He married Margaret Lake on November 2, 1820 in Fauquier Co, Virginia.
William and Margaret (Lake) Bishop, both natives of Virginia. They came to Ohio in 1821, and engaged in farming until 1833. They then removed to Illinois and located in Old Town Township, which remained their home during the lifetime of the, father, his death having occurred in 1855. Mr. Bishop at one time was an extensive land-holder, and purchased in all about 2,000 acres. He was one of the substantial and prosperous men of his community, and in all respects a useful citizen. The mother of Mrs. Ayers, after the death of her husband, removed to Bloomington, where she now lives at the advanced age of eighty-three years. The parental family of eight children are all living, and were named Harvey, Henry, Samuel, George, William, Elizabeth (Mrs. Roop), Susan (Mrs. Rayburn), and Sarah B.
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From Good Old Times in McLean County, Illinois. Bloomington: McKnight Publishing Co., 1874. Pp. 484-486
William Bishop.
William Bishop was born September 8, 1794, in Fauquier County, Virginia. He was of English, Irish. Scotch and French descent. His father moved to Fleming County, Kentucky, when William was probably only one or two years of age, and when he was five or six years of age the family came to Clark County, Ohio. There he received some little education from a tutor, who was employed to teach in the family.
During the war of 1812 William Bishop was a teamster in the army, and went to Fort Meigs and to Fort Wayne. He frequently camped out when the snow came over him. On the campaign one of the oxen belonging to his team died., and he put a harness on the other and used it as a leader. Sometimes he was unable to get feed for his oxen and gave them salt bacon, which they ate very readily and seemed to be much strengthened by it. He often fed it to his cattle afterwards and it made them healthy.
In about the year 1820 Mr. Bishop went to Virginia, and there married Margaret Lake. In 1833 he came to Illinois and settled in Old Town timber. When the family first arrived there, they were obliged to sleep in a wagon for three weeks. No plank could be had for love or money. At their first arrival they built a fire near an elm tree and made dinner. They found a hunter's abandoned hut, cleaned it out and lived in it during their first winter. During the next year they built the six mile house, a double log cabin, which was used for many years as a stopping place for travelers. All of the water used was hauled from the
prairie, two miles distant. They twice attempted to dig a well,but at the depth of fifty feet the ground was still dry. It was very difficult indeed to haul their water, as they had no barrel, lint a circumstance occurred by which they obtained a water barrel. General Gridley at that time kept store in Bloomington. He had a barrel of honey standing outside his door, as no space was left for it inside. Some mischievous boys pulled out the plug, and the honey was lost. General Gridley used some very unparliamentary language about the matter, but as he had no further use for the barrel, gave it to Mrs. Bishop.
Mr. Bishop commenced tanning on an abandoned claim. He was much troubled by prairie fires, which sometimes ran into the timber. A great hurricane swept through the timber in 1827, and piled it up in every direction, and when the prairie fire swept in among the logs it would sometimes burn for many weeks. The memorable sudden change in the weather in December, 1836, came when Mr. Bishop was two miles from home. He immediately came home on horseback, driving a yoke of cattle. The dumb creatures insisted on going into the brush for protection against the piercing wind, and it was with the greatest difficulty that he brought them home. His chickens were many of them frozen up in the slush.
Mr. Bishop was about five feet and six or eight inches in height,and weighed about one hundred and forty-five pounds. He had dark hair, gray eyes, a sandy beard and was somewhat baldheaded. He was a hard-working man, but a lively trader. In 1842 and '43 he bought pork at Pekin and shipped it to the St. Louis market. He served for a while as County Commissioner.
He died in October, 1855. He had nine children, six boys and three girls. They are:
Harvey Bishop lives in the western part of Old Town. He has light hair and a light complexion. He has his farm well improved.
Henry Clay Bishop was named after the great statesman of Kentucky, whom William Bishop admired so much. He is rather less than the medium stature, has dark, hazel eyes, is very pleasant in his manner, and is very kind and accommodating. He is a bachelor and lives about one mile south of Gillem station.
Samuel Bishop is a physician and lives at Moline, Illinois. He is a graduate of a homeopathic institution in St. Louis, and now practices medicine. Before this he went to Hamilton College, New York, where he studied for the ministry. He preached for a year or two, but left the pulpit and began the study of medicine.
