Curtis Clark Bisbee^[1]

1883 - 1961  (77 years)

• Name	Curtis Clark Bisbee  [2, 3]
  Birth	3 Sep 1883	Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Gender	Male
  Census	16 Jun 1900	Wayne Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   [13]
  Census	25 Apr 1910	Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   [14]
  Census	26 Jan 1920	Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   [15]
  Census	12 Apr 1930	Cambridge Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA   [16]
  Census	27 Apr 1950	Cambridge Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA   [17]
  Death	27 Jan 1961	Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA   [5, 12, 18]
  		Curtis Clark Bisbee Death Certificate Meadville, Pennsylvania, File No. 003274-61
  Burial	Mitchell Cemetery, Cambridge Springs, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA   [18]
  		Curtis C. Bisbee Memorial with Headstone Photo Maintained by Dottie Kunselman at Find A Grave
  Person ID	I97	Bisbee
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2009

  
  

  Father	Ephraim Bisbee,   b. 20 Nov 1841, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA d. 14 Feb 1890, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Celinda J. Thompson,   b. 28 Aug 1839, , , New York, USA d. 13 Jan 1912, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	19 Feb 1869	Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   [2, 3, 19]
  	Celinda was not from the local area. She was raised at Crown Point, New York, and at the time of her marriage to Ephraim, her family was still living there. According to Ephraim's Civil War record, they were married near Wattsburg. It is not known why Celinda was in the Wattsburg area. Ephraim and Celinda were married by Bryan S. Hill, Minister of the Gospel and the ceremony was witnessed by A. E. Reynolds (Addison Reynolds) and Ruth A. Reynolds.
  Family ID	F59	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife 1	Dorothy Drake,   b. 17 Nov 1885, , , Pennsylvania, USA d. 15 May 1968, Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1903
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Children	+ 1. George Alford Bisbee,   b. 2 Nov 1904, Corry, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA d. 30 Dec 1981, Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 77 years) + 2. Myrl Henry Bisbee,   b. 27 May 1906, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1 Oct 1979, Seneca Falls, Seneca, New York, USA (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F103	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2009

  
  

  Wife 2	Macie Ellen Drake,   b. 26 Apr 1889, , , Pennsylvania, USA d. 14 Jun 1967, Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	31 Jan 1910	Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   [5, 12]
  Children	+ 1. Clarence Eugene Bisbee,   b. 4 Dec 1910, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA d. 13 Jul 1990, Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 79 years) + 2. Hazel J. Bisbee,   b. 15 Sep 1912, Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA d. 2 Mar 1991 (Age 78 years) + 3. Ruth A. Bisbee,   b. 18 Jun 1915, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA d. Oct 1990, Edinboro, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 75 years) + 4. Luella M. Bisbee,   b. 30 Nov 1917   d. 9 Apr 1994, Venango, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 76 years) + 5. Benjamin Vern Bisbee,   b. 22 Aug 1920, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA d. 15 Jun 1994, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 73 years) + 6. Levi Drake Bisbee,   b. 23 Nov 1922   d. 15 Feb 1988, Cambridge Springs, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 65 years)   7. Inabelle Bisbee,   b. 26 Jul 1925   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Carl Francis Bisbee,   b. 24 Aug 1928, Cambridge Springs, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA d. 24 Mar 1935, Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 6 years)
  Family ID	F104	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2009

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 3 Sep 1883 - Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Census - 16 Jun 1900 - Wayne Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Marriage - 31 Jan 1910 - Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Census - 25 Apr 1910 - Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Census - 26 Jan 1920 - Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Census - 12 Apr 1930 - Cambridge Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Census - 27 Apr 1950 - Cambridge Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Death - 27 Jan 1961 - Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Burial - - Mitchell Cemetery, Cambridge Springs, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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• Notes

