William Wallace Bisbee

1838 - 1858  (20 years)

• Name	William Wallace Bisbee  [1]
  Birth	3 Jul 1838	Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Dec 1858	Cape Of Good Hope, , Cape Province, South Africa   [2]
  Burial	Y  [3]
  	Gravestone inscription: "William Wallace (Bisbee), lost overboard from the ship "ESTHER MAY" of which he was second mate, off the cape of Good Hope, homeward bound from Manilla, Dec. 1858 in his 21st year."
  Person ID	I2101	Bisbee
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2009

  
  

  Father	William Marshall Bisbee,   b. 8 Mar 1805, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. Jan 1859 (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Catherine Warren Harrub,   b. Abt 1807   d. 6 Aug 1887, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	30 Nov 1829
  	"Both of Plympton, Mass." [1]
  Family ID	F1021	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 3 Jul 1838 - Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Death - 21 Dec 1858 - Cape Of Good Hope, , Cape Province, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  He "Died at sea, aged 20 yrs. 5 mos. 18 das." The Plympton inscription reads as follows: "William Wallace Bisbee, who was lost overboard the ship 'Esther (or Esther May),' of which he was second mate, off the Cape of Good Hope; was homeward bound from Manila Dec. 1858, in his 21st year." [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 260. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 380. [S2] Grave Marker, Old Plympton Burying Place. "William Wallace (Bisbee), lost overboard from the ship "ESTHER MAY" of which he was second mate, off the cape of Good Hope, homeward bound from Manilla, Dec. 1858 in his 21st year."