Elijah Bisbee b. 24 Aug 1813 , , New York, USA d. 21 Mar 1879 West Windsor, Eaton, Michigan, USA: A Bisbee Family History

1813 - 1879 (65 years)

Name	Elijah Bisbee [1, 2, 3]
Birth	24 Aug 1813	, , New York, USA [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
Census	7 Aug 1820	Smithfield Town, Madison, New York, USA [9]
Census	1 Jun 1830	Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA [10]
Christening	19 May 1833	Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA
Gender	Male
AFN	RXZ6-8W
Census	1 Jun 1840	Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA [11]
Census	10 Sep 1850	Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA [12]
Census	1855	Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA [13]
Census	28 Jul 1860	Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA [14]
Census	22 Jun 1870	Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA [15]
Death	21 Mar 1879	West Windsor, Eaton, Michigan, USA [8, 16, 17]
Death	Place is tentative.
Burial	Earlville Cemetery, Earlville, Madison, New York, USA [17]
Burial		Elijah and Calista Bisbee Photograph by William F. Bisbee
Person ID	I44	Bisbee
Last Modified	20 Apr 2010

Father	Reuben Bisbee, b. 27 Jul 1776, , Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 Sep 1865, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA (Age 89 years)
Mother	Lydia Cushman, b. 25 Sep 1775, Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 4 Sep 1856, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA (Age 80 years)
Marriage	10 Oct 1797	Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA [2, 18]
Family ID	F31	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Wife Calista Mathewson, b. 1812, Smithfield Town, Madison, New York, USA d. 29 Jul 1894, , Madison, New York, USA (Age 82 years)

Children

	1. Ebenezer Bisbee, b. 9 Apr 1839, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA d. Yes, date unknown [Father: Adopted]
+	2. Stephen M. Bisbee, b. 13 Aug 1840, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA d. 27 May 1911, Randallsville, Madison, New York, USA (Age 70 years)
+	3. Elisha M. Bisbee, b. 5 Apr 1842, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA d. 17 Jul 1908, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA (Age 66 years)
+	4. John Bisbee, b. 23 Jun 1844, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA d. 19 Jan 1908, Nessen City, Benzie, Michigan, USA (Age 63 years)
+	5. Cyrenius Albertus Bisbee, b. 13 Jan 1847, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA d. 8 Sep 1917, Eaton Town, Madison, New York, USA (Age 70 years)
+	6. Caroline Calista Bisbee, b. 17 Jan 1849, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA d. Yes, date unknown
+	7. Eliza L. Bisbee, b. 14 Jul 1851, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA d. Yes, date unknown

Family ID F50 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 14 Oct 2010

Event Map

	Birth - 24 Aug 1813 - , , New York, USA
	Census - 7 Aug 1820 - Smithfield Town, Madison, New York, USA
	Census - 1 Jun 1830 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA
	Christening - 19 May 1833 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA
	Census - 1 Jun 1840 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA
	Census - 10 Sep 1850 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA
	Census - 1855 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA
	Census - 28 Jul 1860 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA
	Census - 22 Jun 1870 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA
	Death - 21 Mar 1879 - West Windsor, Eaton, Michigan, USA
	Burial - - Earlville Cemetery, Earlville, Madison, New York, USA

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Notes
Family lore has it that Elijah Bisbee died in West Windsor, Eaton, Michigan, where he was visiting with his son, John.

Sources

[S1895] Bisbee, Elijah (I44): 1865 NY Census, (Dwelling 88, family 88).
[S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 5.
[S1225] Margaret Jane Dunnihoo, Two Brothers in the Pennsylvania Triangle, (Erie, Pennsylvania: self published, 1974.), p. 7.
[S1339] Margaret J. Bisbee, Bisbee, Reuben (I28): Family Bible List, (Erie, Pennsylvania. Self published, 1974: pp 1-2.).
[S1344] Hope S. Klee, Bisbee, Reuben (128): Family List (Kibbe), (Cortland, New York: student paper, State University, 1965. p. 35.).
[S2223] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Bisbee, Elijah (I44): Family IGI, (Online at ).
[S1736] Note.
The census has Elijah born variously in Jefferson County and in Madison County, New York.
[S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 21.
[S1540] Bisbee, Reuben (I28): 1820 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M33, roll 73; page 47, line 14; image downloaded 8/14/2008), 1820-Smithfield.11.jpg.
[S1542] Bisbee, Reuben (I28): 1830 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M19, roll 93; page 351B, line 4; image downloaded 8/14/2008), 1830-Lebanon.21.jpg.
[S1543] Bisbee, Reuben (I28): 1840 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M704, roll 295; page 130, line 17; image downloaded 8/14/2008), 1840-Lebanon.1.jpg.
[S1908] Bisbee, Elijah (I44): 1850 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M432, roll 527; page 119, line 38, dwelling 2018, family 2062; image downloaded 9/2/2008), 1850-Lebanon.7.jpg.
[S1546] Bisbee, Elijah (I44): 1855 NY Census, (LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, dwelling 70, family 72).
[S1288] Bisbee, Reuben (I28): 1860 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M653, roll 781; enumerator page 22, master page 928, line 15, dwelling 996, family 978; image downloaded 8/14/2008), 1860-Lebanon.22.jpg.
[S1897] Bisbee, Elijah (I44): 1870 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2003): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M593, roll 967; enumerated page 34, master page 275B, line 5, dwelling 294, family 299; image downloaded 9/2/2008), 1870-Lebanon.34.jpg.
[S1555] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, comp., Bisbee, Elijah (1813): IGI Death, (Version 5.0 (Online: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 1999-2005), , accessed 9/6/2005).
[S1336] Gravestone, Earlville Cemetery, Earlville, NY, photographed and transcribed 2007 by William F. Bisbee.
"Elijah Bisbee / 1813-1879"
[S1233] Athrop Foster, editor, Vital Records of Kingston, Mass. to 1850, (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1911.), 176, 204.
Under Marriages: "Bisbe, Reuben [int. Reuben] Jr. and Lydia Cushman [int. 2nd], Oct 10, 1797; Cushman, Lydia [int. 2nd] and Reuben [int. Reuben] Bisbe Jr., Oct 10, 1797."