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PVT John Thomas Bishop

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PVT John Thomas Bishop

Birth
Halifax, Halifax County, North Carolina, USA
Death
17 Feb 1904 (aged 76)
Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas, USA
Burial
Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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B 38 L 13
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BIO: by Karla Todd Sherer

John Thomas is the son of Brinkley and Elizabeth McMullen Bishop. He had 4 brothers and 6 sisters. They are:

William Bishop 1824 – 1850
Sarah Ann "Sallie" Bishop 1826 – 1880
Lucy Myhand Bishop 1829 – 1888
Elizabeth F. "Eliza" Bishop 1832 – 1905
Joseph J Bishop 1832 – 1869
Letitia M "Lettie" Bishop 1834 – 1919
Wiley Brinkley Bishop 1836 – 1916
Mary Jane Bishop 1837 – 1919
Ann Anna Bishop 1841 –
George Leonard Bishop 1843 – 1916

John enlisted with the Confederacy and served in Co. D, Pannel's Tennessee Brigade during the Civil War. After the war, he married his brother's widow, Avarilla Haseltine Bowles Bishop, 25 Dec 1869 in Dennken, Montana. They moved to Johnson County, TX as did several of the Bishop family members, where they lived out their lives. They raised her children with first husband and John's brother - Joseph J. Bishop. They are:

Joann Francis Bishop 1854 – 1945
Avarilla Bishop 1857 –
Mary Franklin "Mollie" Bishop 1858 –
John Bell Bishop 1860 –
Allen Brinkley Bishop 1863 –
William Rufus Bishop 1866 –

Together they had more children and they are:

Charles Thomas Bishop 1872 –
Dora V. Bishop 1872 –
Anna Maud Bishop 1875 –

To my knowledge, John made his living farming his land. John is my 2nd Great Grand Uncle.

May you be at peace John....
BIO: by Karla Todd Sherer

John Thomas is the son of Brinkley and Elizabeth McMullen Bishop. He had 4 brothers and 6 sisters. They are:

William Bishop 1824 – 1850
Sarah Ann "Sallie" Bishop 1826 – 1880
Lucy Myhand Bishop 1829 – 1888
Elizabeth F. "Eliza" Bishop 1832 – 1905
Joseph J Bishop 1832 – 1869
Letitia M "Lettie" Bishop 1834 – 1919
Wiley Brinkley Bishop 1836 – 1916
Mary Jane Bishop 1837 – 1919
Ann Anna Bishop 1841 –
George Leonard Bishop 1843 – 1916

John enlisted with the Confederacy and served in Co. D, Pannel's Tennessee Brigade during the Civil War. After the war, he married his brother's widow, Avarilla Haseltine Bowles Bishop, 25 Dec 1869 in Dennken, Montana. They moved to Johnson County, TX as did several of the Bishop family members, where they lived out their lives. They raised her children with first husband and John's brother - Joseph J. Bishop. They are:

Joann Francis Bishop 1854 – 1945
Avarilla Bishop 1857 –
Mary Franklin "Mollie" Bishop 1858 –
John Bell Bishop 1860 –
Allen Brinkley Bishop 1863 –
William Rufus Bishop 1866 –

Together they had more children and they are:

Charles Thomas Bishop 1872 –
Dora V. Bishop 1872 –
Anna Maud Bishop 1875 –

To my knowledge, John made his living farming his land. John is my 2nd Great Grand Uncle.

May you be at peace John....

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