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 1869 - 1947 (78 years)
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| Name |
William Bruce Bisher [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] |
| Born |
9 Apr 1869 |
Clermont Co., Ohio  [2, 7, 8] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
Farmer & Rancher, Taylor, NE [2] |
| Died |
30 Dec 1947 |
Taylor, Nebraska [2, 7, 9] |
| Buried |
Taylor Cem., Loup Co., NE [2, 10] |
| Person ID |
I2678 |
Bishir Family | John & Angelina Bishir |
| Last Modified |
12 Jul 2013 |
| Father |
Lewis Bisher, b. 1 Aug 1835, Mason, Warren Co., Ohio , d. 16 Nov 1905, Taylor, Loup Co., Nebraska (Age 70 years) |
| Mother |
Sarah Lucinda Waits, b. 15 May 1845, Brown Co., Ohio , d. 23 Dec 1922, Halfway, Oregon (Age 77 years) |
| Married |
25 Jul 1866 |
Mason, Warren Co., Ohio [2, 8] |
| Family ID |
F1180 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Kate Maria Woods, b. 20 Jul 1878, Burwell, Garfield Co., NE , d. 30 Jul 1969, Ord, Valley Co., NE (Age 91 years) |
| Married |
1 Jan 1900 |
Garfield Co., Nebraska [2] |
| Children |
| | 1. William Lewis Bisher, b. 30 Oct 1901, Burwell, NE , d. 25 Jun 1912, Taylor, NE (Age 10 years) |
| + | 2. Lillie Iola Bisher, b. 8 Feb 1903, Burwell, NE , d. 21 Apr 1966, Burwell, NE (Age 63 years) |
| | 3. Fannie Lucinda Bisher, b. 3 Aug 1904, Burwell, NE , d. 11 Nov 1911, Taylor, NE (Age 7 years) |
| + | 4. Mabelle Anne Bisher, b. 24 Nov 1905, Burwell, NE , d. 10 Mar 1983, Portland, OR (Age 77 years) |
| + | 5. Arthur Everett Bisher, b. 17 Jan 1907, Taylor, NE , d. 21 Jun 1984, Boise, ID (Age 77 years) |
| + | 6. Leola Helen Bisher, b. 28 Jun 1908, Taylor, Loup Co., NE , d. 24 Nov 1996, Ord, NE (Age 88 years) |
| | 7. Johnnie Leo Bisher, b. 26 Mar 1910, Taylor, NE , d. UNKNOWN |
| | 8. Bethelyn Bisher, b. Abt Mar 1910, Nebraska , d. UNKNOWN |
| | 9. Kathryn Violet Bisher, b. 30 Oct 1911, Taylor, NE , d. 31 Dec 1977, Ord, NE (Age 66 years) |
| | 10. Nina Vivian Bisher, b. 24 Jul 1913, Taylor, NE , d. 17 Sep 1998, Ontario, OR (Age 85 years) |
| | 11. Alvia Ora Bisher, b. 7 Apr 1915, Loup Co., NE , d. 12 Feb 1966, Fort Morgan, CO (Age 50 years) |
| + | 12. Evelyne Tessibell Bisher, b. 4 Jun 1920, Taylor, NE , d. 12 Jul 2007, Hall, Nebraska (Age 87 years) |
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| Last Modified |
10 Nov 2022 |
| Family ID |
F1184 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Documents
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 | BISHER, William Bruce, Bible, page 1
Contributed by Karron Miller |
 | BISHER, William Bruce, Bible, page 2
Contributed by Karron Miller |
 | BISHER, William Bruce, Bible, Page 3
Contributed by Karron Miller |
 | BISHER, William Bruce, Bible, Page 4
Contributed by Karron Miller |
 | BISHER, William Bruce, Bible, Page 5
Contributed by Karron Miller |
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| Notes |
- William B. Bisher is a native of Ohio and was born in the year 1869. His father, Lewis Bisher, was also a native of Ohio and was one of the pioneers of Loup county, Nebraska. Our subject's mother, Sarah (Waits) Bisher, was also a native of Ohio.
When William B. Bisher was ten years old the whole family moved to Indiana, where he was reared on a farm. In 1888 the family came west, settling near to Taylor, the county seat of Loup county, Nebraska. Our subject began working out by the month, continuing to do so for ten years. He worked hard and faithfully to get some money ahead, but his fortune did not grow very rapidly, especially during the depressing times from 1890 to 1896, when he could earn only fifty cents to seventy-five cents per day. In 1900, he located a homestead in the sand hills of Garfield county, where he remained about a year, then purchasing a farm near Burwell, making his headquarters there for six years. In 1906, he bought the farm where he now lives, on section 31, township 21, range 18, and has been devoting his energies to making it one of the model places of the community. He has two hundred and four acres in the place, with about one hundred and twenty acres under cultivation, and has a good house, barns, fences and other improvements. Industry and enterprise have been among his chief characteristics and his well directed efforts have brought him a very comfortable competence. He holds an honorable position in the regard of his fellows.
William B. Bisher was married in 1900 to Miss Kate Woods, whose father, Ross Woods, was one of the first pioneers on the North Loup river - her mother's maiden name was Fanny Olger. Mr. and Mrs. Bisher have six children: Willie, Lilly, Fannie, Mabel, Arthur and a baby, not named.
(Compendium of History Reminiscence & Biography of Western Nebraska)
William Bruce invented a sand trap pat number 195238 filed july 5 1934 serial no. 733932 to keep sand out of ditches and canals. As he lived in the sand hills of Nebraska this must have been important to him. [Bob Mahan]
William served in the Spanish American War. [Karron Miller]
RESEARCH NOTES:
Conflicting information about the location of his birth (Indiana or Ohio?).
Karron Miller has Sarah Waits Bisher's wedding dress and the family bible.
The 1910 census shows an infant, Bethelyn, born about the same time that Johnnie Leo was supposed to have been born. The census indicates that Kate had 7 children all living, so this does not account for Johnnie. Perhaps "Johnnie" and "Bethelyn" are the same child.
The family was living in Taylor, Loup, Nebraska in 1920 and 1930.
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