William Harrison Bissell (New York Times)
Obituary
“Gov. Wm. H. Bissell,” New York Times, March 20, 1860, p. 5: 1.
Gov. Wm. H. Bissell, of Illinois was born near Cooperstown, in this State, April 25, 1811. He studied medicine at the Jefferson Medical College, in Philadelphia, whence he graduated in 1835. After practising [practicing] medicine for several years, he was elected to the State Legislature from Munroe County, in 1840. He studied law, was admitted to practice, and removed to Belleville, St. Clair County. There the Mexican War found him.