George Bishop is a farmer in Dwight. He also studied for the ministry and was a preacher for a while, hut went to farming.
Elizabeth, wife of B. R. Price, lives on the west line of Old Town township.
Susan, wife of James Reyburn, lives in Old Town, near Harvey Bishop.
William H. Bishop lives on his brother Luther's place, where his father died.
Mrs. Sarah B. Ayres, a widow, keeps house for her brother Samuel, in Moline.
Luther Bishop, the youngest, is a farmer, and lives with his brother William.
After the death of Mr. Bishop, Mrs. Bishop lived
for five years in Bloomington, and sent her two youngest sons. William and Luther to the Normal School to be educated. She then returned to the old place, where she is still living. She is a very kind old lady, and seems yet to be enjoying the best of health.
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BISHOP, William, (Son of James Bishop, Sr.) b. Fauquier County, Virginia, Sept. 8, 1794, Private, Capt. Robert Reid's Company, Col, James Denny's 1st Regt. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Ohio Militia, Aug. 30, 1812 to Oct 13, 1812, also Private, Capt. William Drakes' Company, Col. James Mills 1st Regt, 3rd Detachment, Ohio Militia. Feb. 14, 1813 to Aug. 14, 1813. Enlisted from Clark County Ohio. Served also as a Teamster. Went to Ft. Meigs and Ft. Wayne. Settled in McLean County, Ill. 1833, d. Old Town Township, Oct. 10, 1855. Buried in Bishop Cemetery, Sec. 30, Old Town Township, McLean County, Ill. (See Duis' "Good Old Times" 1874, P. 484, also Adjutant-Generals Records, State of Ohio, and Bishop-Lake Genealogy, 1898.)
Wife, Margaret (Lake) Bishop, ch. Harvey Bishop, Henry C. Bishop, Dr. Samuel Bishop, George Bishop, Elizabeth (Bishop) Price, Susan (Bishop) Benjamin, Williams H. Bishop, Sarah (bishop) Ayers, Luther Bishop.
William and Margaret (Lake) Bishop, both natives of Virginia. They came to Ohio in 1821, and engaged in farming until 1833. They then removed to Illinois and located in Old Town Township, which remained their home during the lifetime of the, father, his death having occurred in 1855. Mr. Bishop at one time was an extensive land-holder, and purchased in all about 2,000 acres. He was one of the substantial and prosperous men of his community, and in all respects a useful citizen. The mother of Mrs. Ayers, after the death of her husband, removed to Bloomington, where she now lives at the advanced age of eighty-three years. The parental family of eight children are all living, and were named Harvey, Henry, Samuel, George, William, Elizabeth (Mrs. Roop), Susan (Mrs. Rayburn), and Sarah B.
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From Good Old Times in McLean County, Illinois. Bloomington: McKnight Publishing Co., 1874. Pp. 484-486
William Bishop.
William Bishop was born September 8, 1794, in Fauquier County, Virginia. He was of English, Irish. Scotch and French descent. His father moved to Fleming County, Kentucky, when William was probably only one or two years of age, and when he was five or six years of age the family came to Clark County, Ohio. There he received some little education from a tutor, who was employed to teach in the family.
During the war of 1812 William Bishop was a teamster in the army, and went to Fort Meigs and to Fort Wayne. He frequently camped out when the snow came over him. On the campaign one of the oxen belonging to his team died., and he put a harness on the other and used it as a leader. Sometimes he was unable to get feed for his oxen and gave them salt bacon, which they ate very readily and seemed to be much strengthened by it. He often fed it to his cattle afterwards and it made them healthy.
