5. Robert S. Bishop b. July 18, 1830 SC died September 22, 1902. Robert Bishop was married 1st to Jane unknown and 2nd to Nancy Tidwell Rooks b. 1845 GA. Robert Bishop is buried at Kyuke Cemetery in Etowah County. Records say Robert Bishop child of Jesse Bishop. Settlers of Northeast Alabama Vol. III has R.S. Bishop born 8 July 1828 or 9 died 22 Sept. 1902. i. William P. Bishop b. June 13, 1859 d. July 13, 1860. (Robert Bishop age 29 is found in the 1860 census of Cherokee County, Alabama with wife Jane Bishop age 21 and son William P. Bishop 11 months old) District 1 - Cherokee County Alabama 1860 Census Page 205. Living in the next house is Robert's father Jesse Bishop 79 and Agnes Bishop 66 and others living in household are Elizabeth Bishop 45, Matilda Bishop 32, Thomas Bishop18, Harriet Bishop 13. ii. Fances Bishop b. July 18, 1861 d.Dec. 19, 1980 had daughter Lula Bishop b. iii.David Bishop b. 3/1866 Robert Bishop married his second wife Nancy Rooks on March 12, 1867 in DeKalb County, Alabama and had the following children: Nancy Tidwell was born 1845 in GA and died Jan. 22, 1897. Nancy Rooks had two daughters by her first marriage to W. Rooks. 1. Parralee Rooks b. May 10, 1859 d. July 13, 1938 Paralee m.1 William F. Black on Jan. 27, 1875 in DeKalb County, Alabama and is found in the 1880 census: William F. Black 26 b. GA, Parlee Black 21 b. AL. dau. Mary M. Black age 5 b. AL and Edward Black 2 b. AL. Paralee Rooks m.2 Wood. and m3. Joseph R. Bigham after 1920 in Etowah County, AL. Mr. Bingham has five sons, Robert, Claude, Jim Commander Bigham and John Bigham, four daughters Mrs. Ed Sitz, Mrs. John Grady, Mrs. Clarence Whitt and Mrs. Jessie Johns. 2. Mary Jane Rooks b.8/20/1861 d. 2/24/1950 m. on 5 Sept. 1889 to Augustus Anderson Allen b.2/28/1852 d.8/22/1915. Mary Jane Rooks Bishop was Augustus' 4th wife. They are buried at Fairview Methodist Church Cemetery in DeKalb Co., AL. They had the following children; (See Augustus A. Allen family page) 1. James Ollie Allen b. June 1891 2. Minnie Leonie Allen b. June 11, 1893 3. Eulah Caldonia Allen b. Oct. 26, 1895 4. Silas Adkin Allen b. 3/18/1900 d. 8/29//1917 5. Paul Allen b. April 6, 1898 d. Dec. 1, 1899. . v. Robert Andrew Bishop b. 11/24/1869 d. 7/29/1960 m. Sarah C. unknown b. 12/21/1875 d. 7/29/1959 1. J. Herman Bishop b. 12/28/1904 d. 2/12/1996 m. Lola Bell Allen b. 8/24/1911 d. 4/27/1980 i. Annie Pearl Bishop ii. Margaret Bishop m. W. M. Wooten iii. Nellie Bishop m. Edward McCormick iv. Katherine Bishop m. Turner 2. Lillie Bishop b. ? married Cox vi. Charlie Bishop b. 1873 d. 8/18/1952 (See Charlie's branch at his grandson Wilford Bishop's page at FamilyTreeMaker.com) vii. George Bishop b. 1876 d. abt. 1903 m. Mary Susan Allen daug. of A. A. Allen and Sara Dobbs. |
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These Bishops began in South Carolina and migrated to Cherokee, DeKalb, Etowah, Marshall and St. Clair Counties of North Alabama in the early to mid 1800's and their descendants and connected families are now scattered throughout the United States! |
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Bishop Family Reunion June 28, 2008 Community Center in theTraders and Farmers Bank Building, Arley, Winston County, AL. Take 278 W from Cullman. You will turn left on 77 about 10 miles on the other side of Jones Chapel. Go about 15 miles to Arley, AL - at the stop sign take a left on 41. Meek High School is on your right and Traders and Farmers Bank is on the right after you pass the school. See you there! Our Bishop Family Reunion is held every two years now on the last Saturday of June. |
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Jesse Bishop b. abt 1776 SC Jesse Bishop 74 is found in the 1850 census 848th District of Paulding County, GA on page 76 with wife, Agnes 62, Elizabeth 35, Matilda 24, Daniel 23 and Robert 20. In the next household is Washington W. Bishop 30, July Ann 30, John 2, Robert 2 months old and living with them is Melissa Millican 17.(who marries Daniel Bishop) |
