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Gideon Bisbee, III[1]

Male 1791 - 1868  (77 years)

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  • Name Gideon Bisbee  [2, 3]
    Suffix III
    Birth 20 Apr 1791  Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Gender Male
    Census 24 Sep 1850  Chester Center, Geauga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 2 Jun 1860  Chester Center, Geauga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Death 30 Aug 1868  Milan, Monroe, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I1440  Bisbee
    Last Modified 28 Aug 2009

    Father Gideon Bisbee, Jr.,   b. 27 Jul 1755, Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1825, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Mother Elizabeth Bryant,   b. 2 Jun 1759, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1852, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
    Marriage 30 Apr 1781  Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 8] 
    • Family settled on the Mount in the western part of town. Gideon Bisbee served in the Revolutionary War. [3]
    Family ID F561  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lydia Gurney,   b. 12 Jul 1790, Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Aug 1855, Chester Center, Geauga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    Marriage 29 Jun 1809  Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 9] 
    Children 
    +1. Charles Austin Bisbee,   b. 13 Oct 1809, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Dec 1871, Chardon, Chardon, Geauga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    +2. Horace Bisbee,   b. 18 Aug 1811, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Dec 1887, Brinsmade, Benson, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    +3. Luther Bisbee,   b. 27 Apr 1813, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 1882, Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    +4. Oliva Caroline Bisbee,   b. 11 Apr 1815, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1872 (Age 57 years)
    +5. Albert Bisbee,   b. 27 May 1817, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jan 1867, East Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
    +6. Julia Ann Bisbee,   b. 14 Aug 1819, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 May 1895, Forset Hill, Gratiot, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     7. Melisa Bisbee,   b. 30 Oct 1821, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Oct 1821, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +8. Asa Gurney Bisbee,   b. 16 Dec 1822, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 1905, Chester Township, Geauga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    +9. John C. Bisbee,   b. 13 Jul 1825, , , Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jul 1906, Mecosta, Mecosta, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     10. Infant Bisbee,   b. May 1829   d. May 1829 (Age 0 years)
     11. Elizabeth Rowe Bisbee,   b. 5 May 1831, , , Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Nov 1833 (Age 2 years)
    +12. Almon Bisbee,   b. 10 Apr 1836, Chester Center, Geauga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1899, Saint Louis, Gratiot, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    Family ID F823  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 May 2013

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Apr 1791 - Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 29 Jun 1809 - Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 24 Sep 1850 - Chester Center, Geauga, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 2 Jun 1860 - Chester Center, Geauga, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 30 Aug 1868 - Milan, Monroe, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Gideon Bisbee's death certificate says he was "Jack of all trades." Birth dates from Bible records sent in by Beverly and Norman Pottle, 8712 Ridge, Berrien Springs, Mich. He died of old Age 77Y.7M.20D. [10]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2021] Viola Bisbee Drake, Compiler, Bisbee Family Connection Newsletter, Vol. 12, Issue 1, p. 11.
      Memoirs of Mrs. Lucia (Bisbee) Ellsworth

    2. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 69.

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

    4. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 139.

    5. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 17.

    6. [S2544] Bisbee, Gideon III (i1440: 1850 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M432, roll 682; page 318(B), line 27, dwelling 103, family 107; image accessed 8/19/2009.), 1850.OH, Geauga, Chester.14.

    7. [S2545] Bisbee, Charles Austin (i8755): 1860 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M653, roll 967; enumerated page 10, master page 596, line 38, dwelling 90, family 91; image accessed 8/19/2009.), 1860.OH.Geauga.Chester.10.

    8. [S1165] Abstracted by Virgil D. White, Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, (The National Historical Publishing Co., Waynesboro, TN, 1990).

    9. [S3337] Holbrook Research Institute, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Ancestry.com operations, Inc.), Cummington, p. 259 (Reliability: 2).

    10. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 18.