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Hiram S. Bisbee

Male 1823 - 1856  (33 years)

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  • Name Hiram S. Bisbee  [1, 2]
    Birth 3 Feb 1823  McDonough, Chenango, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Gender Male
    Occupation 1850  McDonough, Chenango, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Teacher 
    • (US Census)
    Death 27 May 1856  McDonough, Chenango, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I3136  Bisbee
    Last Modified 23 Aug 2009

    Father James B. Bisbee,   b. 11 Aug 1783, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1861, East Pharsalia, Chenango, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Mother Polly Packard,   b. 14 Jan 1787, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Aug 1862, East Pharsalia, Chenango, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Marriage 28 Jan 1807  Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Letter written to Tryphena Bisbee Crandall, Utah Territory by Polly Packard Bisbee:
      "McDonough, N.Y. May 30th, 1841 Dear and affectionate child, we received your letter dated May 8th and was sorry to hear that you had not heard from us. We sent you a letter last July and also another in March and we wrote to you both times that we had not received any papers and I desire to know what the reason is that we do not receive them. I want you to write to Stephen and try to find out the cause of all this trouble. There hasn't been elders in this place since you went away. We know nothing about the church only what we hear in the newspapers and they speak quite well of them. Hiram stops fighting for me. Our health is much as yousial and I hope these few broken lines will find you injoying the same blessing. I am sorry to hear you was sik last summer but if you lov God it will work fore your good. You wrote that you had married a poor man I care not how poore hee is if hee is rich in faith and will keep all the commands of God with an I single to the glory of the same. then I think you can take comfort together. I want you to come and make us a long visit, both of you if you have faith anofe to come by water. Your father wrote to you if you would send word how much monny it would take to bare your expense he would send you same but I think it wouldnt bee safe to send monny in a letter as you dont get them. This is the third time that I have wrote to you less than a yeare and have been looking for a letter ever sens last fall from you. I began to think that you was all dead but when I heard from you I felt to thank the lord that hee had spared youre life and my prayer to God is that hee would prepare a way for us to see each other onse more this side of the grave. Note-(There is no signature after this abrupt ending, but the handwriting is that of Tryphena's mother, Polly Bisbee. The letter was folded and apparently sealed with wax, no envelope, but with this inscription: East Pharsalia, N.Y. June 10th Mr. Myron Crandal, Quincy, Adams Co. Ill.) July the 23-1843." -- Our Pioneer Heritage [4]
    Family ID F675  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Caroline O. Banks,   b. 9 Mar 1825, , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Sep 1901, , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Marriage 9 Sep 1849  McDonough, Chenango, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5] 
    • Vital Records of Chenango Co., NY, before 1880, comp. by Mrs. Edwin Smith, Sherburn, NY, p. 63: Town of German: Hiram Bisbee, 26, of McDonough, NY, was married to Caroline O. Banks, 24, of German, NY, on Sept 9, 1849 by Edward Breckenridge, Esq., McDonough, NY.
    Family ID F1551  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Aug 2008

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 3 Feb 1823 - McDonough, Chenango, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 9 Sep 1849 - McDonough, Chenango, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Teacher - 1850 - McDonough, Chenango, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 27 May 1856 - McDonough, Chenango, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Letter written to Tryphena Bisbee Crandall, Utah Territory:
      "Dear Sister. When separated many miles apart by innumerable mountains and valleys, which deprives us of the privilege of seeing and conversing with each other; it affords no small degree of pleasure to be able to communicate our thoughts to each other by way of writing. Having an opportunity I avail myself of this privilege to inform you of some of the events that have transpired in this country since we last wrote.... I taught school last winter in Plymouth for $10 per month and liked the business very well. I think I shall attend school one term of 15 weeks at the academy at Oxford, which commences the 24th of August. It is quite sickly here this summer, the cankerrash prevails to some extent. A disorder called influenza is spreading far and wide through the country but I hear of few deaths arising from it. Millerism is rather on the decline in this country, and I think that by 1845 it will die away entirely unless Mr. Miller finds a mistake in his calculations and removes the end of the world to some more distant period. But perhaps I have taken up too much room already therefore I will close for the present. Hiram S. Bisbee. P.S. Please to inform us where old Mr. Canfields folks live. We have not heard from Ira yet." -- Our Pioneer Heritage.

      Both Hiram L. and his wife Caroline are listed in the 1850 US Census for Norwich, NY as well as Mcdonough, NY. Bolivar granted a deed to Hiram L. (Vol. 94, p. 210-1852).

      "Last Will & Testament of Hiram S. Bisbee of the town of Oxford in the County of Chenango and State of New York.
      "I Hiram S. Bisbee considering the uncetainty of this mortal life and being of sound mind and memory do make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following:
      "First: I give and bequeath all of my Estate both real and personal, which I now have or may have hereafter, of whatsoever name or kind, unto my wife Caroline Bisbee for her sol and only proper use as she may deem best.
      "And Lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint my aforesaid wife Caroline sole executrix of this my las Will and Testament."
      "Given under my hand and seal this 7th of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty six."
      //s// Hiram S. Bisbee
      Witnessed by Erastus Gordon and John Moore, both residing at Oxford, Chenango, New York.

      Hiram left no surviving children. Heirs listed in probate are:
      father James Bisbee, mother Polly Bisbee and brother Bolivar Bisbee of Pharsalia, Chenango County, New York;
      brother James Bisbee Jr. of Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa;
      brother Arza Bisbee of Polk, Ray County, Missouri;
      brother Iram P. Bisbee of Richman, Ray County, Missouri;
      sister Tryphena Crandall wife of Myron Crandall of Deseret, Utah Territory; and
      Isabella Godard wife of Stephen Godard is deceased, but left her surviving two daughters, viz. Tryphena Ursula Godard and Emma Malvina Godard both of Deseret, Utah Territory. [4, 6]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 101.

    2. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 28.

    3. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 84.

    4. [S2121] Our Pioneer Heritage, (Internation Society, Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Our Pioneer Heritage, (28). Salt Lake City: Infobases, Inc., 1996. Published under license. All Rights Reserved. This database tells the story of Utah pioneers and their accomplishments. Many of the bibliographic entries include such information as names of spouse and children, place of birth and death, place of residence, professions, and church duties, as well as other specific details of every day life. The Daughters of the Utah Pioneers have given great service in searching out, clarifying and preserving the pioneer history, which is essential to perpetuate the great ideal of the pioneer heritage.), Historic Letters, [P.342] Letters From Home, Company E.
      "Tryphena Crandall"

    5. [S1263] Comp. by Mrs. Edwin Smith, Vital Records of Chenango Co., NY, before 1880, p. 63.

    6. [S2443] Madison County, New York, Probate Records, file # 63A, Hiram S. Bisbee.