Genealogical and family history of the state of Connecticut, a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Volume IV, Part 54

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Clement, E. H. (Edward Henry), 1843- joint ed. cn; Hart, Samuel, 1845-1917, joint ed; Talcott, Mary Kingsbury, 1847-1917, joint ed; Bostwick, Frederick, 1852- , joint ed; Stearns, Ezra Scollay, 1838-1915, joint ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 1178

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nois, April 15, 1846, died April 22, 1846. 2. Gratiot, born at Galena, May o, 18449. died at Louisville, Kentucky, December 17, 1886. 3. Ilempstead. born at Galena, November II. 1851. 4. William Pitt. born at Washington, D. C .. April 22. : 854. died at Galveston, Texas. November 23. 1898. 5. Elihu Benja- min, born at Raynham, Massachusetts, July 28. 1857, died January 27, 1862. 6. Susan Adele, born April 21. 1859, mentioned below. 7. Marie Lisa, born at Galena, Illinois, August 17. 1863. 8. Elihn Benjamin. Jr., born at Washington, D. C., November 16, 1868, died June 13. 1908.

( XX) Susan Adele Washburne, daughter of Hon. Elihu B. and Adele ( Gratiot) Wash- burne, born at Raynham. Massachusetts, April 21. 1859. received her education in the schools of Chicago, Paris and Bonn. She married. at Chicago, Illinois, February 21, 1882. Wil- liam D. Bishop, Jr., who was born at Bridge- port. December 16. 1857, and graduated at Yale. ISSO ( see Bishop IV). Children, horn in Bridgeport: 1. Natalie Washburne. born September 18, 1885; married. October 19, 1910. John Randolph Reyburn, of St. Louis, Missouri. 2. William D., born June 21, 1889.

The surname Bishop is of an- BISHOP cient English origin. Just how the title of a sacred office of the Catholic church came to be used for a stir- name is lost in the obscurity of ancient his- tory. It is suggested that it must have been a personal name or a nickname of some pro- genitor, just as major and deacon are some- times given. Other names like Pope are of this class, however. Bishop was in common use in England as a surname many centuries ago and no less than eleven immigrants came from there to Massachusetts before 1650 with their families. Various branches of the Eng- lich Bishop family bear coats-of-arms and have had tidles and dignities of various sorts.

Rev. John Bishop, immigrant ancestor, was born in Boston. He was a Puritan divine. He was chosen minister of Stamford. Connec- tient, in 1643. and Lieutenant Francis Beers and George Slauson. of Stamford, were sent on foot to Hoston "to converse and agree with him." He accepted the call and returned. it is said, with the committee on foot, carrying his Bible under his arm. This Bible at last accounts was preserved by his descendants. He married ( first ) Rebecca -; ( second ) Joana Royce, wi low of Rev. Peter Prudden and of Captain Thomas Willet. of Swansea, Massachusetts. It is said by some authorities that he was in Taunton as early as 1630. Children of first wife: Stephen. mentioned

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below: Joseph : Ebenezer : Benjamin ; Daugh- ter. married Whiting : Mary, died July 25, 1058.

Stephen, son of Rev. John Bishop, was born in Stamford about 1660. He married Mercy -. His will was proved July 23. 1723. Children, born at Stamford: John, mentioned below; Abraham (twin), October 28, 1684; Stephen itwin): Theophilus. February 1, 1687, died September 7. 1710: Isaac, October 30. 1689: Rebecca. April 9. 1692; Abigail, July 15, 1696: Abraham.

John (2). son of Stephen Bishop. was born in Stamford. about 1680. He married there. May 10. 1704. Mary Talmadge, of Stamford. She died September 23. 1725. Children. born at Stamford: John, March 31. 1705: Enos, April 21, 170 ;: Mercy, April 25, 1709: The- ophilus, July 13. 1711 : Abraham, August 13, 1713, died 1;15: Mary. married Eliasaph Whitney : Abraham. November 29, 1715 ; Han- nah. 1717: Job. September 3. 1725, died young.

(I) Pier-on Bishop. descendant of Rev. Jolin Bishop, was living at Stamford. in 1700. He married Hannah Finch : among their chil- dren was William. mentioned below.

( II) William, son of Pierson and Hannah ( Finch ) Bishop, was born June 23, 1769. at Stamford. Connecticut, died February 24, 1844. He married there, March 31. 1766, Su- sanna, born December 19. 1773. died January or June 9. 1852. in Bridgeport. daughter of Jolin and Sarah ( Nichols ) Scofield. Chil- dren. born at Stamford: Leander, May 15. 1707: Alfred. December 21. 1708. mentioned below: Morris. November 2. 1800: Edwin, April 5, 1803 : Charles William. May 12, 1805; Polly Samantha. December 24. 1807: George Albert, August 2. 1810: Hannah Elizabeth, November 8. 1812: Julia Pierson. July 29, 1813: Delia Maria, October 144. 1814; Darins Lewis, April 10. 18:8.

(III) Alfred. son of William Bishop. was born at Stamiord, Connecticut. December 21, 1798, died June 12, 1849. When a young man he removed to New Jersey, where he began his great career as a railroad contractor. He built the Morris canal and the bridge over the Raritan river at New Brunswick. In 1836 he came to Bridgeport, where plans were under way for building a railroad through the Hou- satonic Valley. He took upon himself the greater part of the financial burden and put the road through. Later he built the Berk- shire, Washington & Saratoga road. In 1815 he procured a charter, together with Timothy Dwight, of New Haven. Green Kendrick and William H. Scovill, of Waterbury. William De Forest. of Bridgeport, Seth Thomas Jr.,

of Thomaston, Anson G. Phelps, of New York, William M. Smith, Jonathan Nicholson and Lucius Clark as fellow incorporators. and began the construction of the Naugatuck rail- road, a stupendous undertaking for those days. The cost was $1.580.723, or $27.731 a mile. Timothy Dwight was the first president. In 1847 he also took up the great task of build- ing the New York & New Haven road. and succeeded so well that the directors said in 1849: "The work which owes its execution to him will be a monument to carry down his name with honor to the future." The capital stock, $2.500,000, was all subscribed by De- cember 31, 1846, largely through Mr. Bishop's efforts. While all these projects were matur- ing, and other, were in contemplation, he died in Saratoga, New York. His death came just before the completion of the New Haven road and three months before the Naugatuck road was opened to Winsted. He married, Ouo- ber 11, 1821, at Greenwich, Mary, daughter of Ethan Ferris, of Greenwich, who died fan- uary 3, 1833 ; he was a son of Jeduthan Ferris. Children: 1. Ethan Ferris, mentioned below. 2. William D .. mentioned below. 3. Henry, born August 26, 1839. in Madison, died January 17, 1895 : married Maggie Mallory, who died March 20, 1887, in Pensacola, Florida; her father was secretary of war and held other prominent positions ; children: Stephen Mal- lory, born March 24, 1861, died January 6. 1877 ; Henry Merino, born May 21, 180g. died November 1, 1867; Alfred, born Cetober 24, 1866, died February 6, 1887.

( IV ) Rev. Ethan Ferris Bishop, son of Ai- fred Bishop, was born in Madison. New Jer- sey, March 27, 1825. died in Bridgeport. Con- necticut. December -. 1883. He removed to Bridgeport in 1838. IIe entered Yale College. 1845. but in the following year relinquished study on account of impaired sight caused by an accident during his yourh. He became clerk in his father's office and continued in that capacity until his father's death in 1840. Hle acted as executor of his father's estuve. closing up construction accounts relating to the New York & New Haven. the Naugatuck, and the Washington & Saratoga railroad -. In 1850 he was elected a director of the Naudu- tuck railroad, and in 1851 became its presi- dent, serving until 1855. when he resigned to engaged in railroad operations in the west. Ot the roads which he operated may be men- tioned the Milwaukee & Watertown. the Mil- waukee & Chicago and the Dubuque & Sioux City. Returning to Bridgeport, he was again elected to be president of the Naugatuck rail- road. in 1873, and held the office at the time of his death. When the Bridgeport Sicam-

