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John Bisbee^{[1, 2, 3]}
1839 - 1932

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• Birth	16 Apr 1839	West Peru, Oxford, Maine, USA   [4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Census	2 Aug 1850	Peru, Oxford, Maine, USA   [6]
  Census	6 Jun 1860	Wilton, Franklin, Maine, USA   [7]
  Census	6 Jul 1870	Wilton, Franklin, Maine, USA   [8]
  Census	10 Jun 1880	Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, USA   [9]
  Census	30 Jun 1900	Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, USA   [10]
  Census	16 Apr 1910	Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, USA   [11]
  Census	12 Jan 1920	Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, USA   [12]
  Census	10 Apr 1930	Radnor, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA   [13]
  Died	7 Nov 1932	Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, USA   [4, 5]
  		John Bisbee (1839-1932) Obituary
  Buried	Riverside Cemetery, Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, USA   [4, 5]
  		John Bisbee Photograph by Karen Bisbee Ulrich
  		John and Ardelia Frances Small Bisbee Family Plot Photograph by Karen Bisbee Ulrich
  Person ID	I1829	Bisbee
  Last Modified	02 May 2010

  
  

  Father	Jones Bisbee,   b. 2 Feb 1809, Sumner, Oxford, Maine, USA ,   d. 18 Nov 1874, Sumner, Oxford, Maine, USA
  Mother	Rebekah Robinson,   b. 3 Dec 1812, East Sumner, Oxford, Maine, USA ,   d. 7 Jul 1889, Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, USA
  Married	6 Jun 1838
  Family ID	F994	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Ardelia Frances Small,   b. 26 Jun 1843, Wilton, Franklin, Maine, USA ,   d. 29 Dec 1939, Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, USA
  Married	23 May 1863	Wilton, Franklin, Maine, USA   [3, 4]
  	Married by Rev. Badger. [14]
  Children	1. Melvina Frances Bisbee,   b. 9 Jun 1864, Wilton, Franklin, Maine, USA ,   d. 16 Aug 1953, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   2. John Oscar Bisbee,   b. 18 Jul 1866, Garden City, Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 2 Aug 1943, Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, USA   3. Samuel Sylvester Bisbee,   b. 11 Nov 1868, Garden City, Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 25 Oct 1950, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   4. Edgar Charles Bisbee,   b. 15 Mar 1871, Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Albert Jerimiah Bisbee,   b. 30 Jul 1873, Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 2 Dec 1956, , Carver, Minnesota, USA   6. Mabel Abigail Bisbee,   b. 29 Jun 1875, Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 27 Jul 1954, Beloit, Rock, Wisconsin, USA   7. Arthur Leonard Bisbee,   b. 13 Apr 1877, Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 7 Jul 1955, Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA   8. Frank Jones Bisbee,   b. 20 Oct 1879, Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 25 Sep 1957, Stoddard, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA   9. Maurice Small Bisbee,   b. 2 Sep 1881, Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, USA ,   d. Dec 1967   10. Elmer Bisbee,   b. 19 Apr 1883, Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 7 Jun 1950, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA   11. Everett Hall Bisbee,   b. 10 Mar 1885, Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 22 Jan 1919, Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, USA   12. Carroll Ellsworth Bisbee,   b. 4 Jul 1887, Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 30 Jun 1975, Salem, Marion, Oregon, USA   13. Ardelia Rebecca Bisbee,   b. 8 Sep 1889, Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Histories		The John Bisbee (I1829) Family As Told by Malvina Palmer, 1962 A biography of the John Bisbee - Ardelia Small Family of Madelia, Minnesota. Shared by Eleanor Bisbee McCutcheon
  Albums		John and Ardelia Small Bisbee Family Album (24)
  Last Modified	06 Aug 2009
  Family ID	F996	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Event Birth - 16 Apr 1839 - West Peru, Oxford, Maine, USA Census - 2 Aug 1850 - Peru, Oxford, Maine, USA Census - 6 Jun 1860 - Wilton, Franklin, Maine, USA Married - 23 May 1863 - Wilton, Franklin, Maine, USA Census - 6 Jul 1870 - Wilton, Franklin, Maine, USA Census - 10 Jun 1880 - Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, USA Census - 30 Jun 1900 - Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, USA Census - 16 Apr 1910 - Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, USA Census - 12 Jan 1920 - Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, USA Census - 10 Apr 1930 - Radnor, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA Died - 7 Nov 1932 - Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, USA Buried - - Riverside Cemetery, Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, USA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Albums

  John Bisbee (1839-1932) (3) Son of Jones and Rebekah Robinson Bisbee of Sumner, Maine

  
  

