Judge Dewitt F. Bisbee
Abt 1819 - 1885 (66 years)-
Name Dewitt F. Bisbee [1] Prefix Judge Birth Abt 1819 Alabama, Genesee, New York, USA 
[2] Gender Male Census 13 Nov 1850 Gretna, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA [3] Census 23 Jun 1870 Carrollton, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [4] Census 8 Jun 1880 San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA [5] - His address was 1616 Geary Street.
Death 8 May 1885 San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA [2] Person ID I3938 Bisbee Last Modified 23 Mar 2010
Father Ensign Charles Bisbee, b. 1 Jan 1785, Hubbardton, Rutland, Vermont, USA d. 1871, Weathersfield, Windsor, VT, USA (Age 85 years)Mother Elizabeth, b. 12 Nov 1786, Hubbardton, Rutland, Vermont, USA d. Yes, date unknownMarriage 1812 Belvidere Township, Lamoille, Vermont, USA Family ID F596 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 
Susan Keith, b. Abt 1828, , , Ohio, USA d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F1914 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Aug 2008
Family 2 Elizabeth Williams, b. Abt 1843, , , , Wales d. 31 Jan 1913, Berkeley, Alameda, California, USA (Age 70 years)Children + 1. Dewitt Williams Bisbee, b. 7 Oct 1881, , California, USA d. 17 Oct 1921, , Kern, California, USA (Age 40 years)Family ID F7874 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Aug 2008
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Birth - Abt 1819 - Alabama, Genesee, New York, USA 
Census - 13 Nov 1850 - Gretna, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA 
Census - 23 Jun 1870 - Carrollton, Orleans, Louisiana, USA 
Census - 8 Jun 1880 - San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA Death - 8 May 1885 - San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - San Francisco, California, Evening Bulletin, May 9, 1885, p. 2: SUDDEN DEATH OF D. W. F. BISBEE Judge D. W. F. Bisbee, of the firm of Bisbee, Williams & Co., died suddenly at his residence, #1616 Geary St., last night. He had been suffering for a week or more from a sever cold, accompanied by a bad cough, but nothing was thought of it, and last evening played cards at his home with friends. After retiring he complained of feeling some pain in his chest, and sat up for a short time, but received no relief from the change of position. He lay down again, and in a few moments died. It was thought that death must have been caused by the accumulation of mucus in the lungs, produced by the cold, and which could not be thrown off by the ordinary relief of coughing. There was no sign of heart disease or other lesion which would have produced sudden death. Judge Bisbee was born in Genesee County, New York, sixty-six years ago. He moved to Vermont very early in life, and usually called that his native state. He subsequently went to Cleveland, Ohio, and thence to New Orleans, where he lived about thirty years, and from where he occupied a judicial position which gave him the title he has since borne. From New Orleans he went to Wisconsin, where he remained about two years, and nine years ago, came to California. He has been engaged in the business of developing mines on this coast, and was well-known throughout mining regions. The town of BISBEE, A.T. (Arizona Territory), was named after him. He leaves a wife and one child.
From BISBEE WITH THE BIG B by Frank L. Wentworth of Bisbee, 1938, p. 127 John Williams, Sr., along with a son-in-law by the name of Bisbee, had a mining office in San Francisco. John Williams, Sr., was the father of Lewis Williams.
From BISBEE MINING AND HISTORICAL MUSEUM DeWitt Bisbee of San Francisco, was an investor who helped finance the first copper smelter here, thus cutting transportation and refining costs tremendously and making copper extraction truly profitable. Tom Vaughn, the curator, places Bisbee's death about 1887.
Bisbee was a judge whom we believe practiced in New York State before coming to California. He never set foot in Bisbee, Arizona. BISBEE QUEEN COPPER CAMPS by Lynn R. Bailey states that DeWitt Bisbee was in partnership with one John Williams, also of San Francisco, in the development of mining properties. The latter's sons figured prominently in the growth of the town's industy. [2]
- San Francisco, California, Evening Bulletin, May 9, 1885, p. 2: SUDDEN DEATH OF D. W. F. BISBEE Judge D. W. F. Bisbee, of the firm of Bisbee, Williams & Co., died suddenly at his residence, #1616 Geary St., last night. He had been suffering for a week or more from a sever cold, accompanied by a bad cough, but nothing was thought of it, and last evening played cards at his home with friends. After retiring he complained of feeling some pain in his chest, and sat up for a short time, but received no relief from the change of position. He lay down again, and in a few moments died. It was thought that death must have been caused by the accumulation of mucus in the lungs, produced by the cold, and which could not be thrown off by the ordinary relief of coughing. There was no sign of heart disease or other lesion which would have produced sudden death. Judge Bisbee was born in Genesee County, New York, sixty-six years ago. He moved to Vermont very early in life, and usually called that his native state. He subsequently went to Cleveland, Ohio, and thence to New Orleans, where he lived about thirty years, and from where he occupied a judicial position which gave him the title he has since borne. From New Orleans he went to Wisconsin, where he remained about two years, and nine years ago, came to California. He has been engaged in the business of developing mines on this coast, and was well-known throughout mining regions. The town of BISBEE, A.T. (Arizona Territory), was named after him. He leaves a wife and one child.
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Sources - [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 13.
- [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 39.
- [S2572] Bisbee, DeWitt F. (i3938): 1850 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M432, roll 232; page 85, line 25, dwelling 76, family 11; image accessed 8/27/2009.), 1850.LA.Jefferson.Gretna.2.
- [S2573] Bisbee, DeWitt F. (i3938): 1870 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2003): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M593, roll 515; enumerated page 126, master page 164(B), line 27, dwelling 1133, family 1224; image accessed 8/27/2009.), 1870.LA.Jefferson.Carrollton.126.
- [S2574] Bisbee, DeWitt F. (i3938): 1880 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T9, roll 79; enumeration district (ED) 206, enumerated page 28, master page 144D, line 1, dwelling 177, family 190; image accessed 8/27/2009.), 1880.CA.San Francisco.San Francisco.206.52.
- [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 13.