About
Galen Edward Bigelow was born in Cheever, New York on August 3, 1929 and died in Westport, New York on October 8, 2018. The second son of Theodore Roosevelt Bigalow, of Bigalow Hill, Westport New York and Lillian Smith Bigelow, of Sullivan Township, Pennsylvania. He spent the vast majority of his life living in the Adirondack Mountains as a self-taught oil painter.
Bigalow Hill
Bigalow Hill, Moriah, New York (today with a Westport mailing address),was first settled by Joseph Bigalow and Catherine Chilcott Bigalow over two hundred years ago. The old farm passed down generation to generation and was inherited by Galen Edward Bigelow after Ruth Bigalow’s death in 1991.
Galen Edward Bigelow 