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Joseph Cushman Bisbee

Male 1803 - 1873  (70 years)

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  • Name Joseph Cushman Bisbee  [1, 2, 3, 4]
    Birth 5 Jun 1803  , Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7] 
    • Birth location is tentative
    Gender Male
    Census 7 Aug 1820  Smithfield Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Census 1 Jun 1830  Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Census 1 Jun 1840  Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Census 9 Sep 1850  Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Census 11 Jul 1860  Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Census 13 Jul 1870  Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Death 24 Dec 1873  Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7, 14, 15, 16] 
    Biography 1884  [14] 
    Burial Wattsburg Cemetery, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 16] 
    • Gravestone inscription: "Joseph C. Bisbee / Died / December 24, 1873 / Aged 72 Yr. 5 MO. 2 Da" --read by Wm. F. Bisbee, 1998.
    Joseph C. Bisbee    		 Joseph C. Bisbee
    Photograph by William F. Bisbee
    Person ID I26  Bisbee
    Last Modified 19 Apr 2010

    Father Reuben Bisbee,   b. 27 Jul 1776, , Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1865, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Mother Lydia Cushman,   b. 25 Sep 1775, Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1856, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Marriage 10 Oct 1797  Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 17] 
    Family ID F31  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sally Ann Morey,   b. Abt 4 Oct 1809, Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 1890, Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Marriage , Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Children 
    +1. 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)
    +2. Albert C. Bisbee,   b. 29 Nov 1833, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Mar 1906, Millcreek Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    +3. Cheney B. Bisbee,   b. 20 Mar 1835, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Feb 1917, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    +4. Ruth Ann Bisbee,   b. 21 Jan 1838, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jun 1906, French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    +5. Curtis C. Bisbee,   b. 1838, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 1902, Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    +6. Ephraim Bisbee,   b. 20 Nov 1841, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Feb 1890, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
    +7. Susan Amelia Bisbee,   b. 2 Apr 1843, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jun 1926, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    +8. Charles Andrews Bisbee,   b. 17 Nov 1846, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Mar 1929, , Eastland, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    +9. Olive S. Bisbee,   b. 10 Jan 1849, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Nov 1925, Cisco, Eastland, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    +10. Harriet Bisbee,   b. Abt 1850, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1884 (Age 34 years)
    +11. George M. Bisbee,   b. Abt Aug 1854, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1891, Gowanda, Cattaraugus, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
    Family ID F28  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Sep 2010

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 5 Jun 1803 - , Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 7 Aug 1820 - Smithfield Town, Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1 Jun 1830 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1 Jun 1840 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 9 Sep 1850 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 11 Jul 1860 - Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 13 Jul 1870 - Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 24 Dec 1873 - Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Wattsburg Cemetery, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - - , Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • In a book titled, "Names and Sketches of the Pioneer Settlers of Madison County, New York," by William H. Tuttle (page 24), Tuttle lists "brothers" Joseph and Reuben Bisby as delegates to the Whig County Committee in 1834 and states they settled in Lebanon in 1815.

      In the records of the First Baptist Church (Lebanon) we find the following:
      "July 8, 1837, Joseph Bisbee and Harvey Niles asked (by the church) to visit Br. Towsley.
      "July 15, 1837, Herman Towsley excluded for neglect of duty and lack of faith."

      After his mother's death in 1856, and no doubt encouraged by the examples of his older brother Reuben, and sisters Lydia and Betsy, Joseph moved to Erie County, Pennsylvania, virtually starting over again, just as his father had done four decades earlier. With the exception of T. J., all of his children either accompanied him or soon followed.

      Joseph's farm was located in an area of Erie County known as the "State Line Community." It was at the intersection of two state borders (Pennsylvania and New York) and four townships. At least six of Joseph's children had farms within walking distance--across the road or even adjacent to him--but because of political boundaries, they were resident in another township or in another state.

