Rev. Henry N. Bissell
Son of Anson Bissell and Joanna Dart, daughter of Dr. Dart, of Vernon, Conn.; Henry's father was a native of East Windsor, Conn., and a Deacon of the Congregational Church of that place; he died December 23, 1872, at Milan, Ohio, aged 85 years; the mother died at the same place October 23, 1846, aged 61 years. The family are direct descendants of John Bissell, the first of that name in America, who came from Somersetshire, England, and settled on the Connecticut River at Windsor, where many of the same name still reside. The subject of this sketch was born at East Windsor, Conn., June 2, 1816; he entered the Sophomore class of Yale College in 1836 and graduated in 1839; taught in the Huron Institute, in Milan, Ohio, three years; then entered the Theological Department of the Western Reserve College, of Ohio, supporting himself and a brother, who afterward became a missionary in India; he spent the first 8 years of ministerial work in Lyme, Huron Co., Ohio; then as acting pastor for twenty-seven years at Mt. Clemens, Macomb County, from 1854; moved to Armada as pastor of the Congregational Church in 1881.
He was married, May 5, 1846, in Manchester, Conn., to Elizabeth Hale, daughter of Nathaniel Hubbard, a native of Bolton, Conn.; they have no children. Mr. B. has directed the education and assisted in bearing the expenses of two nephews, sons of the brother in India, who are now in the ministry in this State; he is and always has been a man of great energy and a hard worker and student, and is firm in the faith of the orthodox church; he is a Republican in politics. (as of 1882).
Source: Macomb County Early Pioneers Surnames
contributor: Melissa Bolton
From the Saline, Michigan Observer, Thursday, May 21, 1891
Rev. H.N. Bissell, a highly respected and early resident of Mt. Clemens, died in Erin township, Oxford county, Thursday morning. He was aged 75 years and for 35 years was pastor of the Presbyterian church in Mt. Clemens.
(per Pat Harney)
Son of Anson Bissell and Joanna Dart, daughter of Dr. Dart, of Vernon, Conn.; Henry's father was a native of East Windsor, Conn., and a Deacon of the Congregational Church of that place; he died December 23, 1872, at Milan, Ohio, aged 85 years; the mother died at the same place October 23, 1846, aged 61 years. The family are direct descendants of John Bissell, the first of that name in America, who came from Somersetshire, England, and settled on the Connecticut River at Windsor, where many of the same name still reside. The subject of this sketch was born at East Windsor, Conn., June 2, 1816; he entered the Sophomore class of Yale College in 1836 and graduated in 1839; taught in the Huron Institute, in Milan, Ohio, three years; then entered the Theological Department of the Western Reserve College, of Ohio, supporting himself and a brother, who afterward became a missionary in India; he spent the first 8 years of ministerial work in Lyme, Huron Co., Ohio; then as acting pastor for twenty-seven years at Mt. Clemens, Macomb County, from 1854; moved to Armada as pastor of the Congregational Church in 1881.
He was married, May 5, 1846, in Manchester, Conn., to Elizabeth Hale, daughter of Nathaniel Hubbard, a native of Bolton, Conn.; they have no children. Mr. B. has directed the education and assisted in bearing the expenses of two nephews, sons of the brother in India, who are now in the ministry in this State; he is and always has been a man of great energy and a hard worker and student, and is firm in the faith of the orthodox church; he is a Republican in politics. (as of 1882).
Source: Macomb County Early Pioneers Surnames
contributor: Melissa Bolton
From the Saline, Michigan Observer, Thursday, May 21, 1891
Rev. H.N. Bissell, a highly respected and early resident of Mt. Clemens, died in Erin township, Oxford county, Thursday morning. He was aged 75 years and for 35 years was pastor of the Presbyterian church in Mt. Clemens.
(per Pat Harney)
Rev. Henry N. Bissell
Son of Anson Bissell and Joanna Dart, daughter of Dr. Dart, of Vernon, Conn.; Henry's father was a native of East Windsor, Conn., and a Deacon of the Congregational Church of that place; he died December 23, 1872, at Milan, Ohio, aged 85 years; the mother died at the same place October 23, 1846, aged 61 years. The family are direct descendants of John Bissell, the first of that name in America, who came from Somersetshire, England, and settled on the Connecticut River at Windsor, where many of the same name still reside. The subject of this sketch was born at East Windsor, Conn., June 2, 1816; he entered the Sophomore class of Yale College in 1836 and graduated in 1839; taught in the Huron Institute, in Milan, Ohio, three years; then entered the Theological Department of the Western Reserve College, of Ohio, supporting himself and a brother, who afterward became a missionary in India; he spent the first 8 years of ministerial work in Lyme, Huron Co., Ohio; then as acting pastor for twenty-seven years at Mt. Clemens, Macomb County, from 1854; moved to Armada as pastor of the Congregational Church in 1881.
He was married, May 5, 1846, in Manchester, Conn., to Elizabeth Hale, daughter of Nathaniel Hubbard, a native of Bolton, Conn.; they have no children. Mr. B. has directed the education and assisted in bearing the expenses of two nephews, sons of the brother in India, who are now in the ministry in this State; he is and always has been a man of great energy and a hard worker and student, and is firm in the faith of the orthodox church; he is a Republican in politics. (as of 1882).
Source: Macomb County Early Pioneers Surnames
contributor: Melissa Bolton
From the Saline, Michigan Observer, Thursday, May 21, 1891
Rev. H.N. Bissell, a highly respected and early resident of Mt. Clemens, died in Erin township, Oxford county, Thursday morning. He was aged 75 years and for 35 years was pastor of the Presbyterian church in Mt. Clemens.
(per Pat Harney)
Son of Anson Bissell and Joanna Dart, daughter of Dr. Dart, of Vernon, Conn.; Henry's father was a native of East Windsor, Conn., and a Deacon of the Congregational Church of that place; he died December 23, 1872, at Milan, Ohio, aged 85 years; the mother died at the same place October 23, 1846, aged 61 years. The family are direct descendants of John Bissell, the first of that name in America, who came from Somersetshire, England, and settled on the Connecticut River at Windsor, where many of the same name still reside. The subject of this sketch was born at East Windsor, Conn., June 2, 1816; he entered the Sophomore class of Yale College in 1836 and graduated in 1839; taught in the Huron Institute, in Milan, Ohio, three years; then entered the Theological Department of the Western Reserve College, of Ohio, supporting himself and a brother, who afterward became a missionary in India; he spent the first 8 years of ministerial work in Lyme, Huron Co., Ohio; then as acting pastor for twenty-seven years at Mt. Clemens, Macomb County, from 1854; moved to Armada as pastor of the Congregational Church in 1881.
He was married, May 5, 1846, in Manchester, Conn., to Elizabeth Hale, daughter of Nathaniel Hubbard, a native of Bolton, Conn.; they have no children. Mr. B. has directed the education and assisted in bearing the expenses of two nephews, sons of the brother in India, who are now in the ministry in this State; he is and always has been a man of great energy and a hard worker and student, and is firm in the faith of the orthodox church; he is a Republican in politics. (as of 1882).
Source: Macomb County Early Pioneers Surnames
contributor: Melissa Bolton
From the Saline, Michigan Observer, Thursday, May 21, 1891
Rev. H.N. Bissell, a highly respected and early resident of Mt. Clemens, died in Erin township, Oxford county, Thursday morning. He was aged 75 years and for 35 years was pastor of the Presbyterian church in Mt. Clemens.
(per Pat Harney)
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