to be closer to his daughter and nephew. Bissinger died in Brooklyn near the end of 1897 and is buried in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Adolph Ochs was a pallbearer at Bissinger's funeral, as well as the executor of his estate. Family and Descendants Samuel married Caroline "Sarah" Ochs in 1849, and lived the first years of their married life in Louisville, Kentucky. They had the following children: Benjamin Bissinger (b.1850) Benjamin was a prosperous inventor. Many of his sewing machine patents were used by the leading manufacturers of the day. Bertha (Bissinger) Felleman (b. 1857) Mother of Hazel Felleman (1884 - April 29, 1975), who was an American editor. She was the editor of New York Times Book Review Notes and Queries for 15 years, until 1955. She edited The Best Loved Poems of the American People (1936) and Poems That Live Forever (1965). [1] Both books have remained in print and have sold over one million copies. Nancy (Bissinger) Borges (b. 1857) Mathilda (Bissinger) Hyman (b. 1852) References 1825 births 1897 deaths American merchants German emigrants to the United States People from the Kingdom of Bavaria 19th-century German Jews 19th-century American businesspeople