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Melville Reuben Bissell (September 25, 1843 – March 15, 1889) was an American entrepreneur who invented the modern carpet sweeper. [1] The Bissell corporation is named after him. Life and career
Anna Bissell was born on 2nd December 1846 in River John, Nova Scotia, to William and Eleanor Sutherland. They moved to Wisconsin when Anna was a child. [5] Bissell's husband was Melville Reuben Bissell. They had five children. In 1889, Bissell's husband died from pneumonia. On November 8, 1934, Bissell died in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
March 15 – Melville Reuben Bissell, entrepreneur, inventor of the Carpet sweeper (born 1843) April 30 – William Henry Barnum, U.S. Senator from Connecticut from 1876 to 1879 (born 1818) May 9 – William S. Harney, general (born 1800) June 26 Simon Cameron, journalist, editor and 26th United States Secretary of War from 1861 to 1862 (born 1799)
This move was made in response to an overcrowding of students at the Senior High building. The building is a short distance (0.5 miles [0.80 km]) from the high school. However, as of the 2017–18 school year, the Webster Building is now in use as an alternative high school, and ninth-graders attend one of the two junior high schools.
Half Hollow Hills Central School District (#5) is located in Dix Hills, New York, on Long Island, and primarily serves the hamlets of Dix Hills and part of Melville, while also serving small areas of East Farmingdale, Deer Park, West Hills, East Northport, and Wheatley Heights in Suffolk County. The district include five elementary, two middle ...
Melville is a surname and a given name. ... Melville Reuben Bissell (1843–1889), American inventor and businessman; Mel Brandt (1919–2008), American actor;
Webster, William Holcomb and Melville Reuben; William Holcomb Webster; Melville Reuben Webster (1915). History and Genealogy of the Governor John Webster Family of Connecticut. E. R. Andrews Printing Company. pp. 1– 19. Barbour, Lucius Barnes (1982). Families of Early Hartford, CT. Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. Holmes, Frank R. (1974).
Ward Melville, a local philanthropist, was a proponent of the Three Village school district, and contributed land for its new schools. The school district is renowned for its InSTAR program, a three-year science research program which produces record numbers of Regeneron Science Talent Search (formerly Intel STS) semifinalists.