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Lewis C. Bisbee

Male 1834 - 1921  (87 years)

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  • Name Lewis C. Bisbee  [1]
    Birth 7 Jun 1834  Hartford, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 15 Jul 1850  Hartford, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 15 Jul 1921  Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I6064  Bisbee
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2009

    Father Hannibal Bisbee,   b. 12 Jul 1811, Hartford, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1879 (Age 67 years)
    Mother Elizabeth Stetson,   b. 28 Jul 1812   d. 25 Jul 1854, Hartford, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
    Marriage 19 May 1833  [1] 
    • Married by Rev. Walter Foss. [1]
    Family ID F2033  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha Brett Staples,   b. 6 Jun 1835   d. 17 Aug 1913, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Marriage 15 Apr 1855  [2] 
    • Martha was from Canton, Me. The Lewis C. Bisbee family is from "GENEALOGICAL RECORD OF THE READS, REEDS, THE BISBEES, THE BRADFORDS," by Axel Hayford Reed.
    Children 
    +1. William C. Bisbee   d. Yes, date unknown
    +2. Luella M. Bisbee,   b. 27 May 1856, Canton, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +3. Llewellyn M. Bisbee,   b. 14 Jul 1857, Canton, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. James A. Bisbee,   b. 29 Sep 1860   d. 1 Jul 1871, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 10 years)
    +5. Ansel S. Bisbee,   b. 18 Oct 1868, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +6. Della V. Bisbee,   b. 12 Apr 1874, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F2900  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 7 Jun 1834 - Hartford, Oxford, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 15 Jul 1850 - Hartford, Oxford, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Jul 1921 - Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Lewis Bisbee enlisted as a private in Co. I, 16th Maine Vol. Infantry. He was commissioned a 1st Lieutenant 16 Aug. 1862 and a Captain 1 Dec. 1863. He was in the battles of Fredericksburg and Gettysburg and was held in Libby and other Confederate prisons for 20 months. Capt. Bisbee was discharged June 5, 1865.

      He was a carpenter and moved to Minneapolis, Minn. where he became a contractor and builder and build many of the largest homes in the city. Lewis Bisbee was a Baptist and a Free Mason and was known as "Captain Bisbee."

      Various records show: L. C. Bisbee, Russell and Bisbee, 13th and Helen St., Minneapolis, 1867. L. C. Bisbee, Bardwell and Co., foot of 13th St., Minneapolis, 1874-1876. L. C. Bisbee, Bisbee and Moses, 429 So. 6th St., Minneapolis, 1877-1879. L. C. Bisbee, contractor, 1510 Washington, Ave., N. Minneapolis, 1886-1887. L. C. Bisbee, contractor, 10 So. 4th St., Minneapolis, 1882-1889. L. C. Bisbee, contractor, 1411 No. 2nd. St., Minneapolis, 1889. Lewis C. Bisbee and Sons, 1405 No. 2nd St., Minneapolis, 1891-1892. Lewis C. Bisbee, L. N. and A. S. Bisbee. Lewis C. Bisbee, res., 907 Irving Ave., North, 1909-1921.

      Lewis d. "Aged 87 yrs." [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 284.

    2. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 399.

    3. [S3227] Bisbee, Hannibal (I4193): 1850 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2009): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M432, roll 263, page 88A, line 26, dwelling 45, family 55; image accessed 6 Sep 2011.), 1850.ME.Oxford.Hartford.7.