daughter of Jacob S. Davis & Mary E. Klingensmith Davis
Fern's middle initial "E" from both the birth certificate and marriage license of son,
Herbert Harrison Bisel
(cursive "E" in marriage license was transcribed as "Q")
birth date and location from marriage license:
married on September 30, 1907
son of Joseph Bisel & Marie Brough [or Brouth] Bisel
Benjamin Harrison Bisel
November 15, 1888—February 9, 1951
birthplace Dravosburg, PA;
memorial # 214561205
Ben's application for marriage license to Fern from Mahoning County, OH, reported his birth date as March 10, 1885 ("upon oath states that [he] is 22 years of age on March 10, 1907"), while his WWI draft registration reported Nov. 15, 1888. His death certificate confirms his birth date of November 15, 1888, under spelling of surname "Bizle (Bisel)."
children of Ben & Fern:
Mary Elizabeth Bisel Wagner
May 27, 1908—January 3, 1980
memorial # 117378954
Beatrice Hester Bisel Hunt
January 9, 1910—May 17, 2005
memorial # 165129317
Herbert Harrison Bisel
February 4, 1913—January 10, 1991
memorial # 137119732
Josephine M. Bisel
November 2, 1914 (aged 6 in 1920 U.S. census, same age as brother Herbert)—?
(burial on January 7, 1946, in memorial # 82425710 was not that of daughter of Ben & Fern, but was Josephine Boroski Bisel, daughter of William Boroski and wife of Frank Bisel)
Infant [Male] Bisel
November 2, 1914—November 2, 1914
(death certificate)(Oak Park cemetery, New Castle, PA)
Dorothy Fern Bisel Persang
April 18, 1916—November 9, 1997
memorial # 161003396
died from complications of childbirth
************************************************************
Mary Emma Whitling [Marks Bisel Stevens]
March 1, 1895—December 27, 1974
memorial # 44604503
Mary Whitling, Ben's second wife, had married on May 1, 1915, first husband
Harry Marks
1888—May 4, 1916
memorial # 44239778
Ben & Mary married after death in 1916 of their first spouses and before 1920;
they appear to have divorced c. 1927.
Chester, VA, city directories list second wife, Mary E. [Whitling] Bisel [Stevens} as "widow" of Ben H. Bisel from 1937 through 1958*; she was also reported as "widow" in both 1930 & 1940 U.S. census reports. * Chester, WV, directories in 1950s are combined with (and indexed as) East Liverpool, OH, directories in ancestry.com.
Mary married in 1963 (year listed in family tree)
John Sherman Stevens
May 15, 1878—December 3, 1968
memorial # 23110379
Mary died at home of daughter, Dolores Wenger, per Mary's obit in The Evening Review, East Liverpool OH, December 28, 1974.
children of Ben & Mary:
Dolores Irene Bisel Wenger
November 8, 1920—October 30, 2003
memorial # 84991065
Benjamin Junior Bisel
November 12, 1922—March 12, 1925
memorial # 44533935
Edward Francis Bisel
January 14, 1924—March 17, 1925
memorial # 44533894
***************************************************************
Ben married third wife on May 1, 1936, in Wheeling, WV,
daughter of Abraham Lincoln Paden (memorial # 151613327)
& Mary Meyer Paden (memorial # 151613470)
Emmaline E. Paden
August 21, 1899 (Streeter, IL)—June 2, 1980 (Los Angeles, CA);
memorial # 61229140
(Emmaline was reported in Ben's death certificate as his widow under the name "Emma Harrison Bizle," with Bizle signed on the line above her signature line); her name was transcribed as Emmaline E. [Paden] Harrison [without Bisel] in her death record in California. Her headstone and her memorial # 61229140 also report her surname as Harrison [without Bisel].
bio by Greg Stull
Fern's middle initial "E" from both the birth certificate and marriage license of son,
Herbert Harrison Bisel
(cursive "E" in marriage license was transcribed as "Q")
birth date and location from marriage license:
married on September 30, 1907
son of Joseph Bisel & Marie Brough [or Brouth] Bisel
Benjamin Harrison Bisel
November 15, 1888—February 9, 1951
birthplace Dravosburg, PA;
memorial # 214561205
Ben's application for marriage license to Fern from Mahoning County, OH, reported his birth date as March 10, 1885 ("upon oath states that [he] is 22 years of age on March 10, 1907"), while his WWI draft registration reported Nov. 15, 1888. His death certificate confirms his birth date of November 15, 1888, under spelling of surname "Bizle (Bisel)."
children of Ben & Fern:
Mary Elizabeth Bisel Wagner
May 27, 1908—January 3, 1980
memorial # 117378954
Beatrice Hester Bisel Hunt
January 9, 1910—May 17, 2005
memorial # 165129317
Herbert Harrison Bisel
February 4, 1913—January 10, 1991
memorial # 137119732
Josephine M. Bisel
November 2, 1914 (aged 6 in 1920 U.S. census, same age as brother Herbert)—?
(burial on January 7, 1946, in memorial # 82425710 was not that of daughter of Ben & Fern, but was Josephine Boroski Bisel, daughter of William Boroski and wife of Frank Bisel)
Infant [Male] Bisel
November 2, 1914—November 2, 1914
(death certificate)(Oak Park cemetery, New Castle, PA)
Dorothy Fern Bisel Persang
April 18, 1916—November 9, 1997
memorial # 161003396
died from complications of childbirth
************************************************************
Mary Emma Whitling [Marks Bisel Stevens]
March 1, 1895—December 27, 1974
memorial # 44604503
Mary Whitling, Ben's second wife, had married on May 1, 1915, first husband
Harry Marks
1888—May 4, 1916
memorial # 44239778
Ben & Mary married after death in 1916 of their first spouses and before 1920;
they appear to have divorced c. 1927.
Chester, VA, city directories list second wife, Mary E. [Whitling] Bisel [Stevens} as "widow" of Ben H. Bisel from 1937 through 1958*; she was also reported as "widow" in both 1930 & 1940 U.S. census reports. * Chester, WV, directories in 1950s are combined with (and indexed as) East Liverpool, OH, directories in ancestry.com.
Mary married in 1963 (year listed in family tree)
John Sherman Stevens
May 15, 1878—December 3, 1968
memorial # 23110379
Mary died at home of daughter, Dolores Wenger, per Mary's obit in The Evening Review, East Liverpool OH, December 28, 1974.
children of Ben & Mary:
Dolores Irene Bisel Wenger
November 8, 1920—October 30, 2003
memorial # 84991065
Benjamin Junior Bisel
November 12, 1922—March 12, 1925
memorial # 44533935
Edward Francis Bisel
January 14, 1924—March 17, 1925
memorial # 44533894
***************************************************************
Ben married third wife on May 1, 1936, in Wheeling, WV,
daughter of Abraham Lincoln Paden (memorial # 151613327)
& Mary Meyer Paden (memorial # 151613470)
Emmaline E. Paden
August 21, 1899 (Streeter, IL)—June 2, 1980 (Los Angeles, CA);
memorial # 61229140
(Emmaline was reported in Ben's death certificate as his widow under the name "Emma Harrison Bizle," with Bizle signed on the line above her signature line); her name was transcribed as Emmaline E. [Paden] Harrison [without Bisel] in her death record in California. Her headstone and her memorial # 61229140 also report her surname as Harrison [without Bisel].
bio by Greg Stull
daughter of Jacob S. Davis & Mary E. Klingensmith Davis
Fern's middle initial "E" from both the birth certificate and marriage license of son,
Herbert Harrison Bisel
(cursive "E" in marriage license was transcribed as "Q")
birth date and location from marriage license:
married on September 30, 1907
son of Joseph Bisel & Marie Brough [or Brouth] Bisel
Benjamin Harrison Bisel
November 15, 1888—February 9, 1951
birthplace Dravosburg, PA;
memorial # 214561205
Ben's application for marriage license to Fern from Mahoning County, OH, reported his birth date as March 10, 1885 ("upon oath states that [he] is 22 years of age on March 10, 1907"), while his WWI draft registration reported Nov. 15, 1888. His death certificate confirms his birth date of November 15, 1888, under spelling of surname "Bizle (Bisel)."
children of Ben & Fern:
Mary Elizabeth Bisel Wagner
May 27, 1908—January 3, 1980
memorial # 117378954
Beatrice Hester Bisel Hunt
January 9, 1910—May 17, 2005
memorial # 165129317
Herbert Harrison Bisel
February 4, 1913—January 10, 1991
memorial # 137119732
Josephine M. Bisel
November 2, 1914 (aged 6 in 1920 U.S. census, same age as brother Herbert)—?
(burial on January 7, 1946, in memorial # 82425710 was not that of daughter of Ben & Fern, but was Josephine Boroski Bisel, daughter of William Boroski and wife of Frank Bisel)
Infant [Male] Bisel
November 2, 1914—November 2, 1914
(death certificate)(Oak Park cemetery, New Castle, PA)
Dorothy Fern Bisel Persang
April 18, 1916—November 9, 1997
memorial # 161003396
died from complications of childbirth
************************************************************
Mary Emma Whitling [Marks Bisel Stevens]
March 1, 1895—December 27, 1974
memorial # 44604503
Mary Whitling, Ben's second wife, had married on May 1, 1915, first husband
Harry Marks
1888—May 4, 1916
memorial # 44239778
Ben & Mary married after death in 1916 of their first spouses and before 1920;
they appear to have divorced c. 1927.
Chester, VA, city directories list second wife, Mary E. [Whitling] Bisel [Stevens} as "widow" of Ben H. Bisel from 1937 through 1958*; she was also reported as "widow" in both 1930 & 1940 U.S. census reports. * Chester, WV, directories in 1950s are combined with (and indexed as) East Liverpool, OH, directories in ancestry.com.
