From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879)
A. R. BISSELL, retired farmer, De Witt; was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, in July, 1812; at 20 years of age, he went to Pittsburgh, Penn., where for three years he was clerk in a wholesale dry goods store; thence to Alton, Ill., where he remained three years; then returned to his native town and engaged in the dry goods business in Ashtabula Co., Ohio, where, in 1838, he married Maria Burr, a native of Massachusetts;
He came to Clinton Co. in 1840; engaged in farming in
De Witt Township; has followed the occupation of farming most of the time since he came to Iowa but for a time was engaged in the dry goods business in De Witt; was School Fund Commissioner for eight years. Mr. Bissell has two sons and two daughters-Joseph B., Helen E., Evelyn and Charles P. Mrs. Bissell was born in South Hadley, Mass., in 1809.
A. R. BISSELL, retired farmer, De Witt; was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, in July, 1812; at 20 years of age, he went to Pittsburgh, Penn., where for three years he was clerk in a wholesale dry goods store; thence to Alton, Ill., where he remained three years; then returned to his native town and engaged in the dry goods business in Ashtabula Co., Ohio, where, in 1838, he married Maria Burr, a native of Massachusetts;
He came to Clinton Co. in 1840; engaged in farming in
De Witt Township; has followed the occupation of farming most of the time since he came to Iowa but for a time was engaged in the dry goods business in De Witt; was School Fund Commissioner for eight years. Mr. Bissell has two sons and two daughters-Joseph B., Helen E., Evelyn and Charles P. Mrs. Bissell was born in South Hadley, Mass., in 1809.
From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879)
A. R. BISSELL, retired farmer, De Witt; was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, in July, 1812; at 20 years of age, he went to Pittsburgh, Penn., where for three years he was clerk in a wholesale dry goods store; thence to Alton, Ill., where he remained three years; then returned to his native town and engaged in the dry goods business in Ashtabula Co., Ohio, where, in 1838, he married Maria Burr, a native of Massachusetts;
He came to Clinton Co. in 1840; engaged in farming in
De Witt Township; has followed the occupation of farming most of the time since he came to Iowa but for a time was engaged in the dry goods business in De Witt; was School Fund Commissioner for eight years. Mr. Bissell has two sons and two daughters-Joseph B., Helen E., Evelyn and Charles P. Mrs. Bissell was born in South Hadley, Mass., in 1809.
A. R. BISSELL, retired farmer, De Witt; was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, in July, 1812; at 20 years of age, he went to Pittsburgh, Penn., where for three years he was clerk in a wholesale dry goods store; thence to Alton, Ill., where he remained three years; then returned to his native town and engaged in the dry goods business in Ashtabula Co., Ohio, where, in 1838, he married Maria Burr, a native of Massachusetts;
He came to Clinton Co. in 1840; engaged in farming in
De Witt Township; has followed the occupation of farming most of the time since he came to Iowa but for a time was engaged in the dry goods business in De Witt; was School Fund Commissioner for eight years. Mr. Bissell has two sons and two daughters-Joseph B., Helen E., Evelyn and Charles P. Mrs. Bissell was born in South Hadley, Mass., in 1809.
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