Rouse Bisbee
1775 - 1852 (76 years)-
Name Rouse Bisbee [1] Birth 17 Oct 1775 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA 
[2] Gender Male Death 3 May 1852 Woodstock Town, Oxford, Maine, USA [2] Burial North Woodstock, Oxford, Maine, USA [2] Person ID I1149 Bisbee Last Modified 17 Oct 2010
Father Charles Bisbee, b. 1726, East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 3 Jul 1807, Sumner, Oxford, Maine, USA (Age 81 years)Mother Beulah Howland, b. 1737, Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 1 Sep 1813, Sumner, Oxford, Maine, USA (Age 76 years)Marriage 16 Sep 1756 Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA [1] - Family Moved to Pembroke. (Nahum Mitchell)
Family ID F502 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 
Hannah Carrell d. 28 Feb 1810 Marriage 15 Dec 1797 [2] - Hannah came from Buckfield, Maine, although one record states they were both from Butterfield, Maine. They were Married by Ichabod Bonney, Esq. [2]
Children + 1. Sophronia Bisbee, b. 1 Apr 1801, South Paris, Oxford, Maine, USA d. 7 Nov 1865, Woodstock Town, Oxford, Maine, USA (Age 64 years)+ 2. Suel Bisbee, b. 13 Aug 1802, South Paris, Oxford, Maine, USA d. 1 Sep 1886, Greenwood, Oxford, Maine, USA (Age 84 years)+ 3. Desire Bisbee, b. 31 Jan 1805 d. Woodstock Town, Oxford, Maine, USA + 4. Piram Bisbee, b. 8 Oct 1809, Bethel, Oxford, Maine, USA d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F650 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Jul 2009
Family 2 Widow Washburn d. Yes, date unknown Marriage Aft 1809 [2] Family ID F651 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Jul 2009
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Birth - 17 Oct 1775 - Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA 
Death - 3 May 1852 - Woodstock Town, Oxford, Maine, USA 
Burial - - North Woodstock, Oxford, Maine, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Rouse Bisbee moved to Paris, Maine in 1801; lived in South Paris. He was a blacksmith and wheelwright. He owned one-quarter acre of land and a store in Paris. He bought part of 8 acres in section 3 on the easterly side of Mill Pond from Solomon Bryant. In 1802 he signed a petition to the House and Senate (Maine) for division of the town. He sold his store in Paris to Morse in 1803 and moved to Belfast, Maine and later to Portland. In 1810 he moved to Woodstock, Maine, built a mill and lived in Woodstock until his death in 1852. He was Moderator of the first town meeting held after the town was incorporated. In 1835 he was defeated as a candidate for District Representative for the State Legislature by R. T. Lurvey. Rouse Bisbee delighted in building water power plants and dams. [3]
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Sources - [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 49.
- [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 97.
- [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 98.
- [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 49.