BIGSBY, Minnie (Homer NY)

MINNIE BIGSBY

UPDATE: Minnie has been sent home to her great-granddaughter!

IDENTIFICATION ON PHOTO: "Minnie Bigsby"
PHOTO TAKEN: Minard Studio, Marathon NY, circa 1884
PURCHASED: 2017 Aug Madison-Bouckville (NY) Antiques Week

The photographic studio was located in Marathon NY, which is in Cortland County.

I have found a BIGSBY family living in Homer NY (also in Cortland County, and 17 miles north of Marathon).  They are found on the 1870 Census.

1870 Federal Census > NY > Cortland > Homer
BIGSBY, Charles, 31, wagon maker, born in NY
BIGSBY, Lottie, 36, keeps house, born in Canada
BIGSBY, Carrie A., 9, attends school, born in NY
BIGSBY, Minnie B., 6, attends school, born in NY
BIGSBY, Barton W., 1, born in NY

1880 Federal Census > NY > Cortland > Homer
BIGSBY, Charles Edgar, 42, general agent
BIGSBY, Charlotte Pamelia, 46, keeping house
BIGSBY, Carrie A., 19, milliner
BIGSBY, Minnie, 16, at school
BIGSBY, Barton Wallace, 11, at school
BIGSBY, Lida Cornelia "Kittie", 8, at school
BIGSBY, Florence Lillian, 2, at home

Minnie died in 1897 (at age 33) and is buried at the Glenwood Cenetery in Homer NY, under her maiden name of Bigsby. In the same cemetery are family members:

 - Charles Bigsby (1838-1883)
 - Charlotte Smith-Bigsby (1832-1922)
 - Florence L. Bigsby-Fox (1878-1947)