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Rev. Martin Davis Bisbee

Male 1845 - 1913  (68 years)

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  • Name Martin Davis Bisbee  [1]
    Prefix Rev.
    Birth 21 Jun 1845  Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male
    Death 28 Aug 1913  North Windham, Cumberland, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial Dartmouth College Cemetery, Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Marvin Davis Bisbee Memorial with Gravestone Photos and Biography    		 Marvin Davis Bisbee Memorial with Gravestone Photos and Biography
    Find A Grave memorial created by LadyGoshen
    Person ID I3802  Bisbee
    Last Modified 4 Sep 2012

    Father Abner Bisbee,   b. 11 Dec 1806, Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1895, Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Mother Cynthia Rolph,   b. 1811, Chester, Windsor, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Nov 1876, Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    Marriage
    • Married by Rev. Ezra Fisher. [1]
    Family ID F852  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susan Augusta Silsby,   b. 1843   d. 20 Mar 1908 (Age 65 years)
    Marriage 22 Aug 1873  [2] 
    • Susan lived in Claremont, NH. [2]
    Children 
    +1. Catherine R. Bisbee,   b. 3 May 1875, , , New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 May 1955, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F1857  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Aug 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 Jun 1845 - Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 28 Aug 1913 - North Windham, Cumberland, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Dartmouth College Cemetery, Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Rev. Marvin Davis Bisbee attended Dartmouth College and received his A. B. in 1871 and an Honorary Masters in 1908. He attended Andover Theological Seminary from 1871 to 1873 and received a D. D. from Chicago Theological Seminary in 1874. He was ordained a Congregational minister in 1874.

      Rev. Bisbee was pastor at Fishville, now Penacook, NH, from 1874 to 1877 and pastor at Wood Memorial Church, Cambridge, Mass. from 1877 to 1881. He was associate editor of the Boston Congregationalist, House of Auburnville, Mass. from 1881 to 1886. In 1893 Rev. Bisbee became Professor of Divinity and Librarian of Dartmouth College. He was also a member of the New Hampshire Historical Society and the Virginia Historical Society. He was living in Hanover, NH in 1911. Among his writings were: "Bibliography of Dartmouth College, " 1894; "Bibliographical Sketches of Librarians and Bibliographers" and in 1887 he wrote "Songs of the Pilgrims." In 1894 he read an article, "Influence of Bishop Berkeley on New England Thought" and in 1898 he wrote "Function of the Library in the Education of Life."

      He d. "Aged 68 yrs. 2 mos. 7 das." [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 146.

    2. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 255.

    3. [S2754] www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Internet Website.