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D. A. Bigelow was one of Ames' first merchants, arriving in 1866. He had served in the Civil War, with the final rank of Lieutenant Colonel in Company A of the 124th Illinois Regiment. He was part of the firm of Bigelow, Huntington and Tilden from 1869 to 1883. He served on the Story County Board of Supervisors from 1878 through 1880 (when he was chairman). He died in 1890. This was his home in the 1870s on Duff Avenue (where in 1995 are located the hospital short stay and emergency facilities). Wallace Greeley purchased the lot from the Bigelow estate in 1915.