  In 1942 at age 58, Curtis was living at RD1 in Cambridge Springs where he was a farmer. He stood 5'-9" tall, weighed 150 lbs, had blues eyes and gray hair with ruddy complexion and a tatoo on his right arm, "C. C. B." About 1903, Curtis Bisbee married Dorothy Drake with whom he had two children, George and Myrl. They divorced and in 1910 Curtis remarried to Dorothy's cousin, Macie Ellen Drake. Curtis eventually had eight more children with Macie. Meanwhile his ex-wife Dorothy, or Dot as she was known, along with her father (Henry) and youngest son Myrl, moved in with her cousin Charlie P. Drake (Macie's brother). Sometime after 1910, Dot married Henry Perry and they moved into 9 Johnson Street in Union City. There they both worked at the Union City chair factory, and raised George and Myrle, along with Henry's son from a previous marriage. [6, 9]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1225] Margaret Jane Dunnihoo, Two Brothers in the Pennsylvania Triangle, (Erie, Pennsylvania: self published, 1974.), 26. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 58. [S1225] Margaret Jane Dunnihoo, Two Brothers in the Pennsylvania Triangle, (Erie, Pennsylvania: self published, 1974.), p. 13. [S2518] Bisbee, Curtis Clark: WW1 Draft Card, (Online , Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. CURTIS CLARK BISBEE, Chautauqua, NY, Draft Board 2, Roll 1712293; Ancestry.com image 1712293-2710.). [S1225] Margaret Jane Dunnihoo, Two Brothers in the Pennsylvania Triangle, (Erie, Pennsylvania: self published, 1974.), p. 26. [S972] Bisbee, Curtis Clark: WW2 Draft Card, (Subscription database online. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006, Ancestry.com image PA-2243688-2610, accessed 8/10/2006. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Fourth Registration. National Archives and Records Administration Regional Branches, various locations.). [S1579] WW1 Draft Registration Cards, (www.ancestry.com, 2005: NARA micropublication M1509, 4582 rolls), Chautauqua, NY, Draft Board 2, Roll 1712293. September 12, 1918. CURTIS CLARK BISBEE, RFD5, Corry, Erie County, PA, age 35, born Sept. 3, 1883. Farmer, self employed at RFD5, Corry, PA. Nearest relative: Macie E. Bisbee, RFD5, Corry, Erie, PA. Description: medium height, medium build, gray eyes, brown hair. [S2402] Erie County, Pennsylvania, Probate Records, (Erie County Courthouse, Erie, Pennsylvania), File 18893, Celinda J. Bisbee Last Will & Testament. "Last will and testament of Celinda J. Bisbee (widow) of Wayne Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania. "Item 1: I will and direct that the sum of twenty-five dollars each shall be paid to my sons Elwin A. Bisbee and Curtis C. Bisbee. "Item 2: I will and direct that the sum of fifty dollars each be paid to my daughters Viva M. Taylor and Annie S. Buxton and that my feather bed and pillows be given to my daughter Annie S. Buxton. "Item 3: I will and devise that my wearing apparel be equally divided between my daughters Viva M. Taylor and Annie S. Buxton. "Item 4: I will and devise that my Executor herin after named shall cause to be placed at my grave a marker as near like the one of my husband's grave as possible, and to pay for the same out of the proceeds of my estate. "Item 5: I will and direct that the remainder of my property both real and personal and mixed shall be given to my son Arthur E. Bisbee to his own personal use, during the period of his natural life. At his death should he leave a wife or heirs, I will and direct that the estate shall go to them. In (blank) "Item 6: I hereby constitute and appoint my son Elwin A. Bisbee Executor of this my last will and testament written on one full sheet of legal cap. paper, and to which I have affixed my hand and seal this twentieth day of September, A D one thousand nine hundred and ." /s/ Celinda J. Bisbee. [S1583] WW2 Draft Registration Cards, (www.ancestry.com, 2007: National Archives and Records Administration), Roll WW2_2243688; Local board: Crawford, Pennsylvania. April 27, 1942 CURTIS CLARKE BISBEE, RD1 Cambidge Camb. twp, Crawford, PA, age 58, born Erie County, PA 3 Sep 1883. Contact person: Macie Ellen Bisbee, RD1 Campridge Sprgs, PA. Occupation: farmer, self employed at RD1 Cabridge sprgs., Camb. twp, Crawford, PA. Physical: 5'-9", 150 pounds, white, blue eyes, gray hair, ruddy complexion. Tatoo "C. C. B" right arm. [S2090] Bisbee, Celinda J. Thompson: Probate, (Erie County Courthouse, Erie, Pennsylvania). [S1239] Civil War Pension File, Ephraim Bisbee (Private, Co F, 111 Pa Volunteer Infantry ) , WC-293-240. 4 April 1890. Celinda J. Bisbee files a Widow's Declaration for Pension or Increase of Pension with the clerk of the Quarter Session, a court of record etc. Celinda is 50 years old. She says her late husband bore the rank of Private in Company F 111 PA VI when he was discharged, and that he died of lung disease "near Wattsburg" on 14 February 1890. She says they were married 19 February 1869 by Bryan S. Hill, Minister of the Gospel at Wattsburg, Pa. Celinda lists the surviving children under 16 years of age at the death of their father: Mary V. Bisbee, born November 16, 1874 Sarah A. Bisbee, born July 12, 1877 Curtis C. Bisbee, born September 3, 1883 Application was witnessed by Curtis C. Bisbee and H. B. Taylor, both of Wattsburg. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 131. [S2478] Bisbee, Arthur Ephriam (I94): 1900 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T623, roll 1409; enumeration district (ED) 131, sheet 7A, page 26A, line 42, dwelling 169, family 169; image downloaded 11/4/2008.), 1900-Wayne.131.13.jpg. [S2515] Drake, Levi (I8854): 1910 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2006): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T624, roll 1341, enumeration district (ED) 57, sheet 5A, page 104A, line 17, dwelling 99, family 104; image accessed 12/28/2008.), 1910.PA.Erie.Amity.57.9. [S2517] Bisbee, Curtis Clark (I97): 1920 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T625, roll 1565; enumeration district (ED) 60, sheet 5B, page 21B, line 59, dwelling 106, family 108; image accessed 12/21/2008.), 1920.PA.Erie.Amity.60.10. [S2498] Bisbee, Curtis Clark (I97): 1930 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2002): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T626, roll 2022; enumeration district (ED) 5, sheet 3A, page 126A, line 18, dwelling #, family 63; image accessed 12/21/2008.), 1930.PA.Crawford.Cambridge.5.5. [S3545] Bisbee, Curtis Clark (I97): 1950 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2022): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T628, enumeration district (ED) 20-6, sheet 28, line 27, household 262; Image accessed 27 Feb 2023), US.1950.PA.Crawford.Cambridge Springs.20-6.28.27. [S2519] Bisbee, Curtis Clark: Obit (Erie), (Erie, Pennsylvania, Saturday, January 28, 1961). [S1239] Civil War Pension File, Ephraim Bisbee (Private, Co F, 111 Pa Volunteer Infantry ) , WC-293-240. Celinda J. Bisbee, the former Celinda J. Thompson, provides statements that she was married on 19 Feb 1869, near Wattsburg, Pennsylvania, by Minister of the Gospel, Bryan S. Hill, and that neither she nor Ephraim had been previously married. She cannot provide documented proof of her marriage, because Rev. Hill has died and, according to Hill's wife, he did not keep records. Ruth A. Reynolds, Charles A. Bisbee, Curtis C. Bisbee and others testify that they were present at her marriage and confirm the date, place and by whom.