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Elisha Sylvester Bisbee

Male 1841 - 1864  (23 years)

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  • Name Elisha Sylvester Bisbee  [1]
    Birth 14 Feb 1841  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] 
    Census 6 Jul 1860  Peru, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 23 May 1864  , , Virgina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • During Battle at North Anna Bridge.
    Person ID I6067  Bisbee
    Last Modified 24 Dec 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

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 14 Feb 1841 - 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 MapsCensus - 6 Jul 1860 - Peru, Oxford, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 23 May 1864 - , , Virgina, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Elisha S. Bisbee was but 15 years old when he framed Levi Hunt's house. He enlisted as a private in the 1st Maine Vol. Infantry. He helped raise the 9th Vol. Infantry and was commissioned a 1st Lieutenant in Company F. He was promoted to captain before he was 21 years old. He was killed while in the 4th Maine Infantry. [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. 400.

    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.

    4. [S3228] Bisbee, Hannibal (I4193): 1860 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2009): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M653, roll 444, sheet 26, page 438, line 24, dwelling 191, family 197; image accessed 6 Sep 2011.), 1860.ME.Oxford.Peru.26.