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submitter: Margaret (Bishop) Bradshaw          
 

Husband: Joseph Lafayette BISHOP 
Born: August 2, 1866 
Location: Upshur Co., Texas 
Married: October 24, 1884 
Location: Upshur Co., Texas 
Died: June 3, 1939 
Location: Upshur Co., Texas 
Cemetery: Concord Cemetery 
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
Father: Washington Lafayette BISHOP 
Mother: Margaret J (Mary) ELLISON
Other Spouses:

Wife: Martha (Marthy) Thomas HOUSEWORTH
Born: April 18, 1865 
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
Died: February 17, 1917 
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
Cemetery: Concord Cemetery 
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
Father: Thomas Phillip HOUSEWORTH
Mother: Nancy Caroline GEORGE
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Children
Name: Eadra P BISHOP
Born: May 6, 1886 
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
Died: December 8, 1903 
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
Cemetery: Concord Cemetery 
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
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Name: Thomas Lafayette BISHOP
Born: March 23, 1889 
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
Died: August 22, 1966 
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
Cemetery: Willow Oak Cemetery 
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
Spouse 1: Artice Bell FIELDEN
Married: June 15, 1913 
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
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Name: Early Cheston BISHOP
Born: May 16, 1895 
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
Died: September 17, 1992 
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
Cemetery: Willow Oak Cemetery 
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
Spouse 1: Lena Bessie CARPENTER
Married: May 16, 1917 
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
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Name: Dewey Oliver BISHOP
Born: December 3, 1899 
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
Died: September 18, 1985 
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
Cemetery: Willow Oak Cemetery 
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
Spouse 1: Mary Effie HITT
Married: Novemer 26, 1919 
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
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Comments: This line of the Bishops came from Spartenburg, South Carolina with Elias Bishop being the first to come to Texas.

Sources: Family Bible records, death, birth and marriage ceterificates.
 

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