Daniel Voltaire Bissell was born June 28, 1796 at Randolph, Vermont and died July 12, 1845 in Oakland County, Michigan. He married first about 1818 to Elizabeth Curtis (daughter of Sylvester Curtis and Mary Johnson) in Ontario County, New York. Elizabeth died August 26, 1841, age 43, at Oakland, Michigan, which puts her year of birth at about 1798. They had at least eight children (according to the census of 1840. Daniel is listed in the 1830 census of Ontario County, New York, but moved to Troy, Oakland Co., Michigan Territory in September of 1831, and then to Pontiac in 1837. He is listed as a petitioner in Michigan Territory in 1833 and in the 1840 census of Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan.
Daniel married second to "Christeina" Higgins (also spelled elsewhere as Chastina and Christine) in Pontiac on June 26, 1844.
Daniel is a decendant of Captain John Bissell of East Windsor CT and Daniel "The Spy" Bissell. (his father)
Daniel married second to "Christeina" Higgins (also spelled elsewhere as Chastina and Christine) in Pontiac on June 26, 1844. He was shown as age 46 (should have said 47, he being just two days short of age 48), and she was shown as age 35. Almost immediately following Daniel's death, Christina remarried on September 30, 1845 at Pontiac, Michigan to Sidney Gilbert, Sr, and they are listed in the 1850 census of Oakland County, Michigan, with her being shown as age 38 (but probably closer to 40-41, unless she was younger than 35 when she married Daniel in mid-1844). http://www.rogerbissell.com/id21h.html
Map in photo is the land he owned and where he may possibly be buried.
Daniel married second to "Christeina" Higgins (also spelled elsewhere as Chastina and Christine) in Pontiac on June 26, 1844.
Daniel is a decendant of Captain John Bissell of East Windsor CT and Daniel "The Spy" Bissell. (his father)
Daniel married second to "Christeina" Higgins (also spelled elsewhere as Chastina and Christine) in Pontiac on June 26, 1844. He was shown as age 46 (should have said 47, he being just two days short of age 48), and she was shown as age 35. Almost immediately following Daniel's death, Christina remarried on September 30, 1845 at Pontiac, Michigan to Sidney Gilbert, Sr, and they are listed in the 1850 census of Oakland County, Michigan, with her being shown as age 38 (but probably closer to 40-41, unless she was younger than 35 when she married Daniel in mid-1844). http://www.rogerbissell.com/id21h.html
Map in photo is the land he owned and where he may possibly be buried.
Daniel Voltaire Bissell was born June 28, 1796 at Randolph, Vermont and died July 12, 1845 in Oakland County, Michigan. He married first about 1818 to Elizabeth Curtis (daughter of Sylvester Curtis and Mary Johnson) in Ontario County, New York. Elizabeth died August 26, 1841, age 43, at Oakland, Michigan, which puts her year of birth at about 1798. They had at least eight children (according to the census of 1840. Daniel is listed in the 1830 census of Ontario County, New York, but moved to Troy, Oakland Co., Michigan Territory in September of 1831, and then to Pontiac in 1837. He is listed as a petitioner in Michigan Territory in 1833 and in the 1840 census of Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan.
Daniel married second to "Christeina" Higgins (also spelled elsewhere as Chastina and Christine) in Pontiac on June 26, 1844.
Daniel is a decendant of Captain John Bissell of East Windsor CT and Daniel "The Spy" Bissell. (his father)
Daniel married second to "Christeina" Higgins (also spelled elsewhere as Chastina and Christine) in Pontiac on June 26, 1844. He was shown as age 46 (should have said 47, he being just two days short of age 48), and she was shown as age 35. Almost immediately following Daniel's death, Christina remarried on September 30, 1845 at Pontiac, Michigan to Sidney Gilbert, Sr, and they are listed in the 1850 census of Oakland County, Michigan, with her being shown as age 38 (but probably closer to 40-41, unless she was younger than 35 when she married Daniel in mid-1844). http://www.rogerbissell.com/id21h.html
Map in photo is the land he owned and where he may possibly be buried.
Daniel married second to "Christeina" Higgins (also spelled elsewhere as Chastina and Christine) in Pontiac on June 26, 1844.
Daniel is a decendant of Captain John Bissell of East Windsor CT and Daniel "The Spy" Bissell. (his father)
Daniel married second to "Christeina" Higgins (also spelled elsewhere as Chastina and Christine) in Pontiac on June 26, 1844. He was shown as age 46 (should have said 47, he being just two days short of age 48), and she was shown as age 35. Almost immediately following Daniel's death, Christina remarried on September 30, 1845 at Pontiac, Michigan to Sidney Gilbert, Sr, and they are listed in the 1850 census of Oakland County, Michigan, with her being shown as age 38 (but probably closer to 40-41, unless she was younger than 35 when she married Daniel in mid-1844). http://www.rogerbissell.com/id21h.html
Map in photo is the land he owned and where he may possibly be buried.
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Possibly buried on his farm "Bissell Family Farm-Oakland County"
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