Ruth Ann Bisbee

1838 - 1906  (68 years)

• Name	Ruth Ann Bisbee  [1, 2]
  Birth	21 Jan 1838	Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1 Jun 1840	Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA   [10]
  Census	9 Sep 1850	Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA   [11]
  Census	19 Jul 1860	Smyrna Town, Chenango, New York, USA   [12]
  Census	13 Jul 1870	Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   [13]
  Census	2 Jun 1880	French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA   [14]
  Census	4 Jun 1900	French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA   [15]
  Last Will and Testament	12 May 1906
  Death	2 Jun 1906	French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA   [3, 9, 16]
  Burial	4 Jun 1906	Wattsburg Cemetery, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   [3, 6]
  	Gravestone inscription: "Ruth Ann / Wife Of / Erastus D. Reynolds / 1838-1906." -- read by Wm. F. Bisbee, 1998.
  		Ruth Ann Reynolds Photograph by William F. Bisbee
  Person ID	I51	Bisbee
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2009

  
  

  Father	Joseph Cushman Bisbee,   b. 5 Jun 1803, , Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 24 Dec 1873, Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Sally Ann Morey,   b. Abt 4 Oct 1809, Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut, USA d. 19 Feb 1890, Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	, Madison, New York, USA   [4]
  Family ID	F28	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Husband 1	John W. Reynolds,   b. Abt 1825, , , New York, USA d. 2 Jan 1866, Smyrna Town, Chenango, New York, USA (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1860	, , New York, USA   [12]
  Children	1. Charles Reynolds,   b. Abt 1855, , , New York, USA d. Yes, date unknown   2. Addison Elmer Reynolds,   b. 10 Feb 1861, , Chenango, New York, USA d. 2 Nov 1942, Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 81 years) + 3. Nellie Amelia Reynolds,   b. 2 Aug 1864, Smyrna Town, Chenango, New York, USA d. 22 Jun 1927, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F7477	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2009

  
  

  Husband 2	Erastus D. Reynolds,   b. 28 Jun 1844, , , New York, USA d. 29 Jul 1884, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	28 Jun 1871	Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   [17, 18, 19]
  	An 1881 Atlas of Chautauqua County, NY shows a 50-acre parcel, with house, fronting on Old State Line Rd. belonging to Mrs. R. A. Reynolds.
  Children	+ 1. Mary Jane Reynolds,   b. 29 Aug 1873, French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA d. 12 Apr 1961, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 87 years)   2. Frank L. Reynolds,   b. 28 Nov 1880, French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA d. 17 Feb 1949 (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F57	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2009

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 21 Jan 1838 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Census - 1 Jun 1840 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Census - 9 Sep 1850 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Marriage - Abt 1860 - , , New York, USA Census - 19 Jul 1860 - Smyrna Town, Chenango, New York, USA Census - 13 Jul 1870 - Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Marriage - 28 Jun 1871 - Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Census - 2 Jun 1880 - French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA Census - 4 Jun 1900 - French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA Death - 2 Jun 1906 - French Creek Town, Chautauqua, New York, USA Burial - 4 Jun 1906 - Wattsburg Cemetery, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [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). [S1457] Reynolds, Ruth A. Bisbee: Marriage, (Washington, D. C.: National Archives). [S43] Reynolds, Erastus D: CWPF, (Washington, D. C.: National Archives 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.