Found in Yale Obits
Raymond Bissell, B.A. 1902.
Born October 26, 1880, in Buffalo, N. Y
Died February 23, 1926, in Buffalo, N. Y.
Father, Arthur Douglas Bissell, '67, a banker; chairman of
board of Peoples Bank, Buffalo; collector of customs at Port
of Buffalo 1885-89; son of John and Isabella Jeannette (Halley) Bissell. Mother, Fanny (Castle) Bissell; daughter of Dan
Beech and Fanny (Durkee) Castle. Uncle, Wilson S. Bissell,
-69
Central High School, Buffalo. Second dispute appointment
Junior year; first dispute appointment Senior year; two-year
honors in history; member Banjo Club.
Bookkeeper for Niagara Radiator Company at North Tonawanda, N. Y., December, 1902-January, 1904; was subsequently clerk with Consolidated Telephone Company, which
later controlled the Federal Telephone & Telegraph Company
and eight or ten others, treasurer of Frontier Telephone
Company, and assistant to president of Federal Telephone &
Telegraph Company; in 1918, when the properties of the latter company were sold to New York Telephone Company,
resigned his position and became business manager of Buffalo
Commensal, continued in that capacity until 1920, when he
was appointed postmaster of Buffalo; served as such for two
years, secretary and treasurer of James D. Warren's Sons
Company, publishers of the Buffalo Commercial^ 1922-23; had
since been connected with Cutler Desk Company of Buffalo
(treasurer 1923-25; president since then); former director of
General Drop Forge Company, Interocean Telephone &
Telegraph Company, federal Telephone & Telegraph Company, and of a number of other telephone companies; at time
of his death director of Federal Telephone Manufacturing
Company, which owns the WGR radio station in Buffalo;
voting trustee of Consolidated Telephone Company; member
of finance committee of Buffalo Board of Education; member
of First Presbyterian Church, Buffalo.
Married October 17, 1906, in Buffalo, Helen, daughter of
Orsamus George and Elizabeth Bates (Griffin) Warren.
Children: Elizabeth Warren, Helen Georgia, and Eleanor.
Death due to pneumonia. Buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo. Survived by wife, three daughters, parents,
three brothers, Howard Bissell, '00, Arthur D. Bissell, Jr., '06,
and Lloyd Bissell, '16, and two sisters, Mrs. James D. Warren,
of Buffalo, and Isabella Bissell Goodyear, the wife of Bradley
Goodyear, '07.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
Raymond Bissell, B.A. 1902.
Born October 26, 1880, in Buffalo, N. Y
Died February 23, 1926, in Buffalo, N. Y.
Father, Arthur Douglas Bissell, '67, a banker; chairman of
board of Peoples Bank, Buffalo; collector of customs at Port
of Buffalo 1885-89; son of John and Isabella Jeannette (Halley) Bissell. Mother, Fanny (Castle) Bissell; daughter of Dan
Beech and Fanny (Durkee) Castle. Uncle, Wilson S. Bissell,
-69
Central High School, Buffalo. Second dispute appointment
Junior year; first dispute appointment Senior year; two-year
honors in history; member Banjo Club.
Bookkeeper for Niagara Radiator Company at North Tonawanda, N. Y., December, 1902-January, 1904; was subsequently clerk with Consolidated Telephone Company, which
later controlled the Federal Telephone & Telegraph Company
and eight or ten others, treasurer of Frontier Telephone
Company, and assistant to president of Federal Telephone &
Telegraph Company; in 1918, when the properties of the latter company were sold to New York Telephone Company,
resigned his position and became business manager of Buffalo
Commensal, continued in that capacity until 1920, when he
was appointed postmaster of Buffalo; served as such for two
years, secretary and treasurer of James D. Warren's Sons
Company, publishers of the Buffalo Commercial^ 1922-23; had
since been connected with Cutler Desk Company of Buffalo
(treasurer 1923-25; president since then); former director of
General Drop Forge Company, Interocean Telephone &
Telegraph Company, federal Telephone & Telegraph Company, and of a number of other telephone companies; at time
of his death director of Federal Telephone Manufacturing
Company, which owns the WGR radio station in Buffalo;
voting trustee of Consolidated Telephone Company; member
of finance committee of Buffalo Board of Education; member
of First Presbyterian Church, Buffalo.
Married October 17, 1906, in Buffalo, Helen, daughter of
Orsamus George and Elizabeth Bates (Griffin) Warren.
Children: Elizabeth Warren, Helen Georgia, and Eleanor.
Death due to pneumonia. Buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo. Survived by wife, three daughters, parents,
three brothers, Howard Bissell, '00, Arthur D. Bissell, Jr., '06,
and Lloyd Bissell, '16, and two sisters, Mrs. James D. Warren,
of Buffalo, and Isabella Bissell Goodyear, the wife of Bradley
Goodyear, '07.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
Found in Yale Obits
Raymond Bissell, B.A. 1902.
