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- [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 20.
- [S1225] Margaret Jane Dunnihoo, Two Brothers in the Pennsylvania Triangle, (Erie, Pennsylvania: self published, 1974.), p. 6.
- [S45] New York State Department of Health, Reynolds, Ruth Ann Bisbee: Death Certificate, (French Creek Town Clerk's Office, Chatauqua County, New York, 1906).
- [S1739] Bisbee, Joseph C (I26): Family Biography, ((Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884, Part VI - Amity twp), 4).
- [S2056] Bisbee, Joseph C Estate: C. B. Bisbee et. al., (Erie County Courthouse, Erie, Pennsylvania).
- [S1560] Reynolds, Ruth Ann Bisbee: Gravestone, (Wattsburg Cemetery, Wattsburg, Erie County, Pennsylvania).
- [S1793] Bisbee, Joseph C (I26): 1855 NY Census.
- [S2069] Reynolds, Erastus D. (I2561): 1875 NY State Census, (family 47.).
- [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 57.
- [S1785] Bisbee, Joseph C (I26): 1840 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M704, roll 295; page 138, line 10; image downloaded 8/26/2008), 1840-Lebanon.17.jpg.
- [S1788] Bisbee, Joseph C (I26): 1850 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M432, roll 527; page 118, line 24, dwelling 2000, family 2044; image downloaded 8/26/2008), 1850-Lebanon.5.jpg.
- [S48] Reynolds, Timothy P. (I23230): 1860 US Census, ((2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M653, roll 733; enumerated page 121, master page 106, line 36, dwelling 976, family 998; image downloaded 11/3/2008.), 1860-Smyrna.23.jpg.
- [S1806] Bisbee, Joseph C (I26): 1870 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2003): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M593, roll 1339; enumerated page 16, master page 118(B), line 29, dwelling 139, family 139; image downloaded 8/30/2008), 1870-Amity.16.jpg.
- [S2071] Reynolds, Erastus D. (I2561): 1880 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T9, roll 815; enumeration district (ED) 57, enumerated page 2B, master page 374B, line 25, dwelling 22, family 22; image downloaded 11/3/2008.), 1880-French_Creek.57.2.jpg.
- [S2073] Reynolds, Ruth A. Bisbee (I51): 1900 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T623, roll 1014; enumeration district (ED) 95, sheet 2B, page 16B, line 90, dwelling 44, family 46; image downloaded 11/3/2008.), 1900-French_Creek.95.4.jpg.
- [S973] Reynolds, Ruth Ann Bisbee: Probate, (Chautauqua County Courthouse, Mayville, New York, (decree) volume 19, page 284, (letters) volume 9, page 262).
- [S42] Reynolds, Ruth A. Bisbee: Widow's Declaration (CWPF), (Washington, D. C.: National Archives).
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Soldier's Pension Application No. 420 002
Soldier's Pension Certificate No. 330 497
Widow's Pension Application No. 319 872
Widow Certificate No. 223 608
Disabled son's Pension Application No. 861 333
Disabled son's Certificate No. 634 942).
Ruth Bisbee married John W. Reynolds about 1860 in Smyrna, Chenango, New York, by whom she had two normal, healthy children, Addison and Nellie. After John's death in 1866, Ruth moved to French Creek, Chautauqua County, New York, across the road from her father. In 1871 she married her first cousin, Erastus D. Reynolds, and had two children by him: Frank L. and Mary Jane Reynolds. Frank was severely retarded and his intellectual capacity never exceded that of a child, five to ten years old. In her will, Ruth directed that her son Addison care for his half-brother after her death. On 28 October 1907, Addison became guardian to Frank and collected a Helpless Child disability for him, stemming from his father's Civil War service. When Addison died in 1942, a trust company in Pittsburg was appointed gaurdian. Frank went to live with his sister Mary Jane Gorndt, who, in the opinion of Veteran's Administration Field Examiners, was of limited intelligence, and displayed signs of extreme nervousness. "She was a frail neurotic type of person." A neighbor had convinced Mary Jane that she should not accept any money from the government to avoid a lot of red tape and trouble. For years, she adamantly refused to take Frank for a Veteran's Administraion physical examination. She even went so far as to hire a lawyer to make the government stop paying Frank's monthly benefit. Frank's legal guardian, the trust company in Pittsburg, refused to allow his disability payments to be discontinued. The Veterans Administration found itself in the unusual position of fighting for Frank to keep his benefits against the wishes of his family. Frank was paid a Civil War disability pension up until he died in 1949.
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