Moses Davis Bigelow was born on 16 August 1900, in Caswell Co, North Carolina, as the son of Julius Bigelow (1856–1920) and Catherine Hurdin, (1870–Deceased).

He had four siblings:
Ausie Bigelo, Female, 1884–Deceased
Suda Bigelow, Male 1890–Deceased
Alice Bigelow, Female, 1890–1947
Henry Bigelow, Male 1903–Deceased

He married Luella Jeffries (1900-1998) on 20 April 1924, in Pelham, Caswell, North Carolina.
When Luella Jeffries was born on 29 April 1900, in Pelham, Caswell, North Carolina, her father, Travis Jeffries, was 39 and her mother, Elizabeth Jane Toney, was 28.

Moses and Luella were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters.
William Bernard Bigelow 1924–1967
Juanita Earnestine Bigelow 1927–2016
Estelle Delores Bigelow 1929–2001
Moses Bigelow 1931–1998
Charles Albert Bigelow 1932–2006
Fred Alfonso Bigelow 1936–2012
Joe Wallace Bigelow 1942–1984

Moses lived in Pelham Township, Caswell, North Carolina, United States for about 5 years and Dan River Township, Caswell, North Carolina, United States in 1950.

Census records show him working as a laborer on steam rail lines in 1930, and later as a custodian. Moses also stayed connected to farming by working land that he rented. Moses and Luella were connected to their Baptist church community. In Luella’s obituary, she was remembered fondly as “The Mother of the Church,”

He died on 5 July 1981, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States, at the age of 80, and his family brought him home and buried him in Sassafras Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Covington, Caswell, North Carolina, United States.

Photograph and narrative source: Family Search