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Sylvester Sylvanus Bisbee

Male 1844 - 1932  (87 years)

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  • Name Sylvester Sylvanus Bisbee  [1, 2]
    Sylvester Sylvanus Bisbee and Family
    Sylvester Sylvanus Bisbee and Family (18)
    Birth 27 Jun 1844  Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Gender Male
    Census 3 Oct 1850  Bloomfield Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Census 19 Jul 1860  Bloomfield Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Census 4 Jun 1870  Bloomfield Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Census 2 Jun 1880  Bloomfield Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14
    Biography 1885 
    Census 6 Jun 1900  Bloomfield Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    Census 26 Apr 1910  Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    Census 12 Jan 1920  Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Death 20 Mar 1932  Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6, 9, 10, 17, 18
    • Usual residence: 133 S. Main, Union City, Pa.
      Usual occupation: retired. [17]
    Mr. Sylvanus Bisbee Pennsylvania Certificate of Death
    Mr. Sylvanus Bisbee Pennsylvania Certificate of Death
    Erie county file 26715 (1932)
    Burial 25 Mar 1932  Shreve Ridge Cemetery, , Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 9, 10, 17
    Sylvanus S. Bisbee
    Sylvanus S. Bisbee
    Photograph by William F. Bisbee
    Person ID i64  Bisbee
    Last Modified 19 Jul 2017

    Father Reuben Bisbee,   b. 24 Jan 1801, , Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1883, , Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Mother Naomi Rhodes,   b. Abt 23 Jul 1804, , , Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1872, , Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F47  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sylvester Sylvanus Bisbee,   b. 27 Jun 1844, Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1932, Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    Marriage 5 Jul 1869  [3, 6, 9
    Children 
     1. Clarence Eugene Bisbee,   b. 6 Jun 1871, , Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1935, Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    +2. Florina Maude Bisbee,   b. 1876   d. 2 Apr 1926 (Age 50 years)
    +3. Fred Laverne Bisbee,   b. 22 Jun 1878, Bloomfield Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Sep 1930, Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
     4. Jessie Pearl Bisbee,   b. Apr 1882   d. 2 Nov 1947, Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     5. Myrna Cora Bisbee,   b. Nov 1883, , , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1963 (Age 79 years)
    +6. Archie Monroe Bisbee,   b. May 1889, , Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1946 (Age 56 years)
     7. Eva Bisbee,   b. Aug 1891   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F68  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 27 Jun 1844 - Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 3 Oct 1850 - Bloomfield Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 19 Jul 1860 - Bloomfield Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 4 Jun 1870 - Bloomfield Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 2 Jun 1880 - Bloomfield Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 6 Jun 1900 - Bloomfield Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 26 Apr 1910 - Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 12 Jan 1920 - Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 Mar 1932 - Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 25 Mar 1932 - Shreve Ridge Cemetery, , Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Clippings
    Sylvanus Bisbee Family Bible Record
    Sylvanus Bisbee Family Bible Record

  • Notes 
    • Sylvester Sylvanus Bisbee was a Republican, and owned a 200 acre farm. [19]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 20.

    2. [S1225] Margaret Jane Dunnihoo, Two Brothers in the Pennsylvania Triangle, (Erie, Pennsylvania: self published, 1974.), p. 5.

    3. [S1461] Bisbee, Sylvester Sylvanus: Biography, ((Chicago, Warner, Beers & Co., 1885), 791).

    4. [S1413] Bisbee, Sylvester Sylvanus: Death Certificate, (New Castle).

    5. [S1242] Gravestone, Shreve Ridge Cemetery, Union City, PA, photographed and transcribed 2007 by William Bisbee.
      "Bisbee / Sylvanus S. / 1844-1932"

    6. [S1462] Bisbee, Sylvester Sylvanus: Obituary, (Public Library, Union City, Pennsylvania, online at ).

    7. [S2033] Hillyer, Seldon M (I140): 1920 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T625, roll 1567; enumeration district (ED) 140, sheet 15A, page 186A, line 37, dwelling 356, family 397; image downloaded 10/20/2008.), 1920-Union_City_Ward_1.140.29.jpg.

    8. [S2034] Hillyer, Seldon M (I140): 1930 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2002): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T626, roll 2038; enumeration district (ED) 139, sheet 12B, page 153B, line 94, dwelling 337, family 342; image downloaded 10/20/2008.), 1930-Union.139.24.jpg.

    9. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 56.

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

    11. [S1772] Bisbee, Reuben Jr (I41): 1850 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M432, roll 771; page 409(B), line 38, dwelling 2429, family 2455; image downloaded 8/24/2008.), 1850-Bloomfield.8.jpg.

    12. [S1776] Bisbee, Reuben Jr (I41): 1860 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M653, roll 1099; enumerator page 192, master page 76, line 18, dwelling 1423, family 1383; image downloaded 8/24/2008), 1860-Bloomfield.17.jpg.

    13. [S2028] Bisbee, Sylvester Sylvanus (I64): 1870 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2003): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M593, roll 1330; enumerated page 6, master page 36B, line 28, dwelling 49, family 50; image downloaded 10/20/2008.), 1870-Bloomfield.6.jpg.

    14. [S2155] Bisbee, Sylvester B. (I2166): 1880 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T9, roll 860, enumeration district (ED) 60, enumerated page 3, master page 202C, line 18, dwelling 29, family 31; image accessed 12/27/2008.), 1880.NY.Madison.Lebanon.60.3.

    15. [S2030] Bisbee, Sylvester Sylvanus (I64): 1900 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T623, roll 1399; enumeration district (ED) 3, sheet 2B, page 25B, line 94, dwelling 50, family 54; image downloaded 10/20/2008.), 1900-Bloomfield.3.4.jpg.

    16. [S2032] Bisbee, Sylvester Sylvanus (I64): 1910 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2006): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T624, roll 1343; enumeration district (ED) 133, sheet 17B, page 152B, line 74, dwelling 424, family 434; image downloaded 10/20/2008.), 1910-Union_Ward_1.133.4.jpg.

    17. [S2885] Pennsylvania Certificate of Death, Mr. Sylvanus Bisbee, Erie county file 26715 (1932).

    18. [S1433] Bisbee, Sylvester Sylvanus: Probate Files, (Erie, Pennsylvania).

    19. [S1225] Margaret Jane Dunnihoo, Two Brothers in the Pennsylvania Triangle, (Erie, Pennsylvania: self published, 1974.), p. 10.