• Born: 20 May 1809, Westminster MA
• Marriage (1): Anne Rebecca Bangs on 1 Nov 1835 in Cambridge MA
• Died: 29 Feb 1884, Boston MA

  General notes:

Silversmith and jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• Partnership: John Bigelow, in 1836-1839, in Boston MA. As JOHN BIGELOW & Co. ³

• Partnership: John and Abraham Orlando Bigelow, in 1845-1847, in Boston MA. As BIGELOW & BROS., listed in the 1845 city directory at 62 Washington Street. ³

• Alternate Mark. For BIGELOW & BROTHERS.

• Partnership: John and Abraham Orlando Bigelow, Martin P. and William Henry Kennard, in 1847-1860, in Boston MA. As BIGELOW BROS. & KENNARD, listed in the 1855 city directory at 121 Washington Street. ³

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• Letter: from Josiah Mixer Barnes, in Private Collection.

Manchester    July 24th 1848 Gentlemen --- I write to inform you that Sargent & Sweat of Manchester have failed, & the stock in their store is now under attachment for all it will bare [sic]       In conversation with Mr Sargent he told me he owed you about $400. --- Also he said his partner went up Country [text missing] weeks since with goods to sell & since he left no word has been received from him --- he went to Hanover NH. He had $3000. worth of goods with him & if you could find his whereabouts there would be a fair probability of receiving your demand. They are to appearance slippery fellows & what you do ought to be done soon. My impression is that you cannot secure one cent in Manchester. Respectfully Yours Josiah M Barnes J. & S. Barnes P S Sargent has just been carried to Jaile for not paying his Taxes. I have just learned from a man that he saw him Sweat one week since in Norwich Ct ---

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Cambridge MA. Listed as a jeweler.

• Example: Tradecard, before 1860, in Private Collection.

• Partnership: Abraham Orlando Bigelow, Francis Theodore Bemis, & Martin P. and William Henry Kennard, in 1870-1880, in Boston MA. As BIGELOW BROS. & KENNARD, listed in the 1870 city directory at 331 Washington Street. ³

• He appeared on the census in 1880 in Boston MA. Listed as a jewelry dealer.

• Example: Hand bill, circa 1905, in Private Collection.

Alanson married Anne Rebecca Bangs, daughter of Isaiah Bangs and Deborah Knowlton Bigelow, on 1 Nov 1835 in Cambridge MA. (Anne Rebecca Bangs was born on 3 Nov 1816 in Cambridge MA and died on 24 May 1861 in Cambridge MA.)