Bigelow, Liberty

Liberty Bigelow Soundex Code B240

Liberty Bigelow, along with partners Franklin Parmelee, David A. Gage, and Martin S. Johnson formed a partnership named F. Parmelee & Co.. It was established for the purpose of conducting stage and omnibus businesses in the City of Chicago.

Liberty Bigelow was a partner, along with Henry Fuller (a.k.a. Judge Fuller), David A. Gage, and Franklin Parmelee in Chicago’s first horse-drawn rail line in 1858 with the establishment of the Chicago City Railway Company.