• Notes

  When John Bisbee was 19 years old he worked in a Massachusetts shoe factory where he remained for about one year before going to sea for the summer on a cod fishing vessel in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Following these experiences he attended Auburn Academy in Maine. His former employer in Massachusetts having recommended him to Messrs. Patten, Lane and Merriam, shoe manufacturers and wholesalers, John took a position in the shoe business and remained with the firm in New York City for over two years. The firm failed during the Civil War because many of their customers were in the South. John Bisbee volunteered for military service in April 1861 but was not accepted. He later returned to Maine and taught school and farmed at Wilton. John left Maine on March 20, 1865 with his wife and infant daughter for the West, staying in Sparta, Wisconsin for a while. He next set out for Minnesota by team in company with his cousin, Benjamin Frank Thompson, who settled in Kasota, Minn. on a farm. John Bisbee bought land near Garden City as the outlying country was beset by fears resulting from the Sioux Indian massacre of settlers in the Minnesota Valley. John taught school and farmed for a time and then for the next four years worked in the T. N. Boynton and Company store in Garden City. The following four and one-half years he worked as a bookkeeper and salesman in Madalia, Minn. In 1874 John Bisbee formed a partnership with Matthias Olson in a merchandising, grain and produce business in Madelia. The firm, first as Bisbee and Olson, and later as Bisbee, Olson and Boynton, carried on successfully for 17 years at which time (1891) Bisbee sold out to Olson. For a number of years thereafter Bisbee engaged in the farming, stock raising and the grain business. John Bisbee was greatly interested in the development of the new country which in his youth had been described as "The Great American Desert." He always considered it one of the best agricultural regions of the world. John Bisbee made long and continued efforts for many years to develop a superior seedling apple adapted to the climate of Minnesota and the midwest. He always took an active interest in public affairs and during his long residence in Minnesota served the community in various ways. John Bisbee is buried at Riverside Cemetery, Madelia. [4]




• Sources

  [S2309] Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, Descendants of John and Joanna Brooks Bisbee, Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI). [S2291] Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, Descendants of Thomas Besbeech (Bisbee) of Scituate, Duxbury and Sudbury, Massachusetts, Frank Jones Bisbee, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 185. [S2002] New England Genealogical and Historical Register, 1958, p. 312. [S2291] Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, Descendants of Thomas Besbeech (Bisbee) of Scituate, Duxbury and Sudbury, Massachusetts, Frank Jones Bisbee, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 301. [S3000] Riverside Cemetery, Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, Grave Markers, Marker for John Bisbee. "Father / John Bisbee / Apr.16, 1839 / Nov. 7, 1932" [S2936] Jones Bisbee Household: 1850 US Census Population Schedule, Peru, Oxford, Maine, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M432, roll 435; page 141B, line 21, dwelling 125, family 136; image accessed 4/29/2010.). [S2937] William Badger Household: 1860 US Census Population Schedule, Wilton, Franklin, Maine, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M653, roll 435; enumerated page 2, master page 948, line 26, dwelling 14, family 14; image accessed 4/29/2010.). [S2939] John Bisbee Household: 1870 US Census Population Schedule, Wilton, Franklin, Maine, (www.ancestry.com (2003): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M593, roll 543; enumerated page 48, master page 247B, line 22, dwelling 6, family 6; image accessed 4/29/2010.). [S2941] John Bisbee Household: 1880 US Census Population Schedule, Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T9, roll 637; enumeration district (ED) 264, enumerated page 10, master page 386B, line 6, dwelling 95, family 97; image accessed 4/29/2010.). [S2943] John Bisbee Household: 1900 US Census Population Schedule, Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T623, roll 796; enumeration district (ED) 264, sheet 13A, page 47A, line 9, dwelling 271, family 284; image downloaded 4/29/2010.). [S2949] John Bisbie Household: 1910 US Census Population Schedule, Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, (www.ancestry.com (2006): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T624, roll 730; enumeration district (ED) 185, sheet 2B, page 212B, line 67, dwelling 45, family 47; image accessed 4/29/2010.). [S2959] John Bisbee Household: 1920 US Census Population Schedule, Madelia, Watonwan, Minnesota, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T625, roll 866; enumeration district (ED) 217, sheet 8A, page 219A, line 11, dwelling 179, family 186; image accessed 4/29/2010.). [S2976] Mellie Warner Household: 1930 US Census Population Schedule, Radnor, Delaware, Pennsylvania, (www.ancestry.com (2002): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T626, roll 2032; enumeration district (ED) 113, sheet 11B, page 58B, line 95, dwelling 205, family 205; image accessed 5/1/2010.). [S2291] Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, Descendants of Thomas Besbeech (Bisbee) of Scituate, Duxbury and Sudbury, Massachusetts, Frank Jones Bisbee, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 419.