Mary married in 1963 (year listed in family tree)
John Sherman Stevens
May 15, 1878—December 3, 1968
memorial # 23110379
Mary died at home of daughter, Dolores Wenger, per Mary's obit in The Evening Review, East Liverpool OH, December 28, 1974.
children of Ben & Mary:
Dolores Irene Bisel Wenger
November 8, 1920—October 30, 2003
memorial # 84991065
Benjamin Junior Bisel
November 12, 1922—March 12, 1925
memorial # 44533935
Edward Francis Bisel
January 14, 1924—March 17, 1925
memorial # 44533894
***************************************************************
Ben married third wife on May 1, 1936, in Wheeling, WV,
daughter of Abraham Lincoln Paden (memorial # 151613327)
& Mary Meyer Paden (memorial # 151613470)
Emmaline E. Paden
August 21, 1899 (Streeter, IL)—June 2, 1980 (Los Angeles, CA);
memorial # 61229140
(Emmaline was reported in Ben's death certificate as his widow under the name "Emma Harrison Bizle," with Bizle signed on the line above her signature line); her name was transcribed as Emmaline E. [Paden] Harrison [without Bisel] in her death record in California. Her headstone and her memorial # 61229140 also report her surname as Harrison [without Bisel].
bio by Greg Stull
Fern's middle initial "E" from both the birth certificate and marriage license of son,
Herbert Harrison Bisel
(cursive "E" in marriage license was transcribed as "Q")
birth date and location from marriage license:
married on September 30, 1907
son of Joseph Bisel & Marie Brough [or Brouth] Bisel
Benjamin Harrison Bisel
November 15, 1888—February 9, 1951
birthplace Dravosburg, PA;
memorial # 214561205
Ben's application for marriage license to Fern from Mahoning County, OH, reported his birth date as March 10, 1885 ("upon oath states that [he] is 22 years of age on March 10, 1907"), while his WWI draft registration reported Nov. 15, 1888. His death certificate confirms his birth date of November 15, 1888, under spelling of surname "Bizle (Bisel)."
children of Ben & Fern:
Mary Elizabeth Bisel Wagner
May 27, 1908—January 3, 1980
memorial # 117378954
Beatrice Hester Bisel Hunt
January 9, 1910—May 17, 2005
memorial # 165129317
Herbert Harrison Bisel
February 4, 1913—January 10, 1991
memorial # 137119732
Josephine M. Bisel
November 2, 1914 (aged 6 in 1920 U.S. census, same age as brother Herbert)—?
(burial on January 7, 1946, in memorial # 82425710 was not that of daughter of Ben & Fern, but was Josephine Boroski Bisel, daughter of William Boroski and wife of Frank Bisel)
Infant [Male] Bisel
November 2, 1914—November 2, 1914
(death certificate)(Oak Park cemetery, New Castle, PA)
Dorothy Fern Bisel Persang
April 18, 1916—November 9, 1997
memorial # 161003396
died from complications of childbirth
************************************************************
Mary Emma Whitling [Marks Bisel Stevens]
March 1, 1895—December 27, 1974
memorial # 44604503
Mary Whitling, Ben's second wife, had married on May 1, 1915, first husband
Harry Marks
1888—May 4, 1916
memorial # 44239778
Ben & Mary married after death in 1916 of their first spouses and before 1920;
they appear to have divorced c. 1927.
Chester, VA, city directories list second wife, Mary E. [Whitling] Bisel [Stevens} as "widow" of Ben H. Bisel from 1937 through 1958*; she was also reported as "widow" in both 1930 & 1940 U.S. census reports. * Chester, WV, directories in 1950s are combined with (and indexed as) East Liverpool, OH, directories in ancestry.com.
Mary married in 1963 (year listed in family tree)
John Sherman Stevens
May 15, 1878—December 3, 1968
memorial # 23110379
Mary died at home of daughter, Dolores Wenger, per Mary's obit in The Evening Review, East Liverpool OH, December 28, 1974.
children of Ben & Mary:
Dolores Irene Bisel Wenger
November 8, 1920—October 30, 2003
memorial # 84991065
Benjamin Junior Bisel
November 12, 1922—March 12, 1925
memorial # 44533935
Edward Francis Bisel
January 14, 1924—March 17, 1925
memorial # 44533894
***************************************************************
Ben married third wife on May 1, 1936, in Wheeling, WV,
daughter of Abraham Lincoln Paden (memorial # 151613327)
& Mary Meyer Paden (memorial # 151613470)
Emmaline E. Paden
August 21, 1899 (Streeter, IL)—June 2, 1980 (Los Angeles, CA);
memorial # 61229140
(Emmaline was reported in Ben's death certificate as his widow under the name "Emma Harrison Bizle," with Bizle signed on the line above her signature line); her name was transcribed as Emmaline E. [Paden] Harrison [without Bisel] in her death record in California. Her headstone and her memorial # 61229140 also report her surname as Harrison [without Bisel].
bio by Greg Stull
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