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boat Company was organized in 1865. Mr. Bishop was made its president. Later he re- signed in favor of his son, Dr. Sydney Bishop. In 1859 he entered the ministry of the Epis- copal church, building by himself with little outside help. the Church of the Nativity. In 1864 the college next to it was completed. intended for a school for orphans and needy boys. In it they received a thorough educa- tion preparatory for college or business life. At one time thirty-five boys were cared for. Mr. Bishop was one of the churchmanship of Pusey and Kable of the Church of England, and of Mahan, Seabury and Ewer of the Am- erican Church, a high church man in the strict interpretation of that term. He was a mem- ber of Hamilton Commandery, St. John's Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. Jerusalem Council, and Jerusalem Chapter. Royal Arch Masons. Mr. Bishop married. in Brooklyn, March 22, 1847, Georgianna Moody, born in England, daughter of John and Elizabeth Frances Moody. Her father was born in Eng- land, came to Bridgeport, Conecticut, settled on North avenue, near the present Mountain Grove cemetery, built up that section. dealing in real estate quite extensively ; he died at age of seventy-eight : his wife, also born in Eng- land, died at age of sixty. They were the parents of eleven children. one only of whom is living at the present time ( 1910), William Francis Moody, in Bridgeport. Rev. and Mrs .. Bishop had three children: Sydney. mentioned below ; Alfred. born June 18, 1855. died in infancy: Elizabeth Frances, born March 19, 1863. The mother of these children died January 17, 1898.

(V) Sydney, son of Rev. Ethan Ferris and Georgiana (Moody) Bishop, was born in Bridgeport, Conecticut. April 7, 1848, died March 24, 1910. He was educated in the pub- lie schools of Bridgeport : Burlington, New Jersey, Business College, and then prepared for Yale College. taking part of the regular course, after which he matriculated at Belle- vue Medical College, New York City. from which institution he was graduated. He then followed his profession for three years, at the expiration of which time he entered the firm of Maurice, Bishop & Howland, Wall street. New York City, and carried on a successful business for twenty years, then resigned and returned to Bridgeport. Here he still took an active interest in affairs. being president of the New York and Bridgeport Steamboat Company and was connected with several other enterprises, among which was the Auto- matic Machine Company of Bridgeport. of which he was also president. A man well known and one of the highly respected of liis

city. A man of highest sense of honor and integrity in all his business and social rela- tions, and who through these characteristics won for himself a host of friends. A great lover of athletic sports, and in his younger days prominent in social affairs. At the time of his death he was a member of the Univers- ity Club, being one of the early members of this, which succeeded what was formerly known as The Eclectic Club, of which he was also a member, and the Brooklawn Club, and having previously been a member of the Sea- side Club, Algonquin Club, and various other social organizations. He married, November 19, 1873. Mary Helen Staples ; she died April 19, 1898. Children : 1. Charlotte L'Estrange, married Charles W. Gordon, of St. Paul, Min- nesota : children : Virginia, born November 23. 1898, and Charles Richards. 2. Georgiana Millington. 3. Helen Ferris, married. Febru- ary 8, 1895, Robert S. Hineks, a prominent banker of Bridgeport. 4. Ferris Lounsherry, of New Jersey, married Maud Platt. Decem- ber 14. 1004: children: Helen Elizabeth and Sydney Ferris.

(IV) William D., second son of Alfred Bishop. was born September 14. 1827. in Bloomfield, New Jersey, died February 4, 1904. Ile entered Yale University in 1845, and graduated in 1849. While in college hie was prominent as a political debater and was president of Linonia Society, one of the high- est honors in the college world in those days. His father died in June of the year he gradu- ated, and his death threw heavy responsibili- ties on the young man. He proved himself well able to bear them, however, and com- pleted the railroad contracts, including the roads in the west. He was an early director of the Naugatuck road. first superintendent. and in 1855 president. The road was then fully equipped and was, as it has continued to be, one of the best paying roads in the country. This position he held until 1867. when he was called upon to do an equally great work as president of the New York, New Haven & Hartford road. He retained his interest in the Naugatuck road. however, and was recalled to the presidency in 1885. From 186; to 1860 Russell Tomlinson was president, and from 1860 to 1883. E. F. Bishop, brother of William D. Bishop. Dur- ing William D. Bishop's management it be- came one of the most notable roads in Ameri- ca. It was on a ten per cent. basis, and on that basis it was leased to the New York. New Haven & Hartford road in 1887. Mr. Bishop continued as president until October. 1903, when failing health compelled him to retire, and he was succeeded by his son, Wil-

