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Hopestill Rufus Bisbee

Male 1837 - 1916  (78 years)

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  • Name Hopestill Rufus Bisbee  [1]
    Birth 21 Jun 1837  East Sumner, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 23 Aug 1850  Sumner, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 19 Apr 1916  Damariscotta, Lincoln, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I4184  Bisbee
    Last Modified 4 Aug 2009

    Father Elisha Bisbee, Jr.,   b. 8 May 1786, Sumner, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1874, Sumner, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Mother Fanny Bryant,   b. 1796, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1869 (Age 73 years)
    Marriage 9 May 1825  [1] 
    Family ID F1375  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ellen Byrum,   b. 1844, Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1927, Damariscotta, Lincoln, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Marriage 14 Sep 1871  Virginia City, Storey, Nevada, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    • Virginia (City) Daily Territorial Enterprise, Sep 15, 1871, 2:4. "In Virginia (City), September 14, by Rev. Mr. Macomber, H. R. Bisby to Ella Byron."
    Children 
     1. Daniel Edward Bisbee,   b. 14 Nov 1872, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Hopestill Bisbee,   b. Abt 1874   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Willard H. Bisbee,   b. 18 Aug 1874   d. 9 Feb 1886 (Age 11 years)
     4. Melvina S. Bisbee,   b. 26 Feb 1877   d. 7 Sep 1911, Bristol, Lincoln, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
     5. Mary Cora Bisbee,   b. 13 Nov 1879   d. 17 Dec 1926, Damariscotta, Lincoln, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
    Family ID F2027  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Aug 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 Jun 1837 - East Sumner, Oxford, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 23 Aug 1850 - Sumner, Oxford, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 14 Sep 1871 - Virginia City, Storey, Nevada, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 19 Apr 1916 - Damariscotta, Lincoln, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Hopestill S. (sic) Bisbee had a farm near Auburn, Maine and lived in Auburn from 1896 to 1900. He moved to Virginia City, Nevada. Hopestill was also a millwright.

      Hopestill d. "Aged 78 yrs. 9 mos. 28 das." [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 172.

    2. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 282.

    3. [S3373] Bisbee, Elisha (I2712): 1850 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2009): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M432, roll 263, page 150A, line 16, dwelling 47, family 51; image accessed 12 Jul 2013.), 1850.ME.Oxford.Sumnger.7.

    4. [S1272] Virginia City Daily Territorial Enterprise, (Virginia City, Nevada), 15 Sep 1871, 2:4.
      "Married - In Virginia, September 14, by Rev. Mr. Macomber, H. R. Bisby to Ella Byron."