Rev. Martin Davis Bisbee

1845 - 1913  (68 years)

• Name	Martin Davis Bisbee  [1]
  Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	21 Jun 1845	Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Aug 1913	North Windham, Cumberland, Maine, USA   [2]
  Burial	Dartmouth College Cemetery, Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA   [3]
  		Marvin Davis Bisbee Memorial with Gravestone Photos and Biography Find A Grave memorial created by LadyGoshen
  Person ID	I3802	Bisbee
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2012

  
  

  Father	Abner Bisbee,   b. 11 Dec 1806, Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA d. 29 Jul 1895, Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Cynthia Rolph,   b. 1811, Chester, Windsor, Vermont, USA d. 7 Nov 1876, Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	Married by Rev. Ezra Fisher. [1]
  Family ID	F852	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Susan Augusta Silsby,   b. 1843   d. 20 Mar 1908 (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	22 Aug 1873  [2]
  	Susan lived in Claremont, NH. [2]
  Children	+ 1. Catherine R. Bisbee,   b. 3 May 1875, , , New Hampshire, USA d. 28 May 1955, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F1857	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2009

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 21 Jun 1845 - Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA Death - 28 Aug 1913 - North Windham, Cumberland, Maine, USA Burial - - Dartmouth College Cemetery, Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Rev. Marvin Davis Bisbee attended Dartmouth College and received his A. B. in 1871 and an Honorary Masters in 1908. He attended Andover Theological Seminary from 1871 to 1873 and received a D. D. from Chicago Theological Seminary in 1874. He was ordained a Congregational minister in 1874. Rev. Bisbee was pastor at Fishville, now Penacook, NH, from 1874 to 1877 and pastor at Wood Memorial Church, Cambridge, Mass. from 1877 to 1881. He was associate editor of the Boston Congregationalist, House of Auburnville, Mass. from 1881 to 1886. In 1893 Rev. Bisbee became Professor of Divinity and Librarian of Dartmouth College. He was also a member of the New Hampshire Historical Society and the Virginia Historical Society. He was living in Hanover, NH in 1911. Among his writings were: "Bibliography of Dartmouth College, " 1894; "Bibliographical Sketches of Librarians and Bibliographers" and in 1887 he wrote "Songs of the Pilgrims." In 1894 he read an article, "Influence of Bishop Berkeley on New England Thought" and in 1898 he wrote "Function of the Library in the Education of Life." He d. "Aged 68 yrs. 2 mos. 7 das." [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 146. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 255. [S2754] www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Internet Website.