Birdie Grace Bisbee^[1]

1874 - 1934  (60 years)

• Name	Birdie Grace Bisbee  [2]
  Birth	20 Apr 1874	Smyrna Town, Chenango, New York, USA   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	9 Jul 1934	Bucklin, Ford, Kansas, USA   [3]
  Burial	Bucklin Cemetery, Bucklin, Ford, Kansas, USA
  Person ID	I9884	Bisbee
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2009

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Franklin Bisbee,   b. 22 Jun 1842, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA d. 9 Jan 1923, Bucklin, Ford, Kansas, USA (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Jane Grissom,   b. 17 Aug 1843, Cicero, Hamilton, Indiana, USA d. 5 Feb 1919, Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1867	Mason City, Mason, Illinois, USA   [2, 4, 5]
  	The B. F. Bisbee family came to Meade County in 1887 from Champaign County, Ill. in a covered wagon with their six children and driving two white mules. They first settled on some land southwest of Plains where they lived in a dugout for a short time. They then moved southwest of Plains, where they filed on a quarter of land and proved their claims up. This land is still owned by members of the Bisbee family. When B. F. Bisbee built the first wood frame hs for his family, he hauled the lumber from Dodge City, taking four days with a lumber wagon. His children hunted buffalo chips to burn in the stove to heat their hs their first winters when they were cold and hungry. --Taken from "Plains Centennial" printed 1985.
  Family ID	F4140	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Husband	Isaac Newton Melia,   b. 25 Jan 1868, Preston, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada d. 1 May 1949, Bucklin, Ford, Kansas, USA (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	14 Aug 1897
  Children	+ 1. Jessie Melia,   b. 30 Aug 1898, Plains, Meade, Kansas, USA d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Gordon Bisbee Melia,   b. 30 Jan 1900, Bucklin, Ford, Kansas, USA d. 1 May 1968, Bucklin, Ford, Kansas, USA (Age 68 years)   3. Mabel Melia,   b. 21 Oct 1901   d. Apr 1986 (Age 84 years)   4. Oscar Vernon Melia,   b. 4 Jun 1904, Bucklin, Ford, Kansas, USA d. Jul 1961, Kalispell, Flathead, Montana, USA (Age 57 years) + 5. Russell Elmer Melia,   b. 15 Mar 1906, Bucklin, Ford, Kansas, USA d. Jun 1981, Bucklin, Ford, Kansas, USA (Age 75 years)   6. Emmerson Eugene Melia,   b. 12 Apr 1908   d. 29 Apr 1962, Johnstown, Weld, Colorado, USA (Age 54 years) + 7. P.V. Melia
  Family ID	F9529	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2009

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 20 Apr 1874 - Smyrna Town, Chenango, New York, USA Death - 9 Jul 1934 - Bucklin, Ford, Kansas, USA Burial - - Bucklin Cemetery, Bucklin, Ford, Kansas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Daughter of Benjamin Franklin Bisbee and Rebecca Grissom Was Twin of Minnie Belle who died in infancy.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2589] Crandall Melia, Grandson of Birdie Grace Bisbee, Melia, Crandall: Grandson of Birdie Grace Bisbee, (1837 N. San Antonia Ave, Upland, California. Tel. 909-985-4350. Email candcmelia2@yahoo.com). [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 102. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 237. [S1261] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900, Online, B. Frank Bisbee & Rebecca J. Grissom, 01/01/1867, vol 3 , p 6, Mason County. [S1084] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, comp., International Genealogical Index (R), (Version 5.0 (Online: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 1999-2005), : FamilySearch (TM) Internet Genealogy Service, 50 East North Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150).