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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. [6] 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)
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Keith Bissell (1912–1992), Canadian composer, conductor, and music educator; Laura Bissell (born 1983), English road and track racing cyclist; Melville Reuben Bissell (1843–1889), American entrepreneur and inventor; Mina Bissell, Iranian-American biologist; Nicholas L. Bissell Jr. (1947–1996), American prosecutor
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