in the history of callaway co., missouri,
benjamin strother bigbee came from tennessee
as '...an aristocratic young man with money.'
when in callaway county,
he married his cousin cynthia reno.
the hamlet of bigbee, mo
was named after him.
it has since been renamed.
bigbee invested all his money
in a railroad system
which never materialized,
and he was said to be
less financially comfortable
in his later years.
bigbee spent the nation's centennial in callaway county
after cynthia died in 1871.
in the early '80s he moved to the columbia gorge to farm with his sons,
eventually settling in the sweet home area
of the wilamette valley before 1900.
bigbee's immediate legacy
was that his sons were highly skilled in the spheroid arts,
competing in a regional boom
which would soon blossom into the national pastime,
in the era following the centennial,
before a world series was ever played.
later several grandsons were multi-sport professional players,
one a world series ring wearer.
benjamin strother bigbee came from tennessee
as '...an aristocratic young man with money.'
when in callaway county,
he married his cousin cynthia reno.
the hamlet of bigbee, mo
was named after him.
it has since been renamed.
bigbee invested all his money
in a railroad system
which never materialized,
and he was said to be
less financially comfortable
in his later years.
bigbee spent the nation's centennial in callaway county
after cynthia died in 1871.
in the early '80s he moved to the columbia gorge to farm with his sons,
eventually settling in the sweet home area
of the wilamette valley before 1900.
bigbee's immediate legacy
was that his sons were highly skilled in the spheroid arts,
competing in a regional boom
which would soon blossom into the national pastime,
in the era following the centennial,
before a world series was ever played.
later several grandsons were multi-sport professional players,
one a world series ring wearer.
in the history of callaway co., missouri,
benjamin strother bigbee came from tennessee
as '...an aristocratic young man with money.'
when in callaway county,
he married his cousin cynthia reno.
the hamlet of bigbee, mo
was named after him.
it has since been renamed.
bigbee invested all his money
in a railroad system
which never materialized,
and he was said to be
less financially comfortable
in his later years.
bigbee spent the nation's centennial in callaway county
after cynthia died in 1871.
in the early '80s he moved to the columbia gorge to farm with his sons,
eventually settling in the sweet home area
of the wilamette valley before 1900.
bigbee's immediate legacy
was that his sons were highly skilled in the spheroid arts,
competing in a regional boom
which would soon blossom into the national pastime,
in the era following the centennial,
before a world series was ever played.
later several grandsons were multi-sport professional players,
one a world series ring wearer.
benjamin strother bigbee came from tennessee
as '...an aristocratic young man with money.'
when in callaway county,
he married his cousin cynthia reno.
the hamlet of bigbee, mo
was named after him.
it has since been renamed.
bigbee invested all his money
in a railroad system
which never materialized,
and he was said to be
less financially comfortable
in his later years.
bigbee spent the nation's centennial in callaway county
after cynthia died in 1871.
in the early '80s he moved to the columbia gorge to farm with his sons,
eventually settling in the sweet home area
of the wilamette valley before 1900.
bigbee's immediate legacy
was that his sons were highly skilled in the spheroid arts,
competing in a regional boom
which would soon blossom into the national pastime,
in the era following the centennial,
before a world series was ever played.
later several grandsons were multi-sport professional players,
one a world series ring wearer.
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