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Frank J. Bissell was born at Montville, Conn., October 4, 1828, a son of Abel and Mary (Vallett) Bissell, of
Hebron and Montville, Conn., respectively. Abel Bissell, born in 1785, was a clothier by trade. In early life he
run a carding and woolen factory. In 1848 he came to Bergen being 18 days coming by canal from New York. He reared
children as follow: John, Calvin, Jeremiah, Frank, Lucy A., Phebe, and Rachel. He died August 30, 1861, aged 75
years. His wife was born April 1, 1786, and died January 14, 1879, and was a daughter of Jeremiah Vallett, a farmer
of Connecticut, whose children were John, William, Jeremiah, Mary, and Nancy. Frank J. Bissell was reared in Connecticut,
worked in a carding-mill and a tannery, and after coming to Genesee County became a farmer. He came to Le Roy in
April, 1863, locating where he now resides, and where he owns a fine farm. He married, April 18, 1854, Mary Ann
Constantine, a native of Java, Wyoming County, and a daughter of Dennis and Hdnora (Gilligan) Constantine, who
were born in Ennis and Durah, County Clare, Ireland, and came to the United States in 1811, with two sons and a
daughter, locating first in Rochester, and finally in Java, where he settled on a farm of 100 aéres. His
children were John, Patrick, Bridget, Margaret, Mary A., Ellen, Catharine, and Elizabeth. Mr. Constantine died
in 1861, aged 74 years. He was a son of Dennis Constantine, of Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Bissell's children are Mary
L., now of Wichita, Kan., Francis E., and Cãtharine G. They have liberally contributed to the erection of
the Roman Catholic Church for which he purchased the bell at a cost of $500.
FROM:
Gazetteer and Biographical Record
of Genesee County, New York
Edited by: F. W. Beers
J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890
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