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Jesse Bishop born about 1776 in South Carolina and married Agnes unknown. They moved to Paulding County, Georgia and then to Cherokee County, Alabama and on to Collinsville, DeKalb County, Alabama. Agnes, lived to be in her nineties. They were Methodist and she climbed a mountain every Sunday to go to church. Jesse and Agnes' children were: |
1. Elizabeth Bishop b. 1815 SC 2. Matilda Bishop b. 1826 SC. 3. Washington W. Bishop b. 1823 SC m. Julie Ann Matilda Bishop b. 1826 SC. Children are: i. John W. Bishop b. 1848 St. Clair County, Alabama (1860 census St. Clair County Page 160) ii. Robert H. Bishop b. 1850 Georgia m. unknown (Rachel Estes?)had son Wilson Bishop 10 b. 1870. m.2nd Mary Jane Rooks on Aug. 25, 1878 one son Willie Bishop b. about 1879. Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL census 1880. iii. Emily C. Bishop b. 1852 St. Clair County, Alabama iv. Sarah L. Bishop b. 1856 St. Clair County, Alabama v. Lemuel J. Bishop b. 1858 St. Clair County, Alabama 4. Daniel Bishop b. 1827 SC m. Malissa Millican. Their children were: i. Mary Bertha Bishop b. July,1854 in Beebesprings, St. Clair County, Alabama m. Richard Hooper on 20 Feb 1883. They had four sons, the first two were twins. She has relatives still living in DeKalb County, AL. Mary Bertha died prior to 1922 in Alabama. ii. Sarah J. Bishop b. 1857 in Beebesprings, St. Clair County, Alabama iii. William T. Bishop b. 1860 in Beebesprings, St. Clair County, Alabama. William had two daughters Mrs. Freeman and Mrs. Boggs and son Walter Bishop. iv. Rhoda Thornton Bishop b. 1863 in Beebesprings, St. Clair County, Alabama m. James Buchanan "Buck" Drake. v. Wilson Decatur Bishop b. 9/14/1866 in Beebesprings, St. Clair County, Alabama m. Sarah Elizabeth Barkley. Wilson Decatur Bishop was a blacksmith, farmer and an ordained Southern Baptist minister. He was the father of seven sons and three daughters. He moved to Lone Oak, Texas south of Dallas. Children of Wilson and Sarah are: 1.Earnest Erwin Bishop b. 7/31/1888 DeKalb Co., Collinsville, AL m. Eva James, Arkansas 2. Marvin Ellis Bishop b. 3/3/1890 DeKalb County, Collinsville, AL m. Lucy Lankford 3. Otis Edwin Bishop b. 10/17/1891 DeKalb County, Collinsville, AL m. Edna Dunlap. 4. Archie Spurgeon Bishop b. 9/19/1893 DeKalb Co., Collinsville, AL m. Mabel Watson 5. Claude Horace Bishop b. 4/24/1895 in DeKalb Co., Collinsville, AL m. Edith West 6.. Eulys Hubert Bishop b. 4/24/1897 DeKalb Co., Collinsville, AL m. Elsie Whitlock 7. Nallie Leona Bishop b. 1/30/1899 DeKalb Co., Collinsville, AL m. Cleburne Garrett 8. Nettie Alta Bishop b. 11/17/1900 Lone Oak, Texas m. Oscal E. Cole 9. Walter Truett Bishop b. 1/19/1903 White Rock, Texas m. Carrie Sue Chesnut 10. Arbia Lexie Bishop b. 9/26/1905 White Rock, Texas m. Fred White |
5. Robert S. Bishop b. July 18, 1830 SC died September 22, 1902. Robert Bishop was married 1st to Jane unknown and 2nd to Nancy Tidwell Rooks b. 1845 GA. Robert Bishop is buried at Kyuke Cemetery in Etowah County. Records say Robert Bishop child of Jesse Bishop. Settlers of Northeast Alabama Vol. III has R.S. Bishop born 8 July 1828 or 9 died 22 Sept. 1902. i. William P. Bishop b. June 13, 1859 d. July 13, 1860. (Robert Bishop age 29 is found in the 1860 census of Cherokee County, Alabama with wife Jane Bishop age 21 and son William P. Bishop 11 months old) District 1 - Cherokee County Alabama 1860 Census Page 205. Living in the next house is Robert's father Jesse Bishop 79 and Agnes Bishop 66 and others living in household are Elizabeth Bishop 45, Matilda Bishop 32, Thomas Bishop18, Harriet Bishop 13. ii. Fances Bishop b. July 18, 1861 d.Dec. 19, 1980 had daughter Lula Bishop b. iii.David Bishop b. 3/1866 Robert Bishop married his second wife Nancy Rooks on March 12, 1867 in DeKalb County, Alabama and had the following children: Nancy Tidwell was born 1845 in GA and died Jan. 22, 1897. Nancy Rooks had two daughters by her first marriage to W. Rooks. 