M. S. BISHOP

M. S. BISHOP is one of the early settlers of Lincoln Township. He was born November 26, 1839, in Peoria County, Illinois, and is a son of Bill Bishop, a native of Canada, who was five years old when his parents removed to New York. Bill Bishop fought in the war of 1812. He was married to Deborah Bishop, a second cousin, and they came to Illinois in 1832. They were among the pioneers of the State. They were the parents of twelve children, of whom M. S. is the sixth. Our subject was reared on a farm and received his education in the common schools of Illinois. In 1858 the family removed to Henry County, Illinois. During the late civil war M. S. Bishop enlisted at Lincoln's call for 300,000 men, in the One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Company H. He served six months and was honorably discharged, when he returned to Illinois. Mr. Bishop was married in Bureau County, Illinois, December 13, 1864, to Miss Mary Comstock, a native of Chautauqua County, New York. Mr. Bishop came to Shelby County in the spring of 1870, he having bought 160 acres of land the previous year. His farm is now one of the best improved in the county; he has a good two-story frame residence. built in modem style, a good barn, a windmill, a grove and an orchard. All the surroundings show the thrift and excellent management of the owner. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop are the parents of six children Frank A., Henry N., Warren G., Mabel Maud, Clyde and Charles. Mr. Bishop is a member of the Republican party, and has served as township trustee and on the school board in a creditable manner. He has been elected justice of the peace four times. He is well-to-do in this world's goods, and is one of the highly respected citizens of the township.

Source: 1889 Biographical History of Shelby County, Iowa, pp. 409-410. Transcribed and submitted by Marthann Kohl-Fuhs.

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