Born October 26, 1880, in Buffalo, N. Y
Died February 23, 1926, in Buffalo, N. Y.
Father, Arthur Douglas Bissell, '67, a banker; chairman of
board of Peoples Bank, Buffalo; collector of customs at Port
of Buffalo 1885-89; son of John and Isabella Jeannette (Halley) Bissell. Mother, Fanny (Castle) Bissell; daughter of Dan
Beech and Fanny (Durkee) Castle. Uncle, Wilson S. Bissell,
-69
Central High School, Buffalo. Second dispute appointment
Junior year; first dispute appointment Senior year; two-year
honors in history; member Banjo Club.
Bookkeeper for Niagara Radiator Company at North Tonawanda, N. Y., December, 1902-January, 1904; was subsequently clerk with Consolidated Telephone Company, which
later controlled the Federal Telephone & Telegraph Company
and eight or ten others, treasurer of Frontier Telephone
Company, and assistant to president of Federal Telephone &
Telegraph Company; in 1918, when the properties of the latter company were sold to New York Telephone Company,
resigned his position and became business manager of Buffalo
Commensal, continued in that capacity until 1920, when he
was appointed postmaster of Buffalo; served as such for two
years, secretary and treasurer of James D. Warren's Sons
Company, publishers of the Buffalo Commercial^ 1922-23; had
since been connected with Cutler Desk Company of Buffalo
(treasurer 1923-25; president since then); former director of
General Drop Forge Company, Interocean Telephone &
Telegraph Company, federal Telephone & Telegraph Company, and of a number of other telephone companies; at time
of his death director of Federal Telephone Manufacturing
Company, which owns the WGR radio station in Buffalo;
voting trustee of Consolidated Telephone Company; member
of finance committee of Buffalo Board of Education; member
of First Presbyterian Church, Buffalo.
Married October 17, 1906, in Buffalo, Helen, daughter of
Orsamus George and Elizabeth Bates (Griffin) Warren.
Children: Elizabeth Warren, Helen Georgia, and Eleanor.
Death due to pneumonia. Buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo. Survived by wife, three daughters, parents,
three brothers, Howard Bissell, '00, Arthur D. Bissell, Jr., '06,
and Lloyd Bissell, '16, and two sisters, Mrs. James D. Warren,
of Buffalo, and Isabella Bissell Goodyear, the wife of Bradley
Goodyear, '07.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
Raymond Bissell, B.A. 1902.
Born October 26, 1880, in Buffalo, N. Y
Died February 23, 1926, in Buffalo, N. Y.
Father, Arthur Douglas Bissell, '67, a banker; chairman of
board of Peoples Bank, Buffalo; collector of customs at Port
of Buffalo 1885-89; son of John and Isabella Jeannette (Halley) Bissell. Mother, Fanny (Castle) Bissell; daughter of Dan
Beech and Fanny (Durkee) Castle. Uncle, Wilson S. Bissell,
-69
Central High School, Buffalo. Second dispute appointment
Junior year; first dispute appointment Senior year; two-year
honors in history; member Banjo Club.
Bookkeeper for Niagara Radiator Company at North Tonawanda, N. Y., December, 1902-January, 1904; was subsequently clerk with Consolidated Telephone Company, which
later controlled the Federal Telephone & Telegraph Company
and eight or ten others, treasurer of Frontier Telephone
Company, and assistant to president of Federal Telephone &
Telegraph Company; in 1918, when the properties of the latter company were sold to New York Telephone Company,
resigned his position and became business manager of Buffalo
Commensal, continued in that capacity until 1920, when he
was appointed postmaster of Buffalo; served as such for two
years, secretary and treasurer of James D. Warren's Sons
Company, publishers of the Buffalo Commercial^ 1922-23; had
since been connected with Cutler Desk Company of Buffalo
(treasurer 1923-25; president since then); former director of
General Drop Forge Company, Interocean Telephone &
Telegraph Company, federal Telephone & Telegraph Company, and of a number of other telephone companies; at time
of his death director of Federal Telephone Manufacturing
Company, which owns the WGR radio station in Buffalo;
voting trustee of Consolidated Telephone Company; member
of finance committee of Buffalo Board of Education; member
of First Presbyterian Church, Buffalo.
Married October 17, 1906, in Buffalo, Helen, daughter of
Orsamus George and Elizabeth Bates (Griffin) Warren.
Children: Elizabeth Warren, Helen Georgia, and Eleanor.
Death due to pneumonia. Buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo. Survived by wife, three daughters, parents,
three brothers, Howard Bissell, '00, Arthur D. Bissell, Jr., '06,
and Lloyd Bissell, '16, and two sisters, Mrs. James D. Warren,
of Buffalo, and Isabella Bissell Goodyear, the wife of Bradley
Goodyear, '07.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
