Surnames within this posting: WASHBURN, BISBING, WILLIAMS, WEIDMAN [This persons wife, Emma J. WASHBURN, descends from Jesse & Silence WASHBURN, down through Jesse Jr.& Catherine and Daniel & Elizabeth] Obit of: Wilbur B. Bisbing Sr. Microfilm - Easton Public Library, Easton, PA Obit from "The Easton Express", Easton, Northampton Co., PA Saturday, 24 January 1942 Page 18 [Headline] Wilber Bisbing Sr. Wilbur Bisbing Sr., 66 years old, of 503 Wilkes-Barre street, died at 12:30 o'clock this morning in Easton Hospital, where he was admitted yesterday for medical treatment. He had been in poor health since October. Mr. Bisbing was widely known and had a large circle of friends. He was a native of White Haven and a son of Amos and Isabelle Williams Bisbing. For a number of years he was employeed at the Packerton repair shops of the Lehigh Valley Railroad and in 1901 was transferred to the South Easton shops where he remained until 1917 when he opened an electrical supply store on Berwick street. Several years later he entered the employ of the Easton Coal and Lumber Company and remained there for 13 years, retiring 10 years ago. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Emma Bisbing who has been an invalid for several years; a daughter, Mrs. Herbert Volk, of Easton; a son, Wilbur Bisbing Jr., at home; a brother, Arch Bisbing, of Easton; a half-brother, Amos Bisbing, of East Stroudsburg, and a half-sister, Mrs. Mattie Weidman, of Camden, Conn. [End]