Franklin Bisbee

1800 - 1868  (68 years)

• Name	Franklin Bisbee  [1]
  Birth	26 May 1800	Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	2 Aug 1850	Canton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA   [3]
  Death	20 Nov 1868	Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I1880	Bisbee
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	John Bisbee,   b. 15 Apr 1747, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 1 Nov 1817, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Mary Edson,   b. 24 May 1772, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 2 Feb 1833, East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	17 Oct 1817	Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F661	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Lovina Bisbee,   b. 12 Aug 1797, East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 Dec 1877, Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 80 years)
  Intentions Pub	19 Aug 1820
  Marriage	1 Sep 1820  [2]
  	Franklin Bisbee was from Canton, Mass. [2]
  Alt. Marriage	20 Sep 1820
  	Alt. Marriage
  Children	1. Lovina Bisbee,   b. 25 Sep 1821, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 26 May 1822, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 0 years) + 2. Benjamin Franklin Bisbee,   b. 19 Mar 1823, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. Yes, date unknown + 3. Otis Bisbee,   b. 17 Aug 1825, Canton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 11 Aug 1906, New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA (Age 80 years)   4. Amanda L. Bisbee,   b. 4 May 1827, Canton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d. Yes, date unknown   5. John R. Bisbee,   b. 6 Aug 1830, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 Sep 1833, Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 3 years)   6. Mary E. Bisbee,   b. 19 Nov 1834, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 1 Jan 1924, Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F1008	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2009

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 26 May 1800 - Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Census - 2 Aug 1850 - Canton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Death - 20 Nov 1868 - Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Franklin Bisbee was reputed to excel in the art of making steel. He learned the trade in Canton, Mass. at the age of 20; commenced to work for himself at Bridgewater and manufactured the first cast steel hoes and shovels. He moved to Canton, Mass. in 1849 and made mason's trowels. He also patented an improvement on a ferrule. He died "Aged 68 Yrs. 5 Mos. 25 Das." [6]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 55. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), pp. 110, 230. [S1087] Bisbee, Franklin (I1880): 1850 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M432, roll 329; page 158(B), line 19, dwelling 281, family 314; image accessed 12/21/2008.), 1850.MA.Norfolk.Canton.40. [S1990] Carrol Andrew Edson, Edson Family History and Genealogy, (Ann Arbor, Mich. Lithographed by Edwards Bros., 1969), vol 2, p. 643. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 9. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 111.