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Flora D. Bisbee

Female 1883 - 1946  (63 years)

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  • Name Flora D. Bisbee  [1, 2]
    Birth 6 Sep 1883  , Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Female
    Census 20 Jan 1900  Cisco, Eastland, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 16 Apr 1910  Cisco, Eastland, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Census 3 Feb 1920  Bruceville, McLennan, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Death 15 Dec 1946  Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Person ID I110  Bisbee
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2009

    Father Charles Andrews Bisbee,   b. 17 Nov 1846, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Mar 1929, , Eastland, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Mother Mary Jane Estes,   b. Sep 1850, , Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1918, , Eastland, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Marriage 30 Jan 1878  Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 9, 10] 
    • Charles' younger sister Olive S. Bisbee married Charles Daniels and they were living in Cisco, Texas, by 1884. No doubt they maintained contact with Charles, because in 1895, Charles Andrew Bisbee moved his family to Cisco also. Left behind was his eldest daughter, Cora May who was said to have never seen them again. One of his sons, Elmer Myron, recalled beginning the trip with a long wagon ride, then boarding a train that took them to Texas (as told to Bobbie Ray Bisbee, Cisco, Texas.)

      According to his great grandson, Bobbie Bisbee of Cisco, Charles Andrew deeded all his mineral and oil rights to an orphanage at Weatherford, Texas, near Fort Worth. The orphanage no longer exists.

      Granddaughter Ruth Bisbee Lamb (deceased) recalled that Charles Andrew was a tall man with blue eyes, and he always had a bit of peppermint candy for the children. He often worked in his potato garden, even on cold, damp days, an activity that probably contributed to his death. She remembered that Charles Andrew was buried on a wet, muddy day (in 1929). He was taken from his house to the nearby cemetery in the back of (son) Jessie's pickup truck which slipped and slid in the mud. Ruth feared the casket would slide off the back of the truck (it didn't).
    Family ID F61  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 J. Douglas Richardson   d. Bef 1910, , Eastland, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 2 Nov 1898  , Eastland, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 11] 
    Children 
     1. Myrtle D. Richardson,   b. Jan 1900, , , Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Cora Richardson,   b. Abt 1901, , , Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. Vera Richardson,   b. Abt 1906, , , Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. Alta Richardson,   b. Abt 1906, , , Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F112  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2009

    Family 2 Squire D. Merritt,   b. 21 Jul 1874, , , Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Marriage Aft 1910 
    Children 
     1. S. D. Merritt,   b. Abt 1914, , , Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F113  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Sep 1883 - , Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 2 Nov 1898 - , Eastland, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 20 Jan 1900 - Cisco, Eastland, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 16 Apr 1910 - Cisco, Eastland, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 3 Feb 1920 - Bruceville, McLennan, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Dec 1946 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 59.

    2. [S1225] Margaret Jane Dunnihoo, Two Brothers in the Pennsylvania Triangle, (Erie, Pennsylvania: self published, 1974.), p. 14.

    3. [S36] State of California, Merritt, Flora D. Bisbee: CA Death Index, ((Online: Ancestry.com, 2000) Original electronic data: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, 19--, , accessed 9/17/2005).

    4. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 132.

    5. [S1225] Margaret Jane Dunnihoo, Two Brothers in the Pennsylvania Triangle, (Erie, Pennsylvania: self published, 1974.), p. 28.

    6. [S30] Richardson, J. Douglas (I2105): 1900 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T623, roll 1629, enumeration district (ED) 60, sheet B16, page 226B, line 77, dwelling 288, family 288; image accessed 1/7/2009.), 1900.TX.Eastland.JP6.60.33.

    7. [S32] Richardson, Flora D. Bisbee (I110): 1910 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2006): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T624, roll 1547, enumeration district (ED) 46, sheet 2A, page 178A, line 20, dwelling 18, family 18; image accessed 1/7/2009.), 1910.TX.Eastland.P6.46.3.

    8. [S33] Merritt, Squire D. (I2137): 1920 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T625, roll 1831, enumeration district (ED) 148, sheet 3A, page 248A, line 1, dwelling 40, family 41; image accessed 1/4/2009.), 1920.TX.McLennan.Bruceville.148.5.

    9. [S1459] Bisbee, Charles Andrew: Marriage Announcement, (Erie, Pennsylvania).

    10. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 58.

    11. [S1469] Richardson, Flora D. Bisbee: Marriage, (Eastland County Courthouse, Eastland, Texas, vol 3, p. 276).