Not much is known about Emery Bissell, except he grieved the death of his first wife, Ann Johnson, in January of 1864, and then again with the death of his son, Henry, seven months later. Within another few months, he married widow Susanna Knowles Wass Emerson.

According to records of his second wife, his name was J. Emery Bissell. It is reversed on this record, as there is no other documentation of the initial.

Emery supported his family as a peddler selling his wares around the state, and on 1 Jul 1833, he was disciplined by his church for "haying with his father on the Sabbath" and behaving too lightheartedly for a Christian.


MOTHER: Mercy, 1777 –
FATHER: David Bissell, 1777 – 1855

CHILDREN:
1. Eliza Ann Bissell
m. James Perry Chandler

2. Harriet K. Bissell
m. Samuel Coggeshall Crane

3. Julia Hawkins Bissell
m. Nathaniel Jordan Bunker

4. James M. Bissell
Likely disabled ("Idiotic")

5. Samantha J. Bissell
m. Edward Franklin Bucknam

6. Annette Marie "Nettie" Bissell
m. Charles Ezra Towne

7. Henry D. Bissell
(died unmarried in the Civil War)

8. John Wesley Bissell
m. Ada Josephine Ray

9. Emery Herbert Bissell
(died age 6)


SOURCES:
1. History of Coös County, New Hampshire. History of towns. Connecticut Valley,--Upper division. p. 608

2. 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Emery Bissell
Age: 46
Birth Year: abt 1804
Birthplace: New Hampshire
Home in 1850: Brewer, Penobscot, Maine
Gender: Male
Family Number: 233
Household Members: Name Age
Emery Bissell 46
Ann Bissell 42
Eliza A Bissell 22
Harriet Bissell 20
Julia Bissell 18
James M Bissell 15
Fanantha J Bissell 13
Annette Bissell 10
John W Bissell 6
Emery H Bissell 2
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Brewer, Penobscot, Maine; Roll: M432_264; Page: 188A; Image: 382.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch