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Family: John Bisbee / Elvira Wedge (F1166)

m. 8 Jul 1866

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  • Male
    John Bisbee

    Birth  23 Jun 1844  Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  19 Jan 1908  Nessen City, Benzie, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Colfax Township Cemetery, Colfax Township, Benzie, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage  8 Jul 1866  [1, 2, 3 North Norwich, Chenango, New York, USA  [1, 2, 3Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Elijah Bisbee | F50 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Calista Mathewson | F50 Group Sheet 

    Female
    Elvira Wedge

    Birth  27 Nov 1845  , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  19 Dec 1910  Nessen City, Benzie, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Father  Alonzo Norris Wedge | F7806 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Harriet Drew | F7806 Group Sheet 

    Male
    Robert E. "Bert" Bisbee

    Birth  31 Jan 1869  , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  20 Jul 1933   
    Burial     
    Spouse  Pearl M. Strouble | F8818 
    Marriage  Abt 1902   

    Female
    + Effie L. Bisbee

    Birth  2 Dec 1871  Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  29 Nov 1932   
    Burial     
    Spouse  Frederick Kracht | F1208 
    Marriage  1 Aug 1889  , Benzie, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Female
    Gertie Bisbee

    Birth  7 Aug 1873  , , Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Yes, date unknown   
    Burial     
    Spouse  Henry Barber | F1209 
    Marriage  17 Jan 1891  Fife Lake, Grand Traverse, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Male
    John A. Bisbee

    Birth  8 Nov 1876  , , Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Yes, date unknown   
    Burial     
    Spouse  Nettie L. | F7805 
    Marriage  Abt 1911   

  • Sources 
    1. [S2222] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Bisbee, John (1844): Family IGI, (Online at ).

    2. [S1239] Civil War Pension File, John Bisbee (Private, Co. F, 157 NYVI), WC-641-509.
      8 Feb 1908, Elvira Bisbe of RFD #1, Nessen City, Benzie, Michigan, widow of John Bisbe states she was married to John Bisbe on 8 Jul 1866 at North Norwich, New York, by Lewis E. Carpenter, J. P., and her maiden name was Elvira Wedge. Witnesses Jennie and William Orr, neighbors of John and Elvira Bisbee, attest that they knew them since they came to the vicinity over twenty years ago and they saw said John Bisbe lying dead.

    3. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 60.