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James B. Bisbee

Male 1783 - 1861  (78 years)

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  • Name James B. Bisbee  [1, 2, 3]
    Birth 11 Aug 1783  Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male
    Military Service War Of 1812 
    Census 21 Sep 1850  McDonough, Chenango, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Death 27 Dec 1861  East Pharsalia, Chenango, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Burial East Pharsalia Cemetery, East Pharsalia, Chenango, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Cemetery record: "Bisbee, James b.11 Aug 1783, ae.78, d.27 Dec 1861, b. Plainfield Mass"
    James Bisbee Memorial with Gravestone Photos    		 James Bisbee Memorial with Gravestone Photos
    Find A Grave memorial created by Jim Livermore
    Maintained by Marchelle Nielson
    Person ID I1178  Bisbee
    Last Modified 23 Dec 2009

    Father Ebenezer Bisbee, Jr.,   b. 29 Apr 1755, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 1837, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Mother Mehitable Shaw,   b. 10 Nov 1756, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1835, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Marriage 12 Mar 1778  East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Family ID F664  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Polly Packard,   b. 14 Jan 1787, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Aug 1862, East Pharsalia, Chenango, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Marriage 28 Jan 1807  Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    • Letter written to Tryphena Bisbee Crandall, Utah Territory by Polly Packard Bisbee:
      "McDonough, N.Y. May 30th, 1841 Dear and affectionate child, we received your letter dated May 8th and was sorry to hear that you had not heard from us. We sent you a letter last July and also another in March and we wrote to you both times that we had not received any papers and I desire to know what the reason is that we do not receive them. I want you to write to Stephen and try to find out the cause of all this trouble. There hasn't been elders in this place since you went away. We know nothing about the church only what we hear in the newspapers and they speak quite well of them. Hiram stops fighting for me. Our health is much as yousial and I hope these few broken lines will find you injoying the same blessing. I am sorry to hear you was sik last summer but if you lov God it will work fore your good. You wrote that you had married a poor man I care not how poore hee is if hee is rich in faith and will keep all the commands of God with an I single to the glory of the same. then I think you can take comfort together. I want you to come and make us a long visit, both of you if you have faith anofe to come by water. Your father wrote to you if you would send word how much monny it would take to bare your expense he would send you same but I think it wouldnt bee safe to send monny in a letter as you dont get them. This is the third time that I have wrote to you less than a yeare and have been looking for a letter ever sens last fall from you. I began to think that you was all dead but when I heard from you I felt to thank the lord that hee had spared youre life and my prayer to God is that hee would prepare a way for us to see each other onse more this side of the grave. Note-(There is no signature after this abrupt ending, but the handwriting is that of Tryphena's mother, Polly Bisbee. The letter was folded and apparently sealed with wax, no envelope, but with this inscription: East Pharsalia, N.Y. June 10th Mr. Myron Crandal, Quincy, Adams Co. Ill.) July the 23-1843." -- Our Pioneer Heritage [8]
    Children 
    +1. Arza Bisbee,   b. 15 Dec 1807, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1869 (Age 61 years)
     2. Ira Bisbee,   b. 18 Nov 1809, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +3. Isabella Bisbee,   b. 26 May 1812, McDonough, Chenango, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +4. Iram Packard Bisbee,   b. 1 Dec 1816, McDonough, Chenango, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1878, Richmond Township, Ray, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    +5. Tryphena Bisbee,   b. 4 Apr 1819, McDonough, Chenango, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 1863, Springville, Utah, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
    +6. James B. Bisbee, Jr.,   b. 1 Mar 1821, McDonough, Chenango, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 May 1856 (Age 35 years)
     7. Hiram S. Bisbee,   b. 3 Feb 1823, McDonough, Chenango, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 May 1856, McDonough, Chenango, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)
    +8. Bolivar Bisbee,   b. 5 Sep 1826, McDonough, Chenango, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Dec 1895, Ames, Story, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Family ID F675  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Aug 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 11 Aug 1783 - Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 28 Jan 1807 - Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 21 Sep 1850 - McDonough, Chenango, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 27 Dec 1861 - East Pharsalia, Chenango, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - East Pharsalia Cemetery, East Pharsalia, Chenango, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • James Bisbee moved to Chenango Co., N. Y. and is listed in the Census of 1810 in Town of Preston, which later became McDonough. The 1810 US Census lists, "James Bisby, 2 m. < 10; 1 m. 26 < 45; 1 fem. 16 < 26." James Bisbee was an Ensign in 1816 and a Lieutenant in 1817 in the 32nd Brigade of Infantry, Chenango, Co., N. Y.

      The 1850 US Census, McDonough, Chenango County, N. Y. lists James Bisby as a farmer 67 yeras old and born in New York State; his wife Polly as 64 years old. Their correct place of birth was given in the 1860 census.

      The same census for McDonough lists James Bisby Jr. as 29 yeras old, his wife Julia as 26 years old. There are three children shown to be in James Junior's family; Maroni, fem., five years; Nephi B., m., three years old and Mary J., fem., 1 year old.

      Again, same census, Hiram H. Bisby, brother of James, is listed as 28 years old and Caroline, his wife, 24 years old; both listed once in McDonough, N. Y. and again in Norwich, N. Y., ages same in both instances. Bolivar is listed in McDonough, age 24 years. There were no Bisbees listed in Pharsalia, N. Y. but Sherburne, N. Y. listed Elizabeth, age 24 years; Emma, 8 years and James K. 6 years.

      The 1860 census lists no Bisbee in McDonough, but James was listed in the Pharsalia census, age 76 years, a farmer; tax assessment was $600 real estate and $500 personal property. Polly Bisbee, his wife, was listed as 73 years old and a housekeeper. Both places of birth were given as Massachusetts.

      Chenango County, N. Y. records at Norwich show: James Bisbee granted a deed to Ezra B. Fall, July 1809. James granted a deed to Hiram Bisbee, 1853. James issued a mortgage to James Bisbee, Jr. [9]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 52.

    2. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 28.

    3. [S596] Bisbee, James B. (i1178): Probate, (Chenango County Courthouse, Norwich, New York).

    4. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 101.

    5. [S2104] East Pharsalia Cemetery Online, (Pharsalia, Chenango, New York. The data is extracted from that gathered by the G-Won-Go Chapter of the D. A. R. of Greene, New York. The data was taken about 1931 and published in 1933, hence burials after that time are not recorded below. The principle personnel involved were Mrs. C. O. Brown, Mrs. Robert Steere, Helen Hill Read Tuttle, Miss Lucy Wade, and Mrs. Winifred Weaver.).
      "Bisbee, James b.11 Aug 1783, ae.78, d.27 Dec 1861, b. Plainfield Mass"

    6. [S1285] Bisbee, James B. (I1178): 1850 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M432, roll 487; page 122, line 30, dwelling 1929, family 1971; image downloaded 8/14/2008.), 1850.NY.Chenango.McDonough.28.jpg.

    7. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 9.

    8. [S2121] Our Pioneer Heritage, (Internation Society, Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Our Pioneer Heritage, (28). Salt Lake City: Infobases, Inc., 1996. Published under license. All Rights Reserved. This database tells the story of Utah pioneers and their accomplishments. Many of the bibliographic entries include such information as names of spouse and children, place of birth and death, place of residence, professions, and church duties, as well as other specific details of every day life. The Daughters of the Utah Pioneers have given great service in searching out, clarifying and preserving the pioneer history, which is essential to perpetuate the great ideal of the pioneer heritage.), Historic Letters, [P.342] Letters From Home, Company E.
      "Tryphena Crandall"

    9. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 102.