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Sophia C. Bisbee

Female Abt 1853 - 1909  (55 years)

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  • Name Sophia C. Bisbee
    Birth Abt 26 Jul 1853  , Erie, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Female
    Census 3 Aug 1860  Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 8 Jun 1870  Oakland Township, Louisa, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Death 23 May 1909  Canon City, Fremont, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial 29 May 1909  Lakeside Cemetery, Canon City, Fremont, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I2566  Bisbee
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2009

    Father Thaddeus John Bisbee,   b. 1830, , Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jul 1894, Franklin, Franklin, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    Mother Caroline Mariah Maxfield,   b. 27 Jul 1833, , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1907, Canon City, Fremont, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    Marriage 7 Oct 1848  Eaton Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • We know from the record that Joseph C. Bisbee was father of T. J. Bisbee; however, It is not clear that Sally Ann Morey was his mother.

      In 1848, T. J. married Caroline Maxfield at her father's home in "Log City" (Eaton), in Madison County, New York, by Elder Putnam. During the Civil War, he served as a cook with Company D, 114th New York Volunteer Infantry.

      Records of the First Congregational Church of Lebanon, Madison County, New York, p. 172: "The sacrament of the Lord's Supper was administered. Thaddeus Bisbee, Caroline Bisbee, Mary Richardson, and Charlotte Maxfield receive the ordinance of Baptism and together with Sylvia Ann Seeley entered into covenant with the Church."

      Also, p. 181: Apr. 27, 1878, "In the matter of non-resident members, the following persons have experienced a desire to be considered as walking in fellowship with the Church.... Mr. and Mrs. Thadius Bisbe." Also, "Voted Charlotte Maxfield's name be dropped from the record."

      Also, "Thaddeus Bisbee, Caroline Bisbee dismissed Jan 10, 1880. Charlotte Maxfield excommunicated."

      T. J. and his son Willis homesteaded near Franklin, Franklin, Nebraska. After a minimal period of time, they sold their properties for good profit. Thaddeus and Caroline moved into the village of Franklin, where T. J. operated a meat market (History of City of Franklin, 1976, 2nd pub 1983, Service Press, Henderson, Neb.), and ran a hotel (1885 Census). Caroline became an active real estate investor.

      The following quotes are from affidavits found in T. J. Bisbee's Civil War Pension File:

      "Our name is spelt Bisbe (and) if it is spelt any other way it is the falt of the riter." -Harvey T. Bisbee, 1894.

      "The name "Bisbe" is often spelled and written Bisbee ending with ee, but Bisbe is undoubtedly the correct way of spelling the name, as I find it so written by said Thaddeus J. Bisbe in his own hand writing in our family record in our family Bible, and also written on other occasions and places such as legal papers which are now before me at this writing; and the name is spelled "Bisbe" in his Discharge from the U.S. Army dated June 18th, 1865, which is also now before me. I do not remember of ever seeing Thaddeus J. Bisbe write his surname Bisbee, although we lived together, being husband and wife for forty-five years." -Caroline M. Bisbee, 1895
    Family ID F1306  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dr. Francis M. McElwee,   b. 19 Mar 1852, Ripley, Brown, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1913, Macon, Franklin, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
    Marriage 13 Oct 1881  Franklin, Franklin, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Divorce Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    +1. Grace McElwee,   b. Abt 1885, , , Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F1310  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 26 Jul 1853 - , Erie, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 3 Aug 1860 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 8 Jun 1870 - Oakland Township, Louisa, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 13 Oct 1881 - Franklin, Franklin, Nebraska, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 23 May 1909 - Canon City, Fremont, Colorado, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 29 May 1909 - Lakeside Cemetery, Canon City, Fremont, Colorado Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2383] Bisbee, Thaddeus John: Heirs, (Franklin County Courthouse, Franklin, Nebraska, book 27, page 30).

    2. [S1815] McElwee, Sophia C. Bisbee: Obit (Franklin), (Franklin, Nebraska, Friday, 4 Jun 1909, p 3. reprinted from the Canon City Record).

    3. [S2040] Bisbee, Thaddeus John (I2563): 1860 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M653, roll 781; enumerated page 29, master page 935, line 1, dwelling 1052, family 1033; image downloaded 10/26/2008.), 1860-Lebanon.29.jpg.

    4. [S2042] Bisbee, Thaddeus John (I2563): 1865 NY Census.

    5. [S2045] Carol Wolf Britton, transcriber (c_Britton@yahoo.com), Bisbee, Thaddeus John (I2563): 1885 Nebraska State Census, (Online , 2005. File 85cenab.txt last mod 3/28/2001; T. J. BISBE household, page 7C, dwelling 6.).

    6. [S2043] Bisbee, Thaddeus John (I2563): 1870 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2003): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M593, roll 406; enumerated page (2), master page 452(B), line 5, dwelling 9, family 9; image downloaded 10/26/2008.), 1870-Oakland.2.jpg.

    7. [S1239] Civil War Pension File, Thaddeus J. Bisbee, WC-434-518.
      Widow's Application For Accrued Pension (filed after Thaddeus' death), states that Caroline Mariah Maxfield was married to Thaddeus J. Bisby on 7 Oct 1848 at Log City (Village of Eaton) in New York. In a separate affidavit, one James H. Brannon states, "I was well acquainted with claimant Caroline M. Bisbee and her late husband Thadeus J. Bisbe. I was at their home at Log City, in the State of New York, in October1848, and her father, Ichobar Maxfield, told me that said Caroline M. Bisbee (formerly Maxfield) and Thadeus J. Bisbe were married just a few days before I was there to visit, on the 7th day of October A.D. 1848, by Elder Putnam..."

    8. [S1501] Lynn E. Henning, McElwee, Sophia C. Bisbee: Marriage Ref 1, ((5120 Adams St., Lincoln, NE, 1991), 16).

    9. [S1502] McElwee, Sophia C. Bisbee: Marriage Ref 2, (online lookups at , c_britton@yahoo.com, 2005).