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	George Bissell - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		George Bissell (1821-1884) is often considered the father of the American oil industry.
		In 1853 he observed by chance the primitive oil-gathering industry in western Pennsylvania, although his interest in what was then known as "rock oil" had been piqued by seeing samples while a student at Dartmouth College.
		Bissell had the innovative idea of using this oil to produce kerosene, then in high demand.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/George_Bissell (248 words)

	Encyclopedia: George Bissell
		Disambiguation George Bissell (1821-1884) is often considered the father of the American oil industry.
		George Bissell (born February 16, 1839, died August 30, 1920) was an American sculptor.
		George Edwin Bissell (1839-l920) was born in New Preston, Connecticut, 25 miles south of Salisbury, the son of a quarryman and marble worker.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/George-Bissell (228 words)

	Encyclopedia topic: George Bissell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		George Bissell was the father of the American oil industry (An industry that produces and delivers oil and oil products).
		Bissell had the innovative idea of using this oil to produce kerosene (A flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters), then in high demand.
		Bissell invested heavily in the surrounding region and ended up becoming quite wealthy.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/ge/george_bissell.htm (213 words)

	Biography: Richard Bissell
		In July, 1947 Bissell was recruited by Averell Harriman to run a committee to lobby for an economic recovery plan for Europe.
		Bissell explained this was not an option as their route was being blocked by 20,000 Cuban troops.
		Bissell's memoirs will surely contribute to a better understanding by historians and political scientists of the context and mindset that influenced decision-making inside the CIA during the Cold War.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /JFKbissell.htm (5677 words)

	CHS: Civil War Monuments of Connecticut: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Bissell's design consisted of a granite column with bronze statues at the die and Liberty on top, the whole to be 60' high.
		The period from February 1883 to September 1884 was devoted by Bissell, in Paris, to the monument.
		George Edwin Bissell (1839-l920) was born in New Preston, Connecticut, the son of a quarryman and marble worker.
	www.chs.org /ransom/127.htm (1681 words)

	The Andrews Family Lines: Eleventh Generation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Abigail Bissell was born in Windsor, Hartford, CT 16 January 1712.
		George Bissell was born in Litchfield, Litchfield, CT 10 March 1720.
		Zebulon Bissell was born in Litchfield, CT 1724.
	www5.pair.com /vtandrew/family/i0005079.htm (226 words)

	ACT News \| Events \| (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		George Seymour Bissell, Chairman of the Anatolia College Board of Trustees, was awarded the "Silver Cross of the Phoenix" by the President of the Hellenic Republic, Mr.
		Bissell for his generous donation of the new state-of-the-art Bissell Library of the American College of Thessaloniki.
		The 4,500 square-meter Bissell Library is one of the most sophisticated private facilities of its kind in Southeast Europe and one of the largest general-purpose English language libraries in Greece.
	www.anatolia.edu.gr /act/news/news/news_010104en.shtml (342 words)

	George Bissell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Bissell had the innovative idea of using this oil to produce kerosene, then inhigh demand.
		In 1856 Bissell conceived of the idea of drilling for oil, rather than mining it, an idea that was widely considered ludicrous at thetime.
		Bissell invested heavily in the surrounding region and ended upbecoming quite wealthy.
	www.therfcc.org /george-bissell-292943.html (152 words)

	John Bissell Testimonial for Michael George (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		George on several very difficult projects within the City of Edmonds.
		George worked effectively as a liaison between the consultants and the City.
		My experience with Michael George has shown that he is a proficient architect, a skilled permit administrator, as well as an effective communicator and presenter.
	www.seattlearchitects.com /test_bissell.html (131 words)

	Bissell - All About All findings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Bissell was trained in the Carolina Playmakers, a theatrical organization associated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and had a number of roles in Broadway...
		Bissell was trained in the Carolina Playmakers, a theatrical organization associated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and had a number...
		George Edwin Bissell (16 February 1839 - 1920) was an American sculptor, son of a quarryman and marble-cutter, born at New Preston, Connecticut on the 16th of February 1839.
	www.allaboutall.info /search/Bissell (707 words)

	Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power, Daniel Yergin excerpt, ThinkingPeace
		For what Bissell, Townsend, and the other members of the group had in mind was nothing less than hubris, a grandiose vision for the future of a substance that was known as "rock oil" -- so called to distinguish it from vegetable oils and animal fats.
		Bissell knew that amounts of rock oil were being used as patent and folk medicines to relieve everything from headaches, toothaches, and deafness to stomach upsets, worms, rheumatism, and dropsy -- and to heal wounds on the backs of horses and mules.
		Bissell aroused the interest of other investors, and in late 1854 the group engaged Yale's Professor Silliman to analyze the properties of the oil both as an illuminant and lubricant.
	www.thinkingpeace.com /Lib/lib074.html (1300 words)

	Daniel Bissell IV (Connecticut #695) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		DANIEL BISSELL, the eldest son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Loomis) Bissell of Windsor, was born in 1754, and arrived at the years of early manhood with a character marked by a great degree of personal courage, self-reliance, prudence, and strict integrity.
		Bissell in his affidavit has not mentioned the particulars of his escape, yet they are not without interest.
		George Bissell Arnold born February 14, 1855 at Geneseo, New York and died in 1909 at Chicago, Illinois.
	members.aol.com /BissellGenealogy/Connecticut695DanielIV.html (5166 words)

