Background
Bissell, Edwin Cone was born on March 2, 1832 in Schoharie, New York, United States. Son of George and Elizabeth (White) Bissell.
Bissell, Edwin Cone was born on March 2, 1832 in Schoharie, New York, United States. Son of George and Elizabeth (White) Bissell.
Graduate Amherst College, 1855, Union Theological Seminary, 1859. Studied in Germany, 1878-1880.
Ordained to ministry Congregational Church, 1859. Pastor, West Hampton, Massachusetts, until 1864. Organized, served with Company K, 52d Massachusetts Infantry Volunteers, 1862-1863.
Pastor Green Street Congregational Church, San Francisco, 1864-1869.
Pastor, Winchester, Massachusetts, 1870-1873. Missionary in Austria, 1873-1878.
Professor Hebrew, Hartford Theological Seminary, 1881-1892, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, 1892-1894. Author: The Historic Origin of the Bible, 1873.
The Apocrypha of the Old Testament (translation), 1880.
The Pentateuch, Its Origin and Structure. Biblical Antiquities, 1888.
Married Emily Pomeroy, 1859.