In about the year 1820 Mr. Bishop went to Virginia, and there married Margaret Lake. In 1833 he came to Illinois and settled in Old Town timber. When the family first arrived there, they were obliged to sleep in a wagon for three weeks. No plank could be had for love or money. At their first arrival they built a fire near an elm tree and made dinner. They found a hunter's abandoned hut, cleaned it out and lived in it during their first winter. During the next year they built the six mile house, a double log cabin, which was used for many years as a stopping place for travelers. All of the water used was hauled from the
prairie, two miles distant. They twice attempted to dig a well,but at the depth of fifty feet the ground was still dry. It was very difficult indeed to haul their water, as they had no barrel, lint a circumstance occurred by which they obtained a water barrel. General Gridley at that time kept store in Bloomington. He had a barrel of honey standing outside his door, as no space was left for it inside. Some mischievous boys pulled out the plug, and the honey was lost. General Gridley used some very unparliamentary language about the matter, but as he had no further use for the barrel, gave it to Mrs. Bishop.
Mr. Bishop commenced tanning on an abandoned claim. He was much troubled by prairie fires, which sometimes ran into the timber. A great hurricane swept through the timber in 1827, and piled it up in every direction, and when the prairie fire swept in among the logs it would sometimes burn for many weeks. The memorable sudden change in the weather in December, 1836, came when Mr. Bishop was two miles from home. He immediately came home on horseback, driving a yoke of cattle. The dumb creatures insisted on going into the brush for protection against the piercing wind, and it was with the greatest difficulty that he brought them home. His chickens were many of them frozen up in the slush.
Mr. Bishop was about five feet and six or eight inches in height,and weighed about one hundred and forty-five pounds. He had dark hair, gray eyes, a sandy beard and was somewhat baldheaded. He was a hard-working man, but a lively trader. In 1842 and '43 he bought pork at Pekin and shipped it to the St. Louis market. He served for a while as County Commissioner.
He died in October, 1855. He had nine children, six boys and three girls. They are:
Harvey Bishop lives in the western part of Old Town. He has light hair and a light complexion. He has his farm well improved.
Henry Clay Bishop was named after the great statesman of Kentucky, whom William Bishop admired so much. He is rather less than the medium stature, has dark, hazel eyes, is very pleasant in his manner, and is very kind and accommodating. He is a bachelor and lives about one mile south of Gillem station.
Samuel Bishop is a physician and lives at Moline, Illinois. He is a graduate of a homeopathic institution in St. Louis, and now practices medicine. Before this he went to Hamilton College, New York, where he studied for the ministry. He preached for a year or two, but left the pulpit and began the study of medicine.
George Bishop is a farmer in Dwight. He also studied for the ministry and was a preacher for a while, hut went to farming.
Elizabeth, wife of B. R. Price, lives on the west line of Old Town township.
Susan, wife of James Reyburn, lives in Old Town, near Harvey Bishop.
William H. Bishop lives on his brother Luther's place, where his father died.
Mrs. Sarah B. Ayres, a widow, keeps house for her brother Samuel, in Moline.
Luther Bishop, the youngest, is a farmer, and lives with his brother William.
After the death of Mr. Bishop, Mrs. Bishop lived
for five years in Bloomington, and sent her two youngest sons. William and Luther to the Normal School to be educated. She then returned to the old place, where she is still living. She is a very kind old lady, and seems yet to be enjoying the best of health.
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BISHOP, William, (Son of James Bishop, Sr.) b. Fauquier County, Virginia, Sept. 8, 1794, Private, Capt. Robert Reid's Company, Col, James Denny's 1st Regt. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Ohio Militia, Aug. 30, 1812 to Oct 13, 1812, also Private, Capt. William Drakes' Company, Col. James Mills 1st Regt, 3rd Detachment, Ohio Militia. Feb. 14, 1813 to Aug. 14, 1813. Enlisted from Clark County Ohio. Served also as a Teamster. Went to Ft. Meigs and Ft. Wayne. Settled in McLean County, Ill. 1833, d. Old Town Township, Oct. 10, 1855. Buried in Bishop Cemetery, Sec. 30, Old Town Township, McLean County, Ill. (See Duis' "Good Old Times" 1874, P. 484, also Adjutant-Generals Records, State of Ohio, and Bishop-Lake Genealogy, 1898.)
Wife, Margaret (Lake) Bishop, ch. Harvey Bishop, Henry C. Bishop, Dr. Samuel Bishop, George Bishop, Elizabeth (Bishop) Price, Susan (Bishop) Benjamin, Williams H. Bishop, Sarah (bishop) Ayers, Luther Bishop.