	"M" Awards Jury - Masonry Institute of Michigan
		George Bissell graduated from the University of Southern California in 1953 with a Bachelor of Architecture degree.
		Bissell was elected to Fellowship in the American Institute of Architects in 1974.
		In June, 2000, George Bissell received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the AIA California Council, the highest honor given to an individual for a career of outstanding contributions to the built environment.
	www.mim-online.org /award_jury.html (1235 words)

	Thomas Holcombe of Connecticut - Person Page 33
		Abigail Bissell married James Eno, son of James Eno and Anna Bidwell, on 26 December 1678 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. Abigail Bissell died on 19 April 1728 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT, at age 66.
		Jacob Bissell married Mary Gillett, daughter of Jonathan Gillett and Mary Kelsey, at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. Jacob Bissell died on 1 August 1694 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT, at age 30.
		Samuel Bissell was born on 11 January 1668 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He was the son of Samuel Bissell and Abigail Holcombe.
	www.holcombegenealogy.com /data/p33.htm (2642 words)

	Thomas Holcombe of Connecticut - Person Page 90
		Abigail Filley married John Bissell, son of Samuel Bissell and Abigail Holcombe, on 26 August 1680 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. Abigail Filley died on 8 January 1707 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT, at age 48.
		John Bissell was born in 1682 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He was the son of John Bissell and Abigail Filley.
		John Bissell, son of John Bissell and Abigail Filley, on 22 February 1710 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. Hannah Denslow died on 13 January 1752 at Bolton, Tolland Co., CT, at age 61.
	www.holcombegenealogy.com /data/p90.htm (2262 words)

	BHAMI4.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ammi Ruhammi Bissell --> Bissells of Dewitt, Iowa
		Noah Bissell (1810 census, Onondaga County, New York) was in Verona of Oneida County in 1820 and 1830.
		Noah Bissell II (according to Jones) has a sister Cynthia (married in 1801), so the Cynthia in Verona in 1840 is probably Noah Bissell III's daughter, named for her great-aunt.
	members.aol.com /BissellGenealogy/BHAMI4.html (7754 words)

	Revision of Appendix B (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In the 1920s, Katherine Cox Gottschalk and Fannie T. Brown established that the Rhode Island Bissells were descended not from one of the grandsons of Captain John Bissell (founder of the Connecticut Bissell family), but instead from another line that migrated from England to Rhode Island in 1707.
		Furthermore, since this revision is intended to be a "living" compilation, the numbers not in brackets are subject to change as new data of birth order and additional descendants are discovered.
		George Bissell of North Kingston, R.I., Troy, N.Y., Saratoga Co., N.Y., and Chesterfield, Essex Co., N.Y. b.
	members.aol.com /BissellGenealogy/RhodeIslandRevision1.0.html (1375 words)

	Wikipedia:Village pump (assistance) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		and just entered a link for George Bissell, expecting red ink and planning to start a stub for the sculptor, but instead discovered some other George Bissell.
		George Bissell, American sculptor, born New Preston CT on February 16, 1839 and died in Mt.
		Bissell began working in his father's marble business in Poughkeepsie, NY before going to Europe where he studied in Paris, Rome and Florence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(assistance) (3626 words)

	The History of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, 1833-1913 , the Oldest Organization in Chicago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		George Francis Bissell, President of the Board of Trustees, held at the church, conducted by Dr. Barrows, assisted by the Choir.
		Bissell was born June 23, 1827, at Manchester, Conn., He went to Dubuque, Iowa, in 1857, came to Chicago in 1861, and entered the employ of the Hartford Fire Insurance Co. He was appointed western manager of the Company in 1866, retaining the position until his death.
		Bissell was a member of the Session for many years, and, at the time of his death, was chairman of the Board of Trustees and a member of the Committee on Music.
	www.iltrails.org /cook/firstpresbyterianchurch.html (15665 words)

	Simonsays.com > SimonSays > Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power (Trade Paperback) > Read an Excerpt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In essence, what Bissell and his fellow investors in the Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company were trying to do was discover a new source for the raw material that went into an existing, established process.
		George Bissell was still struggling to put his venture together when, on a hot day in New York in 1856, he took refuge from the burning sun under the awning of a druggist's shop on Broadway.
		George Bissell, the original promoter, was among those who had wasted no time in getting to Titusville.
	www.simonsays.com /content/book.cfm?sid=33&pid=404141&agid=2 (7604 words)

	Bissell Proheat Platinum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Emily Bissell 1: '''Emily P. Bissell ''' (1861 - 1948) was an American social wor 5: Though the idea failed at first, Bissell was able to gain enough publicity from a Philad 7: Bissell spent the remainder of her life promoting Christm 9: Category:1861 birthsBissell, Emily 10: Category:1948 deathsBissell, Emily
		George Bissell 1: '''George Bissell ''' was the father of the American oil industry] 5:, on a farm in Titusville, Pennsylvania.
		Bissell invested heavily in the surrounding region and en
	www.daikaiju.com /edge/49524-bissell%20proheat%20platinum.html (373 words)

