Ancestry of
George Henry Bissell

Father of the American Oil Industry

George Henry Bissell

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Isaac Bissell 
  • Mother:
  • Nancy Wemple   
  • Birth Date:
  • 8 Nov 1821 
  • Birth Location:
  • Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire 
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  • Death Date:
  • 19 Nov 1884 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Dartmouth College Cemetery, Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire 
  • Notes: 

  • Father of the American Oil Industry

• Marriages for George Henry Bissell

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  • Spouse:
  • Ophie Louise Griffen
  • Marriage Date:
  • 13 Oct 1855
  • Marriage Location:
  • New York

• Sources for George Henry Bissell

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/07/2019).
  • ² Dwight, Benjamin W., The History of the Descendants of John Dwight, of Dedham, Mass., Vol. 1, New York: John F. Trow and Sons (1874), 413-414.
  • ³ Effingham de Forest, Louis, ed., Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York, New York: Printed by order of the Society (1923), 25.