Moses Bissell (1826 - 1902)

Born Aug 1826 in Augusta, Ontario, Canada [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Emeline Isabell (Arnold) Bissell — married 16 Feb 1859 in Ogle, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 26 May 1902 at age 75 in Oregon, Ogle, Illinois, United States

Biography

BISSELL MOSES, Farmer; Sec. 36; P. O. Daysville; born in Upper Canada in 1826; moved to this Co. in 1847; married Emeline Arnold in 1859; was born in 1837; are members of the M. E. Church; have four chilldren: Florence Victoria, Charles Albert, Minnie Bell and Lucy Helen; owns 255 acres of land, worth $14,000; Mr. Bissell has held the office of Road Commissioner.

Research Notes

• Other possible birth location: Daysville, Ogle County, Illinois
• See MUCH more about Moses and the Bissell family in the Kauffman 1909 history on pages marked 850-851 (357-358 electronic version) linked at the Ogle County page.

Sources

• "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9G-NPKS : 17 November 2020), Moses Bissell and Miss Elia Arnold, 16 Feb 1859; citing Ogle, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,420,755.

• Wife’s name clarified: "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFLF-2QK : 17 November 2020), Moses Bissell in entry for John E. Hunt and Minnie B. Bissell, 23 Dec 1890; citing Lighthouse, Ogle, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,420,756.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHF-RC4 : 11 November 2020), Moses Bissell, 1860.

• "Illinois State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCK9-ZYM : 27 November 2020), Moses Bissell, , Nashua, Ogle, Illinois; citing , Nashua, Ogle, Illinois, Census, p. , Illinois State Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6HL-FZ4 : 18 March 2020), Moses Bissell, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXK9-55G : 12 November 2020), Moses Bissel, Ogle, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 164, sheet 271A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,239.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS4Y-N13 : accessed 1 December 2020), Moses Bissell, Oregon Township Oregon city Ward 1-3, Ogle, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 89, sheet 8A, family 205, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,333.

• Find a Grave, database and images, for Moses Bissell (1826–1902), Find A Grave: Memorial #9451580, citing Lighthouse Cemetery, Daysville, Ogle County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by David Lee Zellers (contributor 8112551) .

See also:

• The History of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing A History of the County---Its Cities, Towns, Etc., A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Records of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN, History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, Map of Ogle County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., ILLUSTRATED, Chicago, H. F. Kett & Co., Times Building, 1878, pp. 639-40.