Moses M. Bisel

Male5 August 1834–30 January 1924

Brief Life History of Moses M.

When Moses M. Bisel was born on 5 August 1834, in Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Ephraim Bisel, was 45 and his mother, Rachel Moon, was 32. He married Eliza Flick Hay on 8 November 1853. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 30 January 1924, in Jefferson Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Bakersville, Jefferson Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Moses M. Bisel
1834–1924
Eliza Flick Hay
1833–1925
Marriage: 8 November 1853
John Ephraim Bisel
1854–1916
Mary Magdalena Pisel
1856–1865

Sources (10)

  • Moses Pisel, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Moses Peisel, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
  • Moses Pisel, "United States Census, 1860"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    8 November 1853
  • Children (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (12)

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    World Events (8)

    1836 · Remember the Alamo

    Age 2

    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    1846

    Age 12

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    1863

    Age 29

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    Name Meaning

    Alsatian: habitational name from a place so named in Alsace.

    Americanized form of German Beisel or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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