Stephen S. Bishop
Martha Ayers Bishop
(Pioneers Of Armstrong Co. Tex.)
1893
Stephen S. Bishop was born in Saxe Coberg, Germany. At the age of four years, he came with his parents to America, settling in Saline County, Mo. in 1848.
When the Civil War broke out, Stephen, at the youthful age of seventeen insisted on fighting for his dear Southland, giving his age as being older than he was in order to get into the army. He joined the Confederate Army in May, 1861, and remained until the surrender at Vicksburg on July 4th, 1865. He enlisted in Company 1, First Nom Regiment, Cockrell's Brigade, Price's Army. (which was later in the war called the "Army of the Tennessee"). He served in all the important battles around Lexington. During the opening battle near Lexington Mo Gen Price had him men roll bales of hemp as they advanced and captured Mulligan and his entire command.
After the war was over Stephen married the fair Martha Ayers in Malta Bend, Mo. 1870. Saline Co. was considered the best county in Missouri; good farms, good stock, fruit orchards, etc. Mr. Bishop raised good hogs, good horses & plenty of good corn to feed them. He also owned a meat market, and was a famous for his hickory-smoked curing of meat as well as his ability to utilize every part of the hog except the hair and the aquel.
When the family crossed the Missouri River, on the ferry, and boarded a train at Miami, Mo., for Texas, it was the first train that the younger children, including the 10 yr. old Frank, had ever seen. Their destination was Washburn, and they arrived there April 1, 1893. Just why they selected Washburn for a home was the same reason that others did; it was a black spot on the map they consulted and was situated at the junction of the two railroads and in the Panhandle then. The Fort Worth & Denver and the tap-road which run from Washburn to Panhandle thus connecting with the Santa Fe main line. Washburn likely would become the "city" of the plains. However, a few years later the owner of the townsite did not see fit to give losts to promote the growth of the little village, the tap-road rolled back to Panhandle one night and Washburn is still waiting for its chance to boom. The depot had been moved from another location in Washburn to the new location on the junction.
Mr. Bishop then moved his large two-story house to a position near the depot and they went into the hotel business. He also owned a general merchandise store, and he was the postmaster for many years. Their section of