He married Margaret Lake on November 2, 1820 in Fauquier Co, Virginia.
William and Margaret (Lake) Bishop, both natives of Virginia. They came to Ohio in 1821, and engaged in farming until 1833. They then removed to Illinois and located in Old Town Township, which remained their home during the lifetime of the, father, his death having occurred in 1855. Mr. Bishop at one time was an extensive land-holder, and purchased in all about 2,000 acres. He was one of the substantial and prosperous men of his community, and in all respects a useful citizen. The mother of Mrs. Ayers, after the death of her husband, removed to Bloomington, where she now lives at the advanced age of eighty-three years. The parental family of eight children are all living, and were named Harvey, Henry, Samuel, George, William, Elizabeth (Mrs. Roop), Susan (Mrs. Rayburn), and Sarah B.
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From Good Old Times in McLean County, Illinois. Bloomington: McKnight Publishing Co., 1874. Pp. 484-486
William Bishop.
William Bishop was born September 8, 1794, in Fauquier County, Virginia. He was of English, Irish. Scotch and French descent. His father moved to Fleming County, Kentucky, when William was probably only one or two years of age, and when he was five or six years of age the family came to Clark County, Ohio. There he received some little education from a tutor, who was employed to teach in the family.
During the war of 1812 William Bishop was a teamster in the army, and went to Fort Meigs and to Fort Wayne. He frequently camped out when the snow came over him. On the campaign one of the oxen belonging to his team died., and he put a harness on the other and used it as a leader. Sometimes he was unable to get feed for his oxen and gave them salt bacon, which they ate very readily and seemed to be much strengthened by it. He often fed it to his cattle afterwards and it made them healthy.
In about the year 1820 Mr. Bishop went to Virginia, and there married Margaret Lake. In 1833 he came to Illinois and settled in Old Town timber. When the family first arrived there, they were obliged to sleep in a wagon for three weeks. No plank could be had for love or money. At their first arrival they built a fire near an elm tree and made dinner. They found a hunter's abandoned hut, cleaned it out and lived in it during their first winter. During the next year they built the six mile house, a double log cabin, which was used for many years as a stopping place for travelers. All of the water used was hauled from the
prairie, two miles distant. They twice attempted to dig a well,but at the depth of fifty feet the ground was still dry. It was very difficult indeed to haul their water, as they had no barrel, lint a circumstance occurred by which they obtained a water barrel. General Gridley at that time kept store in Bloomington. He had a barrel of honey standing outside his door, as no space was left for it inside. Some mischievous boys pulled out the plug, and the honey was lost. General Gridley used some very unparliamentary language about the matter, but as he had no further use for the barrel, gave it to Mrs. Bishop.
Mr. Bishop commenced tanning on an abandoned claim. He was much troubled by prairie fires, which sometimes ran into the timber. A great hurricane swept through the timber in 1827, and piled it up in every direction, and when the prairie fire swept in among the logs it would sometimes burn for many weeks. The memorable sudden change in the weather in December, 1836, came when Mr. Bishop was two miles from home. He immediately came home on horseback, driving a yoke of cattle. The dumb creatures insisted on going into the brush for protection against the piercing wind, and it was with the greatest difficulty that he brought them home. His chickens were many of them frozen up in the slush.
Mr. Bishop was about five feet and six or eight inches in height,and weighed about one hundred and forty-five pounds. He had dark hair, gray eyes, a sandy beard and was somewhat baldheaded. He was a hard-working man, but a lively trader. In 1842 and '43 he bought pork at Pekin and shipped it to the St. Louis market. He served for a while as County Commissioner.
He died in October, 1855. He had nine children, six boys and three girls. They are:
Harvey Bishop lives in the western part of Old Town. He has light hair and a light complexion. He has his farm well improved.
Henry Clay Bishop was named after the great statesman of Kentucky, whom William Bishop admired so much. He is rather less than the medium stature, has dark, hazel eyes, is very pleasant in his manner, and is very kind and accommodating. He is a bachelor and lives about one mile south of Gillem station.
Samuel Bishop is a physician and lives at Moline, Illinois. He is a graduate of a homeopathic institution in St. Louis, and now practices medicine. Before this he went to Hamilton College, New York, where he studied for the ministry. He preached for a year or two, but left the pulpit and began the study of medicine.