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liam D. Bishop Jr. When the senior Mr. Bishop resigned the presidency of the Nauga- tuck road in 1867. he became president of the New York & New Haven, and held that office from May of that year until March 1, 1879, when the condition of his health forced him to relinquish the duties. During his term of office. the road developed from a small insti- tution to a powerful corporation, and his name remained at the head of the board of direc- tors until his death. While he was president, and also a member of the house of representa- tives, an act was passed consolidating the New York & New Haven and the Hartford and Springfield lines. Subsequently the Shore Line was leased, and the Harlem & Port Ches- ter and the Hartford & Connecticut Valley roads were acquired. The vast railroad im- provements in Bridgeport, costing as much as the original cost of the road from Harlem to New Haven, were due largely to Mr. Bishop. He was also director for many years of the Housatonic, until it passed into the hands of the Bostwick-Starbuck syndicate: also a di- rector of the Bridgeport Steamboat Company. now controlled by the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad. When the Eastern Railroad Association was formed to protect the railroads of the east against patent suits, he was made president and continued as such until his death.

Besides all his native ability and genius as a railroad man. Mr. Bishop was pre-eminent in politics, and one of the foremost of the Democrats who gave strength to their party in the old days. He was elected to congress in 1857. the youngest and one of the most elo- quent and forceful members of that hody. He failed of re-election, and was appointed by President Buchanan to be United States commissioner of patents. His term continued while the Democrats were in power, and dur- ing that time, largely by systematizing the work, he made a wonderful change in the de- partment. In 1870 he was admitted to the bar, and the following year was chosen rep- resentative from Bridgeport, and in 1877-78 was a member of the senate. He drafted and carried through the general railroad law, which was a model in itself. He was a man of few words, but when he did speak he com- manded attention and carried conviction. He was firm in his opinion when once formed. and was a true philosopher. He was a man of charming characteristics, with a keen sense of humor.

Mr. Bishop married Julia Ann, daughter of Russell and Martha H. Tomlinson. Children : I. Mary Ferris, born October 4. 1851. 2. 11- fred, July 11, 1853, died April 18, 1854. 3.

Dr. Russell Tomlinson, April 1, 1856, married Minnie Lockwood; one child. Julia Tomlin- son. 4. William Darius, Jr., December 16. 1857, married, February 21, 1882, Susan Adele, daughter of Elihu Benjamin Wash- burne : children : Natalie W. and William D. (3) (see Washburn). 5. Henry Alfred, men- tioned below. 6. Nathaniel W., July 16, 1865, married, October 31, 1889. Anna Lucinda. daughter of Dr. DeVer H. Warner, of Bridge- port, Connecticut, one of the largest corset manufacturers in the world, inventing and manufacturing what is known as the "Warner Health Corset"; children: Warner. Alfred and Nathaniel W .. Jr.

(V) Henry Alfred, son of William D. Bishop, was born December 4, 1860, in Bridge- port. He was educated at the Hillside School in Bridgeport, Hurlburt's School at Lime Rock, and General William H. Russell's Mili- tary School in New Haven. He entered Yale University, in the class of ISS4. but did not graduate. While in college he was made a member of the societies of D. K. E .. Hay Boulay and Psi Upsilon. He began his rail- road career, September 21. 1881, as general ticket agent of the Naugatuck road. and in 1883 was made purchasing agent. and in 1885 assistant superintendent. all of which posi- tions he held until February, 1886. He was then appointed superintendent of the House- tonic road, and after that road had leased the Danbury road, general superintendent of the Housatonic and all its branches. April 1, 1887. he was appointed purchasing agent of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Fond. an office which he resigned March 1. 1903. to become acting vice-president of the West Vir- ginia Central and Pittsburg and Western Maryland roads, which had been acquired by a syndicate in which he was interested. Later he was made vice-president of both roads, but on account of his father's health, resigned in December, 1903, and has since been activeiy connected with railroad companies. In 1886. after he had served a term as alderman m Bridgeport, he was sent to the legislature. From 1888 to 1800 he was president of the board of police commissioners. In 1888 he was candidate for secretary of the state on the Democratie ticket, and in 1904 for lieutenant- governor, on both occasions receiving a large vote. He was president of the board of trade of Bridgeport. 1000-01, and is now president and director of the Bridgeport Public Library and the Bridgeport Boys' Club, director in the Bridgeport Hospital, St. Vincent's Hospital. the Connecticut Humane Society, the Brook- lawn Corporation and Mountain Grove Cent- etery Association, and trustce of the Bridge-

