Rouse Bisbee

1775 - 1852  (76 years)

• Name	Rouse Bisbee  [1]
  Birth	17 Oct 1775	Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 May 1852	Woodstock Town, Oxford, Maine, USA   [2]
  Burial	North Woodstock, Oxford, Maine, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I1149	Bisbee
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2010

  
  

  Father	Charles Bisbee,   b. 1726, East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 3 Jul 1807, Sumner, Oxford, Maine, USA (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Beulah Howland,   b. 1737, Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 1 Sep 1813, Sumner, Oxford, Maine, USA (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	16 Sep 1756	Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  	Family Moved to Pembroke. (Nahum Mitchell)
  Family ID	F502	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife 1	Hannah Carrell   d. 28 Feb 1810
  Marriage	15 Dec 1797  [2]
  	Hannah came from Buckfield, Maine, although one record states they were both from Butterfield, Maine. They were Married by Ichabod Bonney, Esq. [2]
  Children	+ 1. Sophronia Bisbee,   b. 1 Apr 1801, South Paris, Oxford, Maine, USA d. 7 Nov 1865, Woodstock Town, Oxford, Maine, USA (Age 64 years) + 2. Suel Bisbee,   b. 13 Aug 1802, South Paris, Oxford, Maine, USA d. 1 Sep 1886, Greenwood, Oxford, Maine, USA (Age 84 years) + 3. Desire Bisbee,   b. 31 Jan 1805   d. Woodstock Town, Oxford, Maine, USA + 4. Piram Bisbee,   b. 8 Oct 1809, Bethel, Oxford, Maine, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F650	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2009

  
  

  Wife 2	Widow Washburn   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Aft 1809  [2]
  Family ID	F651	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2009

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 17 Oct 1775 - Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Death - 3 May 1852 - Woodstock Town, Oxford, Maine, USA Burial - - North Woodstock, Oxford, Maine, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Rouse Bisbee moved to Paris, Maine in 1801; lived in South Paris. He was a blacksmith and wheelwright. He owned one-quarter acre of land and a store in Paris. He bought part of 8 acres in section 3 on the easterly side of Mill Pond from Solomon Bryant. In 1802 he signed a petition to the House and Senate (Maine) for division of the town. He sold his store in Paris to Morse in 1803 and moved to Belfast, Maine and later to Portland. In 1810 he moved to Woodstock, Maine, built a mill and lived in Woodstock until his death in 1852. He was Moderator of the first town meeting held after the town was incorporated. In 1835 he was defeated as a candidate for District Representative for the State Legislature by R. T. Lurvey. Rouse Bisbee delighted in building water power plants and dams. [3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 49. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 97. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 98.