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Emmeline Wilford[1]

Female 1863 - 1948  (84 years)

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  • Name Emmeline Wilford
    Birth Nov 1863  , , Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Female
    Death 6 Apr 1948  Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Burial Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Lawson and Emma Bisbee    		 Lawson and Emma Bisbee
    Photograph by Joanna Waugh
    Person ID I22636  Bisbee
    Last Modified 10 Oct 2009

    Family Lawson Bisbee,   b. 1854, , , , Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1933, Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Marriage 17 Jun 1879  Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
    +1. Della A. Bisbee,   b. 11 Nov 1879, , , Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Nov 1938, Longmont, Boulder, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     2. Laura L. Bisbee,   b. 16 Oct 1880, , Benton, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 1901, Eden Township, Benton, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years)
    +3. Hattie Bisbee,   b. Sep 1883, , Benton, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1920 and 1925 (Age 36 years)
    +4. Margaret Bisbee,   b. 2 Apr 1886, Garrison, Benton, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1965, Seattle, King, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F8640  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Oct 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Nov 1863 - , , Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 17 Jun 1879 - Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 6 Apr 1948 - Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Fort Collins Coloradoan dated Monday May 5, 1948 Page 2

      Funeral Tuesday for Mrs. Bisbee

      Mrs. Emma Bisbee, 84, of______ East Mountain Ave. a resident of Fort Colli ns for 40(?) years, died at her home Saturday evening after a three mon th illness.

      Born at Vinton, Iowa Nov. ____ 1863, Mrs. Bisbee was married there to Laws on Bisbee. The couple resided in Iowa, prior to moving here in 1908. M r. Bisbee died in 1933. Mrs. Bisbee was a member of the Methodist Chur ch and of the Womans Society of Christian Service.

      Survivors are; a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Nash of Seattle, nine Grandchildr en; Raymond Graham, Helen Pulliam, and Dorothy Holcomb all of Laramie; Ken neth Graham and Mrs. Shirley Sims both of Cody Wyoming, Mrs. Mary Ann Cla rk of Fort Collins, Rachael Nelson of Elk Heart Ind., Virginia Grace (or G rant) of Tacoma Wash., and Jean Rauch of Seattle and 13 Great-Grandchildre n.

      The funeral will be conducted by the Rev. H. L. Weiss at the Balmer-Colli ns Mortuary at 2pm Tuesday with burial at Grandview Cemetary.
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2642] Joanna Waugh, Granddaughter of Clara Gertrude Bisbee and Thomas Anderson Waugh, Waugh, Joanna (i10718): Correspondence, (email correspondence, October, 2009.).

    2. [S2649] 1900 USA Census Iowa, Benton Co Big Grove.

    3. [S2651] City of Fort Collins, City of Fort Collins, (http://gisims.fcgov.com/website/cemetery).
      Bisbee Emma- Grave 1, Lot 118, Section I -. 4/6/1948, age 84

    4. [S2662] Benton County(iowa) Clerk of the District Court, Marriage Certificate and License for BISBEE/WILFORD, v D, p478.
      Marriage Record Benton County Iowa.. License Issued for thr Marriage of Lawson Bisbee and Eme;ine Wilford on the testimony of Jacob Wilford and G.M. Gilchrist as to their competent age and condotion ; said license being in the words and figurefollowing, to wit:
      Marriage License STATE OF IOWA, Benton COunty, ss, License is hereby granted to any person authoried to solemnize Marriage accorfing to the laws of said state toj oin in marriage Lawson Bisbee and Eme line Wilford of the County aforesaid; and the person joining them in Marriage is also reguired to make due return of the certificate annexed to the circuit Court within ninety days of the names of th e paries time and place of Marriage and by whom solemnized. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said court at my office in Vinton, this 17th day of June AD 1879 . A. Thompson, Clerk of Circuit Court.
      Certificate of Marriage. To the clerk of the circuit court of Benton County Iowa: This Certifies that on the 17 day of June AD 1879 at Vinton in said County, accordong to law, and by authority, I dul y joined in Marriaeg Lawon Bisbee and Emeline Wilford. Given under my hand the 17 day of JUne 1879 . W.F. Kirlpatrick J.P. Returned and filed on the 18th day of June 1879.