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Elijah Bisbee

Male 1813 - 1879  (65 years)

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  • Name Elijah Bisbee  [1, 2, 3]
    Birth 24 Aug 1813  , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Census 7 Aug 1820  Smithfield Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Census 1 Jun 1830  Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Christening 19 May 1833  Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    AFN RXZ6-8W 
    Census 1 Jun 1840  Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Census 10 Sep 1850  Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Census 1855  Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Census 28 Jul 1860  Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Census 22 Jun 1870  Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Death 21 Mar 1879  West Windsor, Eaton, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 16, 17] 
    • Place is tentative.
    Burial Earlville Cemetery, Earlville, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    Elijah and Calista Bisbee    		 Elijah and Calista Bisbee
    Photograph by William F. Bisbee
    Person ID I44  Bisbee
    Last Modified 20 Apr 2010

    Father Reuben Bisbee,   b. 27 Jul 1776, , Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1865, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Mother Lydia Cushman,   b. 25 Sep 1775, Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1856, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Marriage 10 Oct 1797  Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 18] 
    Family ID F31  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Calista Mathewson,   b. 1812, Smithfield Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1894, , Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Children 
     1. Ebenezer Bisbee,   b. 9 Apr 1839, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: Adopted]
    +2. Stephen M. Bisbee,   b. 13 Aug 1840, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 May 1911, Randallsville, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    +3. Elisha M. Bisbee,   b. 5 Apr 1842, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jul 1908, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    +4. John Bisbee,   b. 23 Jun 1844, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jan 1908, Nessen City, Benzie, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    +5. Cyrenius Albertus Bisbee,   b. 13 Jan 1847, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1917, Eaton Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    +6. Caroline Calista Bisbee,   b. 17 Jan 1849, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +7. Eliza L. Bisbee,   b. 14 Jul 1851, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F50  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2010

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 24 Aug 1813 - , , New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 7 Aug 1820 - Smithfield Town, Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1 Jun 1830 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 19 May 1833 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1 Jun 1840 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 10 Sep 1850 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1855 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 28 Jul 1860 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 22 Jun 1870 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 21 Mar 1879 - West Windsor, Eaton, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Earlville Cemetery, Earlville, Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Family lore has it that Elijah Bisbee died in West Windsor, Eaton, Michigan, where he was visiting with his son, John.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1895] Bisbee, Elijah (I44): 1865 NY Census, (Dwelling 88, family 88).

    2. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 5.

    3. [S1225] Margaret Jane Dunnihoo, Two Brothers in the Pennsylvania Triangle, (Erie, Pennsylvania: self published, 1974.), p. 7.

    4. [S1339] Margaret J. Bisbee, Bisbee, Reuben (I28): Family Bible List, (Erie, Pennsylvania. Self published, 1974: pp 1-2.).

    5. [S1344] Hope S. Klee, Bisbee, Reuben (128): Family List (Kibbe), (Cortland, New York: student paper, State University, 1965. p. 35.).

    6. [S2223] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Bisbee, Elijah (I44): Family IGI, (Online at ).

    7. [S1736] Note.
      The census has Elijah born variously in Jefferson County and in Madison County, New York.

    8. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 21.

    9. [S1540] Bisbee, Reuben (I28): 1820 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M33, roll 73; page 47, line 14; image downloaded 8/14/2008), 1820-Smithfield.11.jpg.

    10. [S1542] Bisbee, Reuben (I28): 1830 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M19, roll 93; page 351B, line 4; image downloaded 8/14/2008), 1830-Lebanon.21.jpg.

    11. [S1543] Bisbee, Reuben (I28): 1840 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M704, roll 295; page 130, line 17; image downloaded 8/14/2008), 1840-Lebanon.1.jpg.

    12. [S1908] Bisbee, Elijah (I44): 1850 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M432, roll 527; page 119, line 38, dwelling 2018, family 2062; image downloaded 9/2/2008), 1850-Lebanon.7.jpg.

    13. [S1546] Bisbee, Elijah (I44): 1855 NY Census, (LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, dwelling 70, family 72).

    14. [S1288] Bisbee, Reuben (I28): 1860 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M653, roll 781; enumerator page 22, master page 928, line 15, dwelling 996, family 978; image downloaded 8/14/2008), 1860-Lebanon.22.jpg.

    15. [S1897] Bisbee, Elijah (I44): 1870 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2003): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M593, roll 967; enumerated page 34, master page 275B, line 5, dwelling 294, family 299; image downloaded 9/2/2008), 1870-Lebanon.34.jpg.

    16. [S1555] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, comp., Bisbee, Elijah (1813): IGI Death, (Version 5.0 (Online: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 1999-2005), , accessed 9/6/2005).

    17. [S1336] Gravestone, Earlville Cemetery, Earlville, NY, photographed and transcribed 2007 by William F. Bisbee.
      "Elijah Bisbee / 1813-1879"

    18. [S1233] Athrop Foster, editor, Vital Records of Kingston, Mass. to 1850, (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1911.), 176, 204.
      Under Marriages: "Bisbe, Reuben [int. Reuben] Jr. and Lydia Cushman [int. 2nd], Oct 10, 1797; Cushman, Lydia [int. 2nd] and Reuben [int. Reuben] Bisbe Jr., Oct 10, 1797."