Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-05-28

One Of the best known reeidents Q
Oxford County was Hon. George D
Blsbee, who died ct his homo In Rum
ford Sunday morning. On the 2lst 9
March Mr.. Blsbee suffered paralyti
shock, from which he never recovered
though he had seemed to rally littl
from the severity Of its first effects.
Il Mr.. Bisbee was native Of Hartford
where he was born July 8, 1S41, the 90
OF George W. and Mary B. (Howe) BIZ
bee. He attended the schools Of th
vicinity, and then entered the Office o
Randall & Winter In Dixf1eld to rea'
law.
In 1852 be assisted In raising com
pany of volunteers which later becam
Co. C Of the Sixteeth Maine Regiment
In bis first battle at fredericksburg, VI.
on the 18th Of December, 1852, b
received severe wound IN the left arm
It was thought that smputatiou woul'
be necessary, but Mr.. Bisbee insisted Of
saving the arm, though the wound neve
healed. He Was afterward promoted 4
second lieutenant, and participated Il
the battles of Charlottesville ant
Gettysburg, In 1858. At Gettysburg
after bis company had made . gallan
fight, be was taken prisoner, and To-
eighteen months was confined In LIB!
and other southern prisons, being re-
leased In time to witness the surrender
of Lee at Appomattox.
Returning from the war, he resumed
his law studies, and was admitted tG
the bar in 1855. He at once opened q
law office In Buckfleld, where he con
tinued until 1892.
In the early period Of the develop
ment of Rumford Falls Mr.. Bisbee moved
to that place, and has since been prom
inent figure In the affairs OF that com
munity. He took into partnership II
bis law business Ralph T. Parker, the
firm name being Blsbee & Parker. Later
Spaulding Bisbee, his grandson, became
. member of the firm.
Mr.. Bisbee was always Republican,
and always interested In political affairs.
He had served az representative and
senator In the legislature, as county at
torney of Oxford County, as United
States marshal for Maine, az State Bank
Examiner, and as q member Of the Exec
utive Council. He was leader In Or
ganizing the Rumford Falls Trust Co.,
and was its president. For q number OF
years he was president of the Trustees
of Hebron Academy, and always much
interested In the institution.
he was q Mason, q member OF the
Loyal Legion, and past commander Of
Joseph E. Colby Post, G.. A. R., of
Rumford. George D. Bisbee Camp of
the Sons of Veterans, at Rumford, was
named In his honor.
While q genial and companionable
man, Mr.. Bisbee was possessed OF an in
domitable will, which found expression
in great and uncessing energy, and
could even 90 to the length of aggres-
siveness II It became necessary to carry
his point. If be put his splendid energy
behind any project, in politics or In any
other line of activity, there was sure to
be unceasing work until the issue was
decided. he did not always carry bis
point-and he was good loser when he
did not-but his efforts were generally
crowned with success. Few men In this
part of the state of bis generation were
such dynamo of human energy as he.
He married Miss Anna Louise Stanley
of Dixfield, who survives him. They
have two children, Stanley Bisbee of
who has been In business
there for some years, and has served
two terms In the legislature, and Mrs.
Everett R. Josselyn of Portland. There
are also granddaughter, Mrs. Harry
Kilburp of Rumford, and q grandson,
Spaulding Bisbee, now captain OF Go. b,
The funeral will be held at the home
at noon Tuesday, and burial will be ct
Buckfleld. The funeral will be attended
by Rev. Harold L. Hanson, former
pastor of the Baptist church at Rumford,
in the welfare of which Mr.. Bisbee al
ways had q great interest.