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Arthur Ephriam Bisbee

Male 1871 - 1948  (77 years)

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  • Name Arthur Ephriam Bisbee  [1, 2]
    Birth 16 May 1871  , Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Male
    Census 16 Jun 1900  Wayne Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Census 18 Apr 1910  Wayne Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Census 13 Feb 1920  Cherrytree Township, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Census 9 Apr 1930  Titusville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Death 25 Nov 1948  Saegertown, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 12] 
    Arthur E Bisbee PA Certificate of Death    		 Arthur E Bisbee PA Certificate of Death
    Crawford county file 96499
    Burial Wattsburg Cemetery, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Person ID I94  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, 13] 
    • 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

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 May 1871 - , 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 MapsCensus - 13 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 - 25 Nov 1948 - Saegertown, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Wattsburg Cemetery, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • never married [6, 7]

  • 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. [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.

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

    7. [S1225] Margaret Jane Dunnihoo, Two Brothers in the Pennsylvania Triangle, (Erie, Pennsylvania: self published, 1974.), p. 24.

    8. [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.

    9. [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.

    10. [S1599] Bisbee, Arthur Ephriam (I94): 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 41, dwelling 86, family 87; image downloaded 11/4/2008.), 1920-Cherry_Tree.104.7.jpg.

    11. [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.

    12. [S1600] Bisbee, Arthur Ephriam: Obit (Meadville), (Meadville, Pennsylvania, Friday, November 26, 1948).

    13. [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.