hospital and late in the day was reported to be doing nicely. - Temple Daily Telegram (Texas) Saturday, 6 September 1913 [via The Portal to Texas History -- http://texashistory.unt.edu] GHOSTLY LIGHTS WERE BIG METEORS That Seems to Be Only Explanation of Strange Sky Speeders Seen Here and at Other Places. Thos ghostly lights which flew over Temple Thursday night about 7 o'clock and were seen by W. C. Couey were some speeders. Grover Bigham, a Santa Fe brakeman, observed the same lights from the cupola of the caboose at about the same time, and the conductor and another brakeman verifies his statement. The same phenomenon -- or rather, phenomena -- were observed at San Antonio at about 7.10 p. m. Numbers of persons observed them, stating that they flew about 300 feet above a lake and then went out. According to the statement of one San Antonian, the lights were about ten feet apart and were apparently joined together by some drk [sic] object, resembling the body of a huge motor car. Inasmuch as the lights were observed at about the same hour at each place, it is reasonable to suppose they were nothing more or less than great meteors flying millions of miles away, and the peculiar condition of the atmosphere made them appear very close. - Informant on Grover's death certificate was J. A. Newsome. Cause of death was Cerebral Arterial Insufficiency and Arteriosclerosis General. Other factor noted was Terminal Broncho Pneumonia.

  
  

• Sources

  [S516] Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, Image of certificate for Mr. Grover Cleveland Bigham, d. 12 June 1965 at Tarrant County. [S1087] Temple Daily Telegram, Temple, Texas (online archive), "Bigham - Poston," issued 11 March 1913, accessed 13 January 2018, names of interest: Mr. Grover Bigham and Miss Mildred Poston.