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Benjamin Franklin Bisbee

Male 1842 - 1923  (80 years)

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  • Name Benjamin Franklin Bisbee  [1]
    Birth 22 Jun 1842  Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 2 Aug 1850  Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 9 Jan 1923  Bucklin, Ford, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Burial Bucklin Cemetery, Bucklin, Ford, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Benjamin Franklin Bisbee Memorial with Gravestone Photos    		 Benjamin Franklin Bisbee Memorial with Gravestone Photos
    created at Find A Grave by Twist
    Person ID I9269  Bisbee
    Last Modified 7 Jul 2015

    Father Isaac Bisbee,   b. 1 Jan 1813, Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jul 1893, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Mother Amanda Fox,   b. 13 Nov 1815, Penn Yan, Yates, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Feb 1891, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Marriage 29 Oct 1835  , Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Couple moved to Ann Arbor, Mich.
      Taken from 1850 Washtenaw Co, MI census and descendants of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, ALBERT & ORSON BISBEE. [5]
    Family ID F836  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rebecca Jane Grissom,   b. 17 Aug 1843, Cicero, Hamilton, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1919, Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Marriage 1 Jan 1867  Mason City, Mason, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7, 8] 
    • The B. F. Bisbee family came to Meade County in 1887 from Champaign County, Ill. in a covered wagon with their six children and driving two white mules. They first settled on some land southwest of Plains where they lived in a dugout for a short time. They then moved southwest of Plains, where they filed on a quarter of land and proved their claims up. This land is still owned by members of the Bisbee family.

      When B. F. Bisbee built the first wood frame hs for his family, he hauled the lumber from Dodge City, taking four days with a lumber wagon. His children hunted buffalo chips to burn in the stove to heat their hs their first winters when they were cold and hungry. --Taken from "Plains Centennial" printed 1985.
    Children 
     1. Carrie Amanda Bisbee,   b. 23 Jan 1868, , Mason, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Oct 1955 (Age 87 years)
     2. Louis Wetzel Bisbee,   b. 9 Feb 1869, , Mason, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1872, , Logan, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
     3. Benjamin Franklin Bisbee, Jr.,   b. 24 Jan 1871, , Logan, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1871 (Age 0 years)
     4. Charles Edward Bisbee,   b. 20 Feb 1872, , Logan, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jul 1873 (Age 1 year)
    +5. Birdie Grace Bisbee,   b. 20 Apr 1874, Smyrna Town, Chenango, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jul 1934, Bucklin, Ford, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     6. Minnie Pearl Bisbee,   b. 20 Apr 1874, , Champaign, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Aug 1875, , , Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
    +7. Leona Josephene Bisbee,   b. 27 May 1876, , Champaign, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jul 1955, Ford, Ford, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     8. Myrtle Bisbee,   b. 28 Oct 1880, , Champaign, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1934 (Age 53 years)
     9. Maude Bisbee,   b. 28 Oct 1880, , Champaign, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Aug 1948 (Age 67 years)
    +10. William Isaac Bisbee,   b. 22 Dec 1883, , Champaign, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Mar 1955, Plains, Meade, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F4140  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Aug 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 22 Jun 1842 - Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 2 Aug 1850 - Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Jan 1867 - Mason City, Mason, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 9 Jan 1923 - Bucklin, Ford, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Bucklin Cemetery, Bucklin, Ford, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 38.

    2. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 102.

    3. [S2754] www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Internet Website.

    4. [S2566] Bisbee, Isaac (i1482): 1850 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M432, roll 364; page 230, line 29, dwelling 821, family 821; image accessed 8/26/2009.), 1850.MI.Washtenaw.Ann Arbor.105.

    5. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 147.

    6. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 37.

    7. [S1261] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900, Online, B. Frank Bisbee & Rebecca J. Grissom, 01/01/1867, vol 3 , p 6, Mason County.

    8. [S1084] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, comp., International Genealogical Index (R), (Version 5.0 (Online: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 1999-2005), : FamilySearch (TM) Internet Genealogy Service, 50 East North Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150).