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Amanda Fox

Female 1815 - 1891  (75 years)

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  • Name Amanda Fox  [1, 2]
    Birth 13 Nov 1815  Penn Yan, Yates, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Female
    Census 2 Aug 1850  Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 23 Feb 1891  Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Amanda Fox Bisbee (1815-1891) Obituary    		 Amanda Fox Bisbee (1815-1891) Obituary
    Old News, Ann Arbor, Michigan District Public Library: Ann Arbor Argus, 27 February 1891.
    Burial Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Amanda Fox Bisbee Memorial with Obituary and Gravestone Photos    		 Amanda Fox Bisbee Memorial with Obituary and Gravestone Photos
    created at Find a Grave by Twist
    Person ID I3810  Bisbee
    Last Modified 26 Aug 2009

    Father Phineas Fox   d. Yes, date unknown
    Mother Fannie   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F8148  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Isaac Bisbee,   b. 1 Jan 1813, Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jul 1893, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Marriage 29 Oct 1835  , Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Couple moved to Ann Arbor, Mich.
      Taken from 1850 Washtenaw Co, MI census and descendants of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, ALBERT & ORSON BISBEE. [1]
    Children 
     1. Isadore Bisbee,   b. 13 Feb 1837, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1923, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    +2. Athline Bisbee,   b. 31 Dec 1838, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 May 1912, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    +3. Benjamin Franklin Bisbee,   b. 22 Jun 1842, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1923, Bucklin, Ford, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    +4. Albert Bisbee,   b. 2 Nov 1844, , Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 May 1903, , , Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
    +5. Orsen Bisbee,   b. 11 Feb 1849, , Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 1915, , , Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     6. Elwyn Grant Bisbee,   b. 27 Jan 1856, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Aug 1936, Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F836  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Aug 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 13 Nov 1815 - Penn Yan, Yates, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 29 Oct 1835 - , Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 2 Aug 1850 - Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 23 Feb 1891 - Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Mrs. Amanda Bisbee Obituary.
      "Mrs. Amanda Bisbee died yesterday at her late residence in Ann Arbor town. The funeral service will be held tomorrow afternoon at 1;30 o'clock, Rev. J. Sunderland officiating. She will be interred in Forest Hill cemetery.
      "Mrs. Bisbee was the daughter of Phineas and Fannie Fox, and born November 15, 1815, at Penn Yan, Ontario county, New York. She moved to Michigan with her parents in the year 1833, and October 29, 1835 she was united in marriage at Ann Arbor to Isaac Bisbee. And the early years of their married life were spent in Ann Arbor. In the spring of 1843 they settled upon the farm, which has been their home ever since."
      Taken from: Washtenaw Evening Times, Feb. 24, 1891 by Pat Bisbee Johnson [4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 147.

    2. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 37.

    3. [S2566] Bisbee, Isaac (i1482): 1850 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M432, roll 364; page 230, line 29, dwelling 821, family 821; image accessed 8/26/2009.), 1850.MI.Washtenaw.Ann Arbor.105.

    4. [S2021] Viola Bisbee Drake, Compiler, Bisbee Family Connection Newsletter, Sep 2003, vol 15, issue 3, p 2, Mrs. Amanda Bisbee Obituary.