	1930 BLUE BOOK..B
		George, 565 Mt. Prospect ave.,Newark, N.J. Barker, Mr.
		George Hilliard, 2 F ave, Pierre Ier de Serbie, Paris, France, Miss Rosalie deV.
		George Lee, 981 Madison ave.,& East Hampton, L.I. Brearton, Mrs.
	www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com /Directory/Blue/1930.BlueB.html (5941 words)

	Pioneer Oil Refinery 1876: California's First Successful Refinery.
		George H. Bissell, a New York lawyer, purchased a 100-acre plot of land near Titusville, Pennsylvania, which contained several oil springs.
		Bissell had noted that salt wells were drilled and pumped by tools suspended from a wooden frame or derrick.
		This method, involving mechanical engineering fundamentals, appeared to be far superior to collecting oil in ditches or skimming oil from the surfaces of ponds Bissell prepared to drill for oil using the latest technology He hired Edwin L. Drake, a minor stockholder to direct activities.
	www.scvhistory.com /scvhistory/pioneer-asme-i.htm (815 words)

	The Prize
		For what Bissell, Townsend, and the other members of the group had in mind was nothing less than hubris, a grandiose vision for the future of a substance that was known as "rock oil"—so called to distinguish it from vegetable oils and animal fats.
		Bissell knew that amounts of rock oil were being used as patent and folk medicines to relieve everything from headaches, toothaches, and deafness to stomach upsets, worms, rheumatism, and dropsy—and to heal wounds on the backs of horses and mules.
		But, well before George Bissell's entrepreneurial vision and Benjamin Silliman's report, a small oil industry had developed in Eastern Europe—first in Galicia (which was variously part of Poland, Austria, and Russia) and then in Rumania.
	www.businessweek.com /chapter/yergin.htm (7806 words)

	SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - Edwin Drake
		While petroleum oil was known prior to this, it was not available in large enough quantities to be very useful.
		According to Ida Tarbell's 1904 book The History of Standard Oil, the oil well was not Drake's idea, but rather that of his employer, George Bissell.
		Bissell sent Drake to the site in the spring of 1858.
	www.singaporemoms.com /parenting/Edwin_Drake (660 words)

	Ancestors of Eugene Ashton ANDREW & Anna Louise HANISH Captain John BISSELL ANDREW ANGERMUELLER HANISH STRUDELL ...
		IF there sere a Sarah Bissell who became the first wife of our Simon Mills, she might have been a sister, or otherrelative, of John Bissell of Windsor, in which case her son would not necessarily have been named in John's will, nor considered in the settlement of his estate.
		Bissell, John, juror in 1640-43--came to Windsor in 1639--deputy and ferryman, in '40.
		Thomas Bissell in '55, married Abigail Moore, and had Thomas in '56, Abigail in '58, John in '60, Joseph in '63, Elizabeth in '66, Benjamin in '69, a son in '71, and other children.
	www.geneal.net /6900.htm (1269 words)

	The Drake Well - the first oil well...in Pennsylvania?
		In the early 1850's, George Bissell, a New York lawyer, conceived a plan to try and produce this oil commercially.
		What made Bissell something of a visionary was that he would try to extract the rock oil from the ground by drilling, using the same techniques as had been used in salt wells.
		Bissell was simply looking for a better, more reliable and plentiful source.
	www.priweb.org /ed/pgws/history/pennsylvania/pennsylvania.html (482 words)

	January 14, 2001 - Promotions to Glory
		George Bissell was born to Joseph and Lillian Bissell in Lynn, Mass.
		Bissell served in corps in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, Vermont, Connecticut, and Ohio.
		He is survived by his wife, Agnes; three sons, Robert Bissell of Biddeford, Maine, Richard Bissell of Carlisle, Mass., and Ronald Bissell of Saco, Maine; a daughter, Lindasue Bissell of Tampa, Fla.; six grandchildren, and one great—grandchild.
	www.salvationarmy-usaeast.org /goodnews/goodnews/issues/2001_1_14/p_to_g.htm (611 words)

	Scott Holmes' Genealogy - Ancestors of Mary Ann Bissell
		GEORGE BISSELL, born March 10, 1719/20 in Hartford, Windsor, CT. He was the son of 16.
		ISAAC BISSELL, born September 22, 1682 in Windsor, CT; died November 06, 1744 in Litchfield, CT. He was the son of 32.
		GEORGE BISSELL, born March 10, 1719/20 in Hartford, Windsor, CT; married LYDIA GAY October 01, 1740 in Litchfield, CT.
	www.eclipse.net /~sholmes/mbissell.html (1246 words)

	King Street
		AND T. The next house is now the home of George Bissell, one of a numerous family.
		George is about the last of the Company of Teamsters, once a goodly array of men.
		On the opposite corner is a brick house built by the N. and T Railway to house electric equipment and they also had a freight shed nearby.
	historyniagara.niagara.com /Marshall/MHTMLFolder/wts3.htm (7222 words)

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