"William L. Bishop, deceased, was a native of Crawford County, Illinois, and his wife was born in Indiana. He was reared on his father's farm and was well educated. He became a merchant at Hutsonville, Illinois, and in 1900 located at Danville, where he was associated with the Danville Wholesale Grocery Company until the time of his death in 1904. He is buried at Danville. Mr. Bishop was a life long Republican, a member of the Christian Church, and Hutsonville Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of which he was Past Master for fifteen years. Emily E. (Adams) Bishop is the daughter of Lewis and Hannah S. (Shewman) Adams, natives of Ohio and early settlers of Crawford County, Illinois. She lives at Danville. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop were the parents of five children: Dr. Frank, physician and surgeon,died in Los Angeles, California, in September, 1928, was a graduate of the University of Kentucky and the University of Southern California, and a World War veteran, having served in France with the United States Medical Corps as a captain; Zella, married W.E. Reynolds, lives at Jacksonville, Florida; Fern, married H.E. Parker, Jr., lives at Danville; Lewis G., the subject of this sketch; and Blanche, lives at home." - History of Vermilion County, Illinois, Volume 2, 1930, Pages 678-679
"William L. Bishop, deceased, was a native of Crawford County, Illinois, and his wife was born in Indiana. He was reared on his father's farm and was well educated. He became a merchant at Hutsonville, Illinois, and in 1900 located at Danville, where he was associated with the Danville Wholesale Grocery Company until the time of his death in 1904. He is buried at Danville. Mr. Bishop was a life long Republican, a member of the Christian Church, and Hutsonville Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of which he was Past Master for fifteen years. Emily E. (Adams) Bishop is the daughter of Lewis and Hannah S. (Shewman) Adams, natives of Ohio and early settlers of Crawford County, Illinois. She lives at Danville. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop were the parents of five children: Dr. Frank, physician and surgeon,died in Los Angeles, California, in September, 1928, was a graduate of the University of Kentucky and the University of Southern California, and a World War veteran, having served in France with the United States Medical Corps as a captain; Zella, married W.E. Reynolds, lives at Jacksonville, Florida; Fern, married H.E. Parker, Jr., lives at Danville; Lewis G., the subject of this sketch; and Blanche, lives at home." - History of Vermilion County, Illinois, Volume 2, 1930, Pages 678-679
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