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Horatio Bisbee

Male 1833 - 1918  (84 years)

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  • Name Horatio Bisbee  [1, 2]
    Birth 20 Nov 1833  Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Gender Male
    Census 5 Aug 1850  Chesterfield Town, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Death 7 Jul 1918  Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    • Died age 84Yrs. 7Mos. 17Das.
    Burial Center Cemetery, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Horatio Bisbee Memorial with Gravestone Photos    		 Horatio Bisbee Memorial with Gravestone Photos
    Memorial and photos by E.B. Holmberg
    at Find A Grave
    Horatio Bisbee & Louisa L. Rice    		 Horatio Bisbee & Louisa L. Rice
    photo by E B Holmberg
    Person ID I5379  Bisbee
    Last Modified 30 Aug 2011

    Father Orin Bisbee,   b. 10 Jul 1807, Westhampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jul 1887, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Mother Wealthy Damon,   b. 21 Apr 1810, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jun 1897, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    Marriage Y  [2]
    • Information from FAMILIES OF CHESTERFIELD and Arvilla L. Dyer, Pres. Plainfield Hist. Soc.
    Family ID F1764  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Louisa Lyman Rice,   b. 6 Jul 1837, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Nov 1919, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Marriage 14 Oct 1858  Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    • After Horatio's death, his two sons, Charles and Homer, continued the lumber and grain business under the firm name of BISBEE BROTHERS. The business was operated by his grandsons until closing in 1991. The old Bisbee gristmill was recently donated (1996) to the town as a museum.
    Children 
     1. Mary Bisbee,   b. 31 Aug 1864, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Mary Louisa Bisbee,   b. 31 Aug 1864, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Nov 1960, Orlando, Orange, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)
     3. Willard Lyman Bisbee,   b. 19 Jul 1867, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Feb 1871, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
    +4. Charles Allen Bisbee, Sr,   b. 26 Jun 1873, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Oct 1960, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     5. Homer Rice Bisbee,   b. 4 May 1879, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jan 1970, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    Family ID F2588  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Nov 1833 - Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 5 Aug 1850 - Chesterfield Town, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 14 Oct 1858 - Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 7 Jul 1918 - Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Center Cemetery, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Horatio Bisbee was educated in the public schools; was a farmer, grain dealer and manufacturer; a selectman and representative in General Court in 1898. He recorded deeds in 1917 and his will was dated in 1918. Horatio d. "Aged 84 yrs. 7 mos. 17 das." [3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 240.

    2. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 40.

    3. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 359.

    4. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 107.

    5. [S1099] Bisbee, Orin (i3625): 1850 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2009): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M432, roll 320, page 19A, line 4, dwelling 272, family 299; image accessed 20 Oct 2010.), 1850.MA.Hampshire.Chesterfield.19.