Daniel W. Bisco from Walpole As It Was and As It Is (1880)

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Surname: BISCO
Source: Walpole As It Was and As It Is by George Aldrich, 
        The Claremont Manufacturing Co., Claremont, N.H., 1880, page 213-214

BISCO, DANIEL W., was a resident of this town as early as the last decade in the last century. 
He was a tanner by trade, and his tannery stood about ten rods south of the residence of Henry
J. Watkins, and his dwelling was located on the site of Levi H. Foster's garden. Where he hailed 
from has not been ascertained, nor has his wife's family name The Biscos were considered a 
family of respectability in town, according to the testimony of the old citizens, now living,
who knew them. He was born in 1766, and died in 1828; and his wife, Esther, died in 1826, aged
55. He held some town office for several years being considered an efficient man. In 1806 he 
was town clerk and represented the town in the Legislature in 1821-2. His children were:
I.   Sophia, born Aug. 19, 1797, and died two years later.
II.  Leonard, b. June 9, 1800. He carried on the business of his father for several years, and
     built the house where Henry J. Watkins now resides, but through some outside manufacturing
     speculations lost a portion of his property and afterwards relinquished his tanning business.
     He lived in town till about 1843, when he removed to Keene, where he was clerk of the County 
     court and Register of Probate. During his life in Walpole he was for several years one of 
     the selectmen and was elected . Representative for the years 1831-2-5, and `6. Mr. Bisco 
     was, in person, noticeably good looking, and the regularity of his features seemed to be 
     consonant with his hand-writing, which was very legible and beautiful, and wherever seen in
     public records should serve as a stimulus to those who make records for posterity to follow
     his example. He married Mellicent, the youngest daughter of Dr. Jesseniah Kittredge sen.,
     by whom he had two children, 1st. Henry L., born. 1833, and died May 14,1839. He was a 
     precocious and loveable child, emulating the dignity and grace of manners of a cultivated
      gentleman of mature years. 2d. Josiah L., b. in 1839 and died in 1844. He buried his first
     wife in 1851. He d. Aug. 10, 1869.
III. Elmira, b July 17, 1802, and lived one year.