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port Orphan Asylum. He is associated with a number of leading industries, being director in the Read Carpet Company, the Western Union Telegraph Company, the American District Telegraph Company, and (a member of the executive committee ) of New Jersey and Am- erican Graphophone Company. the Connecti- cut Metal Company (also a member of the executive committee ) and the Connecticut Na- tional Bank. He is vice-president of the Her- rick Combustion Company, the Pacific Iron Works (and a member of the executive com- mittee ), the Keystone Brake Shoe Company (a voting trustee). and of the Clapp Fire Re- sisting Paint Company (a member of the ex- ecutive committee ).

In Masonry Mr. Bishop is a member of Corinthian Lodge. Jerusalem Chapter. Jeru- salem Council. Hamilton Commandery, Pyra- mid Temple. De Witt Clinton Lodge of Per- fection, Washington Council, Pequonnock Chapter, Rose Croix and Lafayette Consis- tory. He belongs to the Algonquin. Seaside, Brooklawn. University, Bridgeport Yacht and Park City Yacht clubs of Bridgeport. the Gov- ernor's Staff Association of Connecticut ( pay- master general on the staff of Governor Mor- ris in 1893-94), the Merabetchouan Fishing and Game Club, the Union Club, New York Yacht Club, The Strollers, Manhasset Bay Yacht Club, Old Guard, New York Railroad Club and Transportation Club of New York. the New England Railroad Club of Boston, the Bridgeport Democratic Association, the Lincoln Farm Association and the Maryland Club of Baltimore. He is also a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. the So- ciety of Colonial Wars, and of the Bridgeport Scientific and Historical Society. In religion he is an Episcopalian.

Mr. Bishop married, February 6. 1883, Jes- sie Alvord. daugliter of William E. Trubee. of Bridgeport. Children: Marguerite .11- vord, Henrietta, Henry Alfred. Jr .. Child, died young. They reside at 202 Washington avenue, Bridgeport.

BISHOP John Bishop. immigrant ances- tor, was born in England. and was one of the twenty -five pion- eers in Rev. Henry Whitfield's company. sign- ing the Plantation Covenant on board the ship in which they came to this country. June 1. 1639. He may be related to John Bishop, the minister. of Stamford. Both had sons named Stephen. He settled at Guilford. Connecti- cut, and was one of the men chosen by the planters to purchase the lands at Menum Ke- tuck, now Guilford, from the Indians. and be- canie one of the magistrates of the plantation

there. Ile died in February, 1601. His wife Anne died April 16, 16;6. Children: John, mentioned below : Stephen, married Tabitha Wilkinson: Bethia, married James Stecle; Daughter, married ---- Ihubbard.

(11) Jolin (2), son of john (1) Bishop, was born in England, died at Guilford. Con- Hecticut, in October, 1683. He married there. December 13, 1650. Susannah Coldham For Goldham), daughter of Henry Coldluam or Goldliam, of Guilford. She died November 1, 1703. Children. born at Cuilford: Mary, September 20, 1652. married John Hodgkins; Jolin. mentioned below : Susanna. 1657, mar- ried Moses Blatchley; Elizabeth, 1660. mar- ried John Scranton: Daniel, 1663. married Hannah Bradley; Nathaniel. 1666, married Mercy Hughes; Samuel, October 23. 16,0, married Abigail Wetmore : Sarab. January 22, 1674: Abigail, January 25, 1081, married Sam- uel Lee.