George Bishop is a farmer in Dwight. He also studied for the ministry and was a preacher for a while, hut went to farming.
Elizabeth, wife of B. R. Price, lives on the west line of Old Town township.
Susan, wife of James Reyburn, lives in Old Town, near Harvey Bishop.
William H. Bishop lives on his brother Luther's place, where his father died.
Mrs. Sarah B. Ayres, a widow, keeps house for her brother Samuel, in Moline.
Luther Bishop, the youngest, is a farmer, and lives with his brother William.
After the death of Mr. Bishop, Mrs. Bishop lived
for five years in Bloomington, and sent her two youngest sons. William and Luther to the Normal School to be educated. She then returned to the old place, where she is still living. She is a very kind old lady, and seems yet to be enjoying the best of health.
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BISHOP, William, (Son of James Bishop, Sr.) b. Fauquier County, Virginia, Sept. 8, 1794, Private, Capt. Robert Reid's Company, Col, James Denny's 1st Regt. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Ohio Militia, Aug. 30, 1812 to Oct 13, 1812, also Private, Capt. William Drakes' Company, Col. James Mills 1st Regt, 3rd Detachment, Ohio Militia. Feb. 14, 1813 to Aug. 14, 1813. Enlisted from Clark County Ohio. Served also as a Teamster. Went to Ft. Meigs and Ft. Wayne. Settled in McLean County, Ill. 1833, d. Old Town Township, Oct. 10, 1855. Buried in Bishop Cemetery, Sec. 30, Old Town Township, McLean County, Ill. (See Duis' "Good Old Times" 1874, P. 484, also Adjutant-Generals Records, State of Ohio, and Bishop-Lake Genealogy, 1898.)
Wife, Margaret (Lake) Bishop, ch. Harvey Bishop, Henry C. Bishop, Dr. Samuel Bishop, George Bishop, Elizabeth (Bishop) Price, Susan (Bishop) Benjamin, Williams H. Bishop, Sarah (bishop) Ayers, Luther Bishop.
William and Margaret (Lake) Bishop, both natives of Virginia. They came to Ohio in 1821, and engaged in farming until 1833. They then removed to Illinois and located in Old Town Township, which remained their home during the lifetime of the, father, his death having occurred in 1855. Mr. Bishop at one time was an extensive land-holder, and purchased in all about 2,000 acres. He was one of the substantial and prosperous men of his community, and in all respects a useful citizen. The mother of Mrs. Ayers, after the death of her husband, removed to Bloomington, where she now lives at the advanced age of eighty-three years. The parental family of eight children are all living, and were named Harvey, Henry, Samuel, George, William, Elizabeth (Mrs. Roop), Susan (Mrs. Rayburn), and Sarah B.
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From Good Old Times in McLean County, Illinois. Bloomington: McKnight Publishing Co., 1874. Pp. 484-486
William Bishop.
William Bishop was born September 8, 1794, in Fauquier County, Virginia. He was of English, Irish. Scotch and French descent. His father moved to Fleming County, Kentucky, when William was probably only one or two years of age, and when he was five or six years of age the family came to Clark County, Ohio. There he received some little education from a tutor, who was employed to teach in the family.
During the war of 1812 William Bishop was a teamster in the army, and went to Fort Meigs and to Fort Wayne. He frequently camped out when the snow came over him. On the campaign one of the oxen belonging to his team died., and he put a harness on the other and used it as a leader. Sometimes he was unable to get feed for his oxen and gave them salt bacon, which they ate very readily and seemed to be much strengthened by it. He often fed it to his cattle afterwards and it made them healthy.
