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Elwin Andrew Bisbee

Male 1873 - 1937  (64 years)

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  • Name Elwin Andrew Bisbee  [1, 2]
    Birth 13 Jan 1873  Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Gender Male
    Census 4 Jun 1900  French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Census 27 Apr 1910  Cherrytree Township, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Census 12 Feb 1920  Cherrytree Township, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Census 9 Apr 1930  Titusville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Death 31 Mar 1937  Titusville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Cause: pneumonia 
    • pneumonia [9]
    Elwin Andrew Bisbee Death Certificate    		 Elwin Andrew Bisbee Death Certificate
    Titusville, Pennsylvania, File No. 30488
    Burial Apr 1937  Wattsburg Cemetery, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 14] 
    Hattie and Elwin Bisbee    		 Hattie and Elwin Bisbee
    Photograph by William F. Bisbee
    Person ID I95  Bisbee
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2009

    Father 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)
    Mother Celinda J. Thompson,   b. 28 Aug 1839, , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1912, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Marriage 19 Feb 1869  Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 15] 
    • 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.
    Family ID F59  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Harriet Mary Teed,   b. 26 Nov 1879, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jan 1956, Titusville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Marriage Nov 1899  [8, 9] 
    Children 
    +1. Mable Bisbee,   b. 7 Jun 1900, French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jul 1954, Titusville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
    +2. Mary A. Bisbee,   b. 16 Apr 1905, , , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Mar 1977, Titusville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F100  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 13 Jan 1873 - Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 4 Jun 1900 - French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 27 Apr 1910 - Cherrytree Township, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 12 Feb 1920 - Cherrytree Township, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 9 Apr 1930 - Titusville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: pneumonia - 31 Mar 1937 - Titusville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Apr 1937 - Wattsburg Cemetery, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Elwin Andrew was born and raised on a farm near Wattsburg, Pa, and took up farming when he grew to manhood. In later years he became a carpenter, and was employed by the Pennzoil plant in Rouseville, Pa. He lived in Titusville on South Perry Street for about 30 years before his death. Services were held from his home at 524 South Perry Street where his daughter, Mary, continued to live. He was named Executor of his mother's estate. -- M. J. Bisbee, Two Brothers in the Pennsylvania Triangle. [9]

  • 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. [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.

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

    5. [S2481] Bisbee, Elwin Andrew: WW1 Draft Card, (Online , Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002).

    6. [S1579] WW1 Draft Registration Cards, (www.ancestry.com, 2005: NARA micropublication M1509, 4582 rolls), Venango County, Pennsylvania, Draft Board 1, roll 1926741.
      September 12, 1918.
      ELWIN ANDREW BISBEE, R.F.D. 5 Titusville, Crawford, PA, ae45, born January 13th, 1873.
      Farmer, self employed in Cherrytree Twp, Venango County, PA.
      Wife: Hattie M. bisbee.
      Physical description: medium height, medium build, brown eyes, brown hair.

    7. [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.

    8. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 130.

    9. [S1225] Margaret Jane Dunnihoo, Two Brothers in the Pennsylvania Triangle, (Erie, Pennsylvania: self published, 1974.), p. 25.

    10. [S2482] Bisbee, Elwin Andrew (I95): 1900 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T623, roll 1014; enumeration district (ED) 95, sheet 2B, page 16B, line 91, dwelling 45, family 47; image accessed 12/21/2008.), 1900.NY.Chautauqua.French Creek.95.4.

    11. [S2483] Bisbee, Elwin Andrew (I95): 1910 US Census, (ELWIN BISBEE household, 27 Apr 1910, ED 106, page 26A, line 32, family 97; NARA micropublication T624, roll 1423; Ancestry.com image PAT624_1423-0665, online: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005, subscription database, www.ancestry.com (2006): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T624, roll 1423; enumeration district (ED) 106, sheet 6A, page 26A, line 32, family 97; image accessed 12/21/2008.), 1910.PA.Venango.Cherrytree.106.

    12. [S2484] Bisbee, Elwin Andrew (I95): 1920 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T625, roll 1656; enumeration district (ED) 104, sheet 4A, page 17A, line 10, dwelling 80, family 81; image accessed 12/21/2008.), 1920.PA.Venango.Cherrytree.104.7.

    13. [S2485] Bisbee, Elwin Andrew (I95): 1930 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2002): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T626, roll 2023; enumeration district (ED) 53, sheet 6A, page 133A, line 12, dwelling 137, family 137; image accessed 12/21/2008.), 1930.PA.Crawford.Titusville.53.11.

    14. [S1601] Bisbee, Elwin Andrew: Grave Marker, (Wattsburg Cemetery, Erie County, Pennsylvania).

    15. [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.