(III ) John (3). son of John (2) Bishop. was born in 1655 at Guilford, and died there November 25, 1731. He married there (first), July 3, 1680, Hitchcock. who died March 14, 1712. He married there (second), November 18, 1713, Mary Johifison, of New Haven. Children of first wife. born at Gui- ford: Elizabeth, October 14. 1690, married Samuel Scranton: fohn. August 12, 1692, married Abigail Spinney; Ann. February 15, 1695, married David Field; David. Inne 6. 1697, married Dorothy Stanley; Jonathan, November 8, 1690. married Hannah Chitten- den: Mary, December, 1700, married Caleb Jones; Deborah, February 19. 1702: Nathan- iel, May 6. 1704, married Margaret Bliun; Timothy. 1708, married Hannah Blin. Chil. dren of second wife: William, October 18, 1714: Enos, mentioned below : Esther. Febru- ary 24. 1719: Mary, May ;, 1722, married Abraham Dowd.

( IV) Lieutenant Enos Bishop, son of John (3) Bishop, was born in Guilford, May 26, 1717, died there April, 1802. Ile was a soldier in the French and Indian war from Guilford in Captain Pavson's company in 1735 (p. 12. vol. IX. French and Indian War Roll, Conn. Hist. Society). Ile was also in Captain An- drew Ward's company of Guilford, April 21, to December 13, 1758; in the sixth company. Captain Ward. in 1750, and second lieutenant in Captain Ichabod Scranton's company ( Fifth : March 24 to November 22, 1,00 (P). 14. 136 and 1oz. French and Indian Wir Rolls. Conn. Hist. Society, vol. X). He ap- pears to be of Guilford in 1790, when accord- ing to the first federal census " Aeneas" Bishop had in his family four males over sixteen and two females. He married. December 15,

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1742, Abigail, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Wright ) Burgis. Children, born in Guil- ford :. Seba, September 11, 1743, died Janu- ary 26, 1765: Thomas, January 8, 1747, mar- ried Ann Francis ; Abigail. December 9, 1748: Rachel, married Zebulon Hale; Johnson, mar- ried Lucy Leete; Abigail, married Ebenezer Bragg: Anna, died August 1. 1806; Bildad, baptized December 28, 1760, died young; Ab- ner, mentioned below: Sarah. baptized Jan- uary 20. 1771. died March 2, 1799; Burgis, 1775, died November 26, 1783.

(V) Abner, son of Enos Bishop, was born at Guilford. August 1, 1763, baptized August 7, 1763, died there December 8, 1825. Ile mar- ried there (first), October 20. 1791, Thankful Buell, born December 12, 1767, died Septem- ber 12, 1806. He married ( second ). January 1, 1808, Delecta Backus, who was born Sep- tember 13. 1776, died May 4, 1840. He re- moved to the western part of New York state. Children by first wife, born at Guilford: Ma- tilda, July 10, 1792, married Theodore Hop- son; Augustus, December 31. 1793, married Mary Walkley; John S., February 9, 1796, married Fanny Norton : Betsey, February 14. 1798, married Elisha Goulding: Bildad. Jan- uary 24, 1800, married Naney Chittenden ; Polly Abigail. December 26, 1801, married William Linn: Benjamin, June 8. 1804. died 1826; Abner. September 8. 1806, died March 24, 1807. Children by second wife: Peyton Randolph, mentioned below ; Abner, born Feb- ruary 23, 1813. died June 30, 182 ;: Edwin Elliott, November 15, 1815, died February 3. 1826; Sophia Thankful. July 13, 1818.

(VI) Peyton Randolph. son of Abner Bishop, was born at Guilford, now North Madison. May 8. 1810. He was educated in the public schools, and spent his early years in New York state. Returning to Connecti- ent, he learned the trade of carpenter in Bridgeport and engaged in business in the course of time as a builder and contractor in that city. Many of the finest residences of the city are the product of his skill and also some of the public buildings. He had the contract for the building of the Presbyterian church, which was later destroyed by fire. In 1874 he went to California, where he bought a ranch and engaged in sheep raising. contin- uing for a number of years. This was in the early days in California, when it was a wild country, peopled by Indians and desperate characters and Mr. Bishop had many exciting adventures, at times barely escaping with his life. He returned to Bridgeport and died there. October 20. 1886. Mr. Bishop was es- sentially a self-made man, starting at the bot- tom of the ladder and working his own way

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