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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Francis John Bishop: Birth: 25 MAR 1890 in Paris, Edgar Co., Illinois. Death: 4 AUG 1893 in Paris, Edgar Co., Illinois

  2. Sherman Oscar Bishop: Birth: 15 FEB 1893 in Paris, Edgar Co., Illinois. Death: 25 SEP 1893 in Paris, Edgar Co., Illinois

  3. Bessie Lois Bishop: Birth: 16 SEP 1896 in Edgar Co., Illinois. Death: 16 OCT 1967 in Palmdale, CA

  4. Roscoe Franklin Bishop: Birth: 13 AUG 1901 in Paris, Edgar Co., Illinois. Death: 4 DEC 1956 in Walworth Co., Wisconsin

  5. Reliford Theodore Bishop: Birth: 12 JUN 1905 in Paris, Edgar Co., Illinois. Death: 21 JUL 1947 in Rockford, Illinois


Sources
1. Title:   Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
Source:   S-1049939203
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
2. Title:   1900 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1900; Census Place: Paris, Edgar, Illinois; Roll: 299; Page: 30A; Enumeration District: 0071; FHL microfilm: 1240299
Source:   S-2129015437
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623,
3. Title:   Illinois, Marriages, 1851-1900
Source:   S-1050679050
Author:   Jordan Dodd and Liahona Research, comp.
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations Inc
4. Title:   1870 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1870; Census Place: Dolson, Clark, Illinois; Roll: M593_195; Page: 337A; Image: 139; Family History Library Film: 545694
Source:   S-2111108076
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Record
5. Title:   Illinois, Marriage Index, 1860-1920
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
6. Title:   1880 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1880; Census Place: Kansas, Edgar, Illinois; Roll: 205; Page: 126A; Enumeration District: 097
Source:   S-2129014908
Author:   Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limite
7. Title:   1880 Federal Census, Edgar Co., Illinois
Page:   Kansas twn. Dist. 97, p. 29, Fam. 194
Source:   S-2128899669
8. Title:   1900 Federal Census, Edgar Co., Illinois
Page:   p. 15 A, fam. 696
Source:   S-2128899783
9. Title:   Edgar County Marriages microfilm
Page:   Book 1, p. 196
Source:   S-2128899776

Notes
a. Note:   e almshouse in Paris, Sheet 10 B. I don't know if this is the same George or not.
  According to notes from his granddaughter, this is the same George Bishop.
  The "tragedy" of George's family was indeed several. George and Martha lost two sons to whooping cough and measles. Martha died in 1906 of tuberculosis. My father never forgot her horrible illness. Their house burned down. George was alcoholic. George placed Bessie age 14, Roscoe age 8, and Ralph age 4 in orphanage. Bessie was placed with a family as "companion", but returned soon saying the father in family made improper advances (I believed her). The orphanage record of her birthdate was blotted out to make her look older. Roscoe was put out to labor at a young age, and had horrible tales to tell. Ralph had it easier as a kind family took him in. My father never forgave his father George. I still wonder where their extended family was, but I think everyone was scrambling for a living, so it doesn't do any good to speculate.
  The children entered the orphanage December 3, 1909.
Note:   Some tragedy happened to this family between 1900 and 1910. In 1910 the children are in a children's home in Paris, and the parents cannot be found. In 1830 a George Bishop, 66, is found living in th

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