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Reuben E. Bisbee, Jr.

Male 1804 - 1887  (82 years)

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  • Name Reuben E. Bisbee  [1]
    Suffix Jr.
    Birth 18 Sep 1804  Rockingham, Windham, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1871  London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 20 Jun 1880  Rock Branch Township (defunct), Norton, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 28 Jan 1887  Devizes, Norton, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial Devizes Cemetery, Devizes, Norton, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2365  Bisbee
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2010

    Father Reuben Bisbee,   b. 16 Jan 1767, Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1847, New Haven, Addison, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Mother Eunice Crandall,   b. 1 Aug 1771, Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1842, New Haven, Addison, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Marriage Bef 1800 
    • The Rockingham town records spell the Bisbee name as Bixby; all facts fit for this family. The family was "warned out" of Rockingham, Windham Col., Vermont 19 May 1808. [1]
    Family ID F623  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Jane Armstrong,   b. 2 Jan 1807, , , Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Apr 1892, Devizes, Norton, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Marriage 4 Jan 1826  Crown Point, Essex, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Reuben and Mary Jane are buried in the little cemetery on the Bisbee homestead. It is a lovely little cemetery with an iron gate with 1879 inscribed on it. [2]
    Children 
    +1. Ebenezer Albee Bisbee,   b. 1827, , , Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1858, , California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)
    +2. James Barber Bisbee,   b. 25 Aug 1828, , , Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1909, Devizes, Middlesex Centre, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    +3. John Henry Bisbee,   b. 1832, Devizes, Middlesex Centre, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1882, Devizes, Norton, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
    +4. Mary Jane Bisbee,   b. 4 Apr 1834, Devizes, Middlesex Centre, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Oct 1911, Devizes, Norton, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    +5. George Armstrong Bisbee,   b. 3 Nov 1838, Devizes, Middlesex Centre, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 1901, Devizes, Norton, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    +6. Rev. Reuben E. Bisbee, III,   b. 3 May 1843, Devizes, Middlesex Centre, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 1924, Ford, Ford, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    +7. Elizabeth C. Bisbee,   b. 1849, Devizes, Middlesex Centre, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1916, Devizes, Norton, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     8. Sarah A. Finley,   b. 1856   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: Adopted]  [Mother: Adopted]
    Family ID F1237  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Oct 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 18 Sep 1804 - Rockingham, Windham, Vermont, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 4 Jan 1826 - Crown Point, Essex, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1871 - London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 20 Jun 1880 - Rock Branch Township (defunct), Norton, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 28 Jan 1887 - Devizes, Norton, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Devizes Cemetery, Devizes, Norton, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • "Reuben Bisbee," said the London Free Press, "was a very interesting man. He was known as a benefactor, public-spirited, early resident. He founded the little village of Devizes, London, Ont. Canada. On his farm was a large brickyard, he built a large brick home, gave enough brick to build Ebenezer Church, named after his eldest son, who left home at a young age, to go west to seek his fortune. He was never heard from, so was presumed killed by Indians or bandits." This was told to Charles Wesley Bisbee by his father Rev. Reuben Bisbee III.
      Reuben died at home on the Sappa. [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 6.

    2. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 23.

    3. [S3418] Bisbee, Reuben E. (I2365): 1871 Census of Canada, (London, Middlesex East, Ontario; Roll: C-9905; Page: 56; Family No: 205; image accessed 25 Nov 2013.), 1871.CAN.ONT.Middlesex,London.131.

    4. [S2797] Bisbee, Reuben E. (i2365): 1880 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T9, roll 391; enumeration district (ED) 204, enumerated page 20, master page 415D, line 26, family 7; image accessed 2/10/2010.), 1880.KS.Norton.Rock Branch.204.20.