1. Parralee Rooks b. May 10, 1859 d. July 13, 1938 Paralee m.1 William F. Black on Jan. 27, 1875 in DeKalb County, Alabama and is found in the 1880 census: William F. Black 26 b. GA, Parlee Black 21 b. AL. dau. Mary M. Black age 5 b. AL and Edward Black 2 b. AL. Paralee Rooks m.2 Wood. and m3. Joseph R. Bigham after 1920 in Etowah County, AL. Mr. Bingham has five sons, Robert, Claude, Jim Commander Bigham and John Bigham, four daughters Mrs. Ed Sitz, Mrs. John Grady, Mrs. Clarence Whitt and Mrs. Jessie Johns. 2. Mary Jane Rooks b.8/20/1861 d. 2/24/1950 m. on 5 Sept. 1889 to Augustus Anderson Allen b.2/28/1852 d.8/22/1915. Mary Jane Rooks Bishop was Augustus' 4th wife. They are buried at Fairview Methodist Church Cemetery in DeKalb Co., AL. They had the following children; (See Augustus A. Allen family page) 1. James Ollie Allen b. June 1891 2. Minnie Leonie Allen b. June 11, 1893 3. Eulah Caldonia Allen b. Oct. 26, 1895 4. Silas Adkin Allen b. 3/18/1900 d. 8/29//1917 5. Paul Allen b. April 6, 1898 d. Dec. 1, 1899. . v. Robert Andrew Bishop b. 11/24/1869 d. 7/29/1960 m. Sarah C. unknown b. 12/21/1875 d. 7/29/1959 1. J. Herman Bishop b. 12/28/1904 d. 2/12/1996 m. Lola Bell Allen b. 8/24/1911 d. 4/27/1980 i. Annie Pearl Bishop ii. Margaret Bishop m. W. M. Wooten iii. Nellie Bishop m. Edward McCormick iv. Katherine Bishop m. Turner 2. Lillie Bishop b. ? married Cox vi. Charlie Bishop b. 1873 d. 8/18/1952 (See Charlie's branch at his grandson Wilford Bishop's page at FamilyTreeMaker.com) vii. George Bishop b. 1876 d. abt. 1903 m. Mary Susan Allen daug. of A. A. Allen and Sara Dobbs. |
vi. Amanda "Mandy" Ann Bishop b. 11/14/1869 in Collinsville, DeKalb County, Alabama; she was the second wife of Booker Thompson "B.T." William Zylmon Phillips Campbell. B.T. Campbell was a minister and had six children when his wife died. Booker and Mandy Campbell had two Children: 1. Fannie Campbell born 1902 m. Tom G. Jenkins 2. Booker T. "Uncle T" Campbell b. 4 July 1910. They lived in Marion County and Franklin County, Alabama. They are buried in Shady Grove Cemetery on Highway 237 Franklin County, Alabama. (info provided on June 11, 2005 by Tamara Bishop by email) vii. James "Jim" Bishop b. 1872. He never married and died young at age 16. viii.Isaac "Ike" Bishop b. 3/27/1874 in Collinsville, DeKalb County, Alabama. and died 9/9/1963 in Lone Oak Texas. Ike married on 1/13/1907 in Hunt County Texas to Lucy Jones b. 3/23/1879 d. 2/16/1960 in Lone Oak Texas. Their childen are: 1. Lois Bishop 2. Lorene Bishop 3. Lola Bishop ix. Baby Bishop b. about 1876. Mother and child died.. |
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In the 1880 census of DeKalb County, Alabama in Township 9, Elizabeth Bishop is found at age 64, b. SC, with sister Matilda Bishop 58 b. SC and mother Agnes Bishop age 106 b. VA. daughter Harriet Bishop 30 and nephew David V. Bishop. Also, living next door is Robert Bishop 50 b. SC, wife, Nancy Bishop 35 b. GA, Jessee Bishop 12 b. AL, Andrew Bishop 10 b. AL, Charley 7 b. AL and George 4 b. AL. These Bishops are listed in the census records as Bushops. Living next door is Edward Bishop 46 b. SC, wife Jane Bishop 45 b. GA, Lucy Bishop 12 b. GA and Dollie Bishop 10 b. GA. Edward could be another son of Jesse Bishop but most likey he is a nehpew of Jessie Bishop.. Considering the age of Jesse Bishop when found in Paulding County, GA, there could be many more children belonging to Jesse and related to these Bishops. |
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