      Upon Joseph's death in 1873, the following inventory of his estate was filed: 1 clock; 1 desk; 1 stand; 3 chairs; 1 bed stead; 3 log chains; augers, bits, saws, sandstone, iron bars, etc.; 1 set Bobb sleds, drag and wheelbarrow; 1 kettle; 1 plow; 1 saddle; 2 pigs; 1 wagon; 2 horses; 1 double harness; 2 cows; 1 heifer; 1 wood mill; corn in the field; 1 cultivator; 4 ½ tons of hay; oats in mow; corn in ear; potatoes in bin; Stove & dary (sic) utensils. Total value $203.75. (Erie County probate file no. 18897 ).

      Joseph and Sally Ann Bisbee are buried next to each other in the southeast corner of the Wattsburg Cemetery. Their tombstones are difficult to find and all but impossible to read in 1998. [18]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1177] Hope S. Klee, Kibbe, Lee G: The Man and the Mill, (1965, student paper, New York State University, Cortland, New York, Cortland Historical Society.), p. 35.
      Author gives Joseph's middle name as Cushman.

    2. [S1793] Bisbee, Joseph C (I26): 1855 NY Census.

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

    4. [S1225] Margaret Jane Dunnihoo, Two Brothers in the Pennsylvania Triangle, (Erie, Pennsylvania: self published, 1974.), p. 6.

    5. [S1339] Margaret J. Bisbee, Bisbee, Reuben (I28): Family Bible List, (Erie, Pennsylvania. Self published, 1974: pp 1-2.).

    6. [S1344] Hope S. Klee, Bisbee, Reuben (128): Family List (Kibbe), (Cortland, New York: student paper, State University, 1965. p. 35.).

    7. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 20.

    8. [S1540] Bisbee, Reuben (I28): 1820 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M33, roll 73; page 47, line 14; image downloaded 8/14/2008), 1820-Smithfield.11.jpg.

    9. [S1781] Bisbee, Joseph C (I26): 1830 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M19, roll 93; page 351(B), line 5; image downloaded 8/14/2008), 1830-Lebanon.21.jpg.

    10. [S1785] Bisbee, Joseph C (I26): 1840 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M704, roll 295; page 138, line 10; image downloaded 8/26/2008), 1840-Lebanon.17.jpg.

    11. [S1788] Bisbee, Joseph C (I26): 1850 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M432, roll 527; page 118, line 24, dwelling 2000, family 2044; image downloaded 8/26/2008), 1850-Lebanon.5.jpg.

    12. [S1799] Bisbee, Joseph C (I26): 1860 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M653, roll 1107; enumerated page 24, master page 24, line 21, dwelling 1446, family 189; image downloaded 8/30/2008), 1860-Amity.24.jpg.

    13. [S1806] Bisbee, Joseph C (I26): 1870 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2003): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M593, roll 1339; enumerated page 16, master page 118(B), line 29, dwelling 139, family 139; image downloaded 8/30/2008), 1870-Amity.16.jpg.

    14. [S1739] Bisbee, Joseph C (I26): Family Biography, ((Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884, Part VI - Amity twp), 4).

    15. [S2402] Erie County, Pennsylvania, Probate Records, (Erie County Courthouse, Erie, Pennsylvania), Probate File # 18897, Joseph C. Bisbee.
      Joseph C. Bisbee died intestate, 24 Dec 1873 at 5 o'clock a.m. Sally Ann Bisbee is named administratrix. Inventory of the estate includes furniture, tools, saddle and harness, a wagon, 2 pigs, 2 horses, 2 cows, 1 heifer, corn in the field, hay, oats in mow, corn in ear, and potatoes in bin.

    16. [S1220] Gravestone, Wattsburg Cemetery, Wattsburg, Pa., photographed 2007 by William Bisbee.
      "Joseph C. Bisbee / Died / December 24, 1873 / Aged 72 Yr. 5 Mo. 2 Da"

    17. [S1233] Athrop Foster, editor, Vital Records of Kingston, Mass. to 1850, (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1911.), 176, 204.
      Under Marriages: "Bisbe, Reuben [int. Reuben] Jr. and Lydia Cushman [int. 2nd], Oct 10, 1797; Cushman, Lydia [int. 2nd] and Reuben [int. Reuben] Bisbe Jr., Oct 10, 1797."

    18. [S1200] Bisbee, William F: Records and Recollections.