In about the year 1820 Mr. Bishop went to Virginia, and there married Margaret Lake. In 1833 he came to Illinois and settled in Old Town timber. When the family first arrived there, they were obliged to sleep in a wagon for three weeks. No plank could be had for love or money. At their first arrival they built a fire near an elm tree and made dinner. They found a hunter's abandoned hut, cleaned it out and lived in it during their first winter. During the next year they built the six mile house, a double log cabin, which was used for many years as a stopping place for travelers. All of the water used was hauled from the
prairie, two miles distant. They twice attempted to dig a well,but at the depth of fifty feet the ground was still dry. It was very difficult indeed to haul their water, as they had no barrel, lint a circumstance occurred by which they obtained a water barrel. General Gridley at that time kept store in Bloomington. He had a barrel of honey standing outside his door, as no space was left for it inside. Some mischievous boys pulled out the plug, and the honey was lost. General Gridley used some very unparliamentary language about the matter, but as he had no further use for the barrel, gave it to Mrs. Bishop.
Mr. Bishop commenced tanning on an abandoned claim. He was much troubled by prairie fires, which sometimes ran into the timber. A great hurricane swept through the timber in 1827, and piled it up in every direction, and when the prairie fire swept in among the logs it would sometimes burn for many weeks. The memorable sudden change in the weather in December, 1836, came when Mr. Bishop was two miles from home. He immediately came home on horseback, driving a yoke of cattle. The dumb creatures insisted on going into the brush for protection against the piercing wind, and it was with the greatest difficulty that he brought them home. His chickens were many of them frozen up in the slush.
Mr. Bishop was about five feet and six or eight inches in height,and weighed about one hundred and forty-five pounds. He had dark hair, gray eyes, a sandy beard and was somewhat baldheaded. He was a hard-working man, but a lively trader. In 1842 and '43 he bought pork at Pekin and shipped it to the St. Louis market. He served for a while as County Commissioner.
He died in October, 1855. He had nine children, six boys and three girls. They are:
Harvey Bishop lives in the western part of Old Town. He has light hair and a light complexion. He has his farm well improved.
Henry Clay Bishop was named after the great statesman of Kentucky, whom William Bishop admired so much. He is rather less than the medium stature, has dark, hazel eyes, is very pleasant in his manner, and is very kind and accommodating. He is a bachelor and lives about one mile south of Gillem station.
Samuel Bishop is a physician and lives at Moline, Illinois. He is a graduate of a homeopathic institution in St. Louis, and now practices medicine. Before this he went to Hamilton College, New York, where he studied for the ministry. He preached for a year or two, but left the pulpit and began the study of medicine.
George Bishop is a farmer in Dwight. He also studied for the ministry and was a preacher for a while, hut went to farming.
Elizabeth, wife of B. R. Price, lives on the west line of Old Town township.
Susan, wife of James Reyburn, lives in Old Town, near Harvey Bishop.
William H. Bishop lives on his brother Luther's place, where his father died.
Mrs. Sarah B. Ayres, a widow, keeps house for her brother Samuel, in Moline.
Luther Bishop, the youngest, is a farmer, and lives with his brother William.
After the death of Mr. Bishop, Mrs. Bishop lived
for five years in Bloomington, and sent her two youngest sons. William and Luther to the Normal School to be educated. She then returned to the old place, where she is still living. She is a very kind old lady, and seems yet to be enjoying the best of health.
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BISHOP, William, (Son of James Bishop, Sr.) b. Fauquier County, Virginia, Sept. 8, 1794, Private, Capt. Robert Reid's Company, Col, James Denny's 1st Regt. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Ohio Militia, Aug. 30, 1812 to Oct 13, 1812, also Private, Capt. William Drakes' Company, Col. James Mills 1st Regt, 3rd Detachment, Ohio Militia. Feb. 14, 1813 to Aug. 14, 1813. Enlisted from Clark County Ohio. Served also as a Teamster. Went to Ft. Meigs and Ft. Wayne. Settled in McLean County, Ill. 1833, d. Old Town Township, Oct. 10, 1855. Buried in Bishop Cemetery, Sec. 30, Old Town Township, McLean County, Ill. (See Duis' "Good Old Times" 1874, P. 484, also Adjutant-Generals Records, State of Ohio, and Bishop-Lake Genealogy, 1898.)
Wife, Margaret (Lake) Bishop, ch. Harvey Bishop, Henry C. Bishop, Dr. Samuel Bishop, George Bishop, Elizabeth (Bishop) Price, Susan (Bishop) Benjamin, Williams H. Bishop, Sarah (bishop) Ayers, Luther Bishop.
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