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George Dana Bisbee

Male 1841 - 1918  (76 years)

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  • Name George Dana Bisbee  [1]
    Birth 9 Jul 1841  Hartford, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 17 Jul 1850  Hartford Town, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 29 Jun 1860  Peru Town, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 29 Jun 1870  Buckfield Town, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 7 Jun 1880  Buckfield Town, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 12 Jun 1900  Rumford Falls, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Census 2 May 1910  Rumford Falls, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Death 26 May 1918  Rumford, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I5965  Bisbee
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2009

    Father George Washington Bisbee,   b. 6 Jul 1812, Sumner, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1872, Peru, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
    Mother Mary Howe,   b. 29 Jan 1818, Buckfield, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1885, Buckfield, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    Marriage 1 Jan 1837  [9] 
    • Mary Howe "of Rumford, Maine." Int. published 4 Nov 1835. [9]
    Family ID F2018  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna Louise Stanley,   b. 19 Dec 1843, Dixfield, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 1934, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    Marriage 18 Jul 1866  [10] 
    • Anna was from Dixfield, Me. [10]
    Children 
    +1. Stanley Bisbee,   b. 25 Apr 1867, Buckfield, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Feb 1923, Buckfield, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
     2. Seth Wilmont Bisbee,   b. 1869   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Wirt Bisbee,   b. 1871   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Mary Louise Bisbee,   b. Jan 1873, Buckfield, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F2857  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 9 Jul 1841 - Hartford, Oxford, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 17 Jul 1850 - Hartford Town, Oxford, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 29 Jun 1860 - Peru Town, Oxford, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 29 Jun 1870 - Buckfield Town, Oxford, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 7 Jun 1880 - Buckfield Town, Oxford, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 12 Jun 1900 - Rumford Falls, Oxford, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 2 May 1910 - Rumford Falls, Oxford, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 May 1918 - Rumford, Oxford, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Clippings
    George Dana Bisbee, in Memoriam    		George Dana Bisbee, in Memoriam
    Report of the Maine State Bar Association, 1919, pp 98-114

  • Notes 
    • George Dana Bisbee attended the public schools and at the outbreak of the Civil War was a student at Teacher's Normal in West Peru, Me. He assisted in organizing Company C of the 16th Maine Infantry and was made Orderly Sergeant. He served under Generals McClellan, Burnside, Hooker, Meade and Grant. He was wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. but refused to have his arm amputated and it never healed. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant of Caleb Robinson's Company of his regiment.

      Lieutenant Bisbee and his whole regiment were captured on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg and he was made a prisoner in Libby and other prisons until Dec. 1864. After being exchanged he refused his discharge and rejoined his regiment and was at Appomattox at the end of the war.

      George Dana Bisbee studied law with Randall and Winter at Dixfield, Me. and later practised law in Buckfield from 1866 to 1892 when he moved to Rumford Falls and formed the partnership of Bisbee and Parker. He was one of the foremost lawyers of the state and served as County Attorney of Oxford County, member of the bar, US Supreme Court, member of Gov. W. T. Cobb's Council of 1905. State Representative in 1872, State Senator in 1880 and US Marshal, District of Maine.

      George Bisbee was also president of the Rumford Falls Trust Co., a trustee and later president of Hebron Academy and director and attorney for the Rumford Falls Railroad. He was a Baptist.

      George d. "Aged 76 yrs. 10 mos. 17 das." Burial Buckfield, ME [11]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 279.

    2. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 392.

    3. [S2621] Bisbee, George Washington (i4171): 1850 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2009): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M432, roll 263, page 90B, line 39, dwelling 82, family 92; image accessed 5 Jan 2011.), 1850.ME.Oxford.Hartford.12.

    4. [S2622] Bisbee, George Washington (i4171): 1860 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2009): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M653, roll 444, sheet 14, page 426, line 26, dwelling 103, family 105; image accessed 5 Jan 2011.), 1860.ME.Oxford.Peru.14.

    5. [S2624] Bisbee, George Dana (i5965): 1870 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2009): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M593, roll 550, sheet 39, page 90A, line 1, dwelling 329, family 340; image accessed 5 Jan 2011.), 1870.ME.Oxford.Buckfield.39.

    6. [S2625] Bisbee, George Dana (i5965): 1880 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2010): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T9, roll 484, enumeration district (ED) 119, sheet 6, page 61B, line 41, dwelling 62, family 67; image accessed 5 Jan 2011.), 1880.ME.Oxford.Buckfield.119.6.

    7. [S2626] Bisbee, George Dana (i5965): 1900 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T623, roll 596, enumeration district (ED) 201, sheet 12B, page 310B, line 81, dwelling 120, family 157; image accessed 5 Jan 2011.), 1900.ME.Oxford.Rumford.201.35.

    8. [S2628] Bisbee, George Dana (i5965): 1910 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2006): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T624, roll 543, enumeration district (ED) 205, sheet 33B, page 154B, line 67, dwelling 27, family 31; image accessed 5 Jan 2011.), 1910.ME.Oxford.Rumford.205.60.

    9. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 278.

    10. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 393.

    11. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), pp. 392-3.