Our Family Genealogy Pages


Discovering our American, Canadian and European Ancestors

First Name Last Name
Print Bookmark

Celinda J. Thompson

Female 1839 - 1912  (72 years)

Personal Information    |    Sources    |    Event Map    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Celinda J. Thompson  [1, 2]
    Birth 28 Aug 1839  , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Female
    Alt. Birth , , Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1 Jun 1840  Stockholm Town, Saint Lawrence, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 21 Aug 1850  Crown Point, Essex, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 24 Aug 1860  Crown Point, Essex, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Census 29 Jul 1870  Wayne Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Census 16 Jun 1900  Wayne Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Census 18 Apr 1910  Wayne Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Last Will and Testament 20 Sep 1910  [11] 
    Death 13 Jan 1912  Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 12, 13] 
    Celinda Thompson Bisbee PA Certificate of Death    		 Celinda Thompson Bisbee PA Certificate of Death
    Amity twp, Erie, Pennsylvania File 6683
    Burial Wattsburg Cemetery, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Ephraim and Celinda Bisbee    		 Ephraim and Celinda Bisbee
    Photograph by William F. Bisbee
    Person ID I93  Bisbee
    Last Modified 5 Dec 2009

    Father Oka Thompson,   b. 25 Feb 1806   d. 1870-1880 (Age 73 years)
    Mother Jane D. Stevens,   b. 21 Jul 1815   d. 20 Feb 1890, , Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Marriage 1 Jan 1833 
    Family ID F45  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ephraim Bisbee,   b. 20 Nov 1841, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Feb 1890, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
    Marriage 19 Feb 1869  Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 14] 
    • Celinda was not from the local area. She was raised at Crown Point, New York, and at the time of her marriage to Ephraim, her family was still living there. According to Ephraim's Civil War record, they were married near Wattsburg. It is not known why Celinda was in the Wattsburg area.

      Ephraim and Celinda were married by Bryan S. Hill, Minister of the Gospel and the ceremony was witnessed by A. E. Reynolds (Addison Reynolds) and Ruth A. Reynolds.
    Children 
     1. Oka J. Bisbee,   b. Dec 1869   d. 13 Jun 1871, , Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     2. Arthur Ephriam Bisbee,   b. 16 May 1871, , Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1948, Saegertown, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    +3. Elwin Andrew Bisbee,   b. 13 Jan 1873, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1937, Titusville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    +4. Mary Viva Bisbee,   b. 16 Nov 1874, Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1942, Venango Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    +5. Sarah Ann Bisbee,   b. 12 Jul 1877, Wayne Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1941, Corry, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    +6. Curtis Clark Bisbee,   b. 3 Sep 1883, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1961, Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F59  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 28 Aug 1839 - , , New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAlt. Birth - - , , Vermont, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1 Jun 1840 - Stockholm Town, Saint Lawrence, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 21 Aug 1850 - Crown Point, Essex, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 24 Aug 1860 - Crown Point, Essex, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 19 Feb 1869 - Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 29 Jul 1870 - Wayne Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 16 Jun 1900 - Wayne Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 18 Apr 1910 - Wayne Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 13 Jan 1912 - Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Wattsburg Cemetery, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    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. 58.

    2. [S1225] Margaret Jane Dunnihoo, Two Brothers in the Pennsylvania Triangle, (Erie, Pennsylvania: self published, 1974.), p. 13.

    3. [S1598] Bisbee, Celinda J. Thompson: Grave Marker, (Wattsburg cemetery, Erie County, Pennsylvania).

    4. [S2083] Bisbee, Ephraim (I53): 1880 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T9, roll 1129; enumeration district (ED) 178, enumerated page 17, master page 322A, line 23, dwelling 180, family 189; image downloaded 11/4/2008.), 1880-Wayne.178.17.jpg.

    5. [S2084] Thompson, Oka (I39): 1840 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M704, roll 335; page 298(B), line 10; image downloaded 11/4/2008.), 1840-Stockholm.25.jpg.

