Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Bissey, Amandus
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Rockhill Township


   AMANDUS BISSEY carpenter, P.O. Sellersville, was born in 
Bucks county, February 13, 1857, and is a son of Charles and 
Caroline (Althouse) Bissey, both of German descent.  Charles 
Bissey, born in this county, learned the blacksmith's trade, 
but afterwards followed farming.  Amandus learned the trade 
of carpenter with Enos B. Gearhart, with whom he worked for 
three years. He was then employed by Nace & Bishop for four 
years, when he moved to Landsdale and worked there one year 
for L. J. Sellers.  He then began to work for the 
Philadelphia & Reading railroad company, and at the present 
time is a builder and contractor.  On July 15, 1874, he 
married Emma Ketrick, this lady being of German extraction.  
They are the parents of four children:  Flora M., Annie N., 
Sallie M. and Viola.  Mr. Bissey is a member of the Lutheran 
church, and in politics a democrat.