    6. [S2086] Thompson, Oka (I39): 1850 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M432, roll 504; page 367(B), line 32, dwelling 300, family 302; image downloaded 11/4/2008.), 1850-Crown_Point.38.jpg.

    7. [S2087] Thompson, Oka (I39): 1860 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M653, roll 753; enumerated page 27, master page 123, line 23, dwelling 211, family 207; image downloaded 11/4/2008.), 1860-Crown_Point.27.jpg.

    8. [S2082] Bisbee, Ephraim (I53): 1870 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2003): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M593, roll 1341; enumerated page 18, master page 533(B), line 7, dwelling 136, family 133; image downloaded 11/4/2008.), 1870-Wayne.18.jpg.

    9. [S2478] Bisbee, Arthur Ephriam (I94): 1900 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T623, roll 1409; enumeration district (ED) 131, sheet 7A, page 26A, line 42, dwelling 169, family 169; image downloaded 11/4/2008.), 1900-Wayne.131.13.jpg.

    10. [S2479] Bisbee, Arthur Ephriam (I94): 1910 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2006): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T624, roll 1343; enumeration district (ED) 140, sheet 2A, page 235A, line 19, dwelling 27, family 27; image downloaded 11/4/2008.), 1910-Wayne.140.3.jpg.

    11. [S2402] Erie County, Pennsylvania, Probate Records, (Erie County Courthouse, Erie, Pennsylvania), File 18893, Celinda J. Bisbee Last Will & Testament.
      "Last will and testament of Celinda J. Bisbee (widow) of Wayne Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania. "Item 1: I will and direct that the sum of twenty-five dollars each shall be paid to my sons Elwin A. Bisbee and Curtis C. Bisbee. "Item 2: I will and direct that the sum of fifty dollars each be paid to my daughters Viva M. Taylor and Annie S. Buxton and that my feather bed and pillows be given to my daughter Annie S. Buxton. "Item 3: I will and devise that my wearing apparel be equally divided between my daughters Viva M. Taylor and Annie S. Buxton. "Item 4: I will and devise that my Executor herin after named shall cause to be placed at my grave a marker as near like the one of my husband's grave as possible, and to pay for the same out of the proceeds of my estate. "Item 5: I will and direct that the remainder of my property both real and personal and mixed shall be given to my son Arthur E. Bisbee to his own personal use, during the period of his natural life. At his death should he leave a wife or heirs, I will and direct that the estate shall go to them. In (blank) "Item 6: I hereby constitute and appoint my son Elwin A. Bisbee Executor of this my last will and testament written on one full sheet of legal cap. paper, and to which I have affixed my hand and seal this twentieth day of September, A D one thousand nine hundred and ." /s/ Celinda J. Bisbee.

    12. [S1239] Civil War Pension File, Ephraim Bisbee (Private, Co F, 111 Pa Volunteer Infantry ) , WC-293-240.
      Re: Pensioner Celinda J. Bisbee (Soldier: Ephraim Bisbee).
      "I have the honor to report that the above named pensioner who was last paid $12, to 4 Jan 1912, has been dropped because of death Jan 13-1912."

    13. [S2090] Bisbee, Celinda J. Thompson: Probate, (Erie County Courthouse, Erie, Pennsylvania).

    14. [S1239] Civil War Pension File, Ephraim Bisbee (Private, Co F, 111 Pa Volunteer Infantry ) , WC-293-240.
      Celinda J. Bisbee, the former Celinda J. Thompson, provides statements that she was married on 19 Feb 1869, near Wattsburg, Pennsylvania, by Minister of the Gospel, Bryan S. Hill, and that neither she nor Ephraim had been previously married. She cannot provide documented proof of her marriage, because Rev. Hill has died and, according to Hill's wife, he did not keep records. Ruth A. Reynolds, Charles A. Bisbee, Curtis C. Bisbee and others testify that they were present at her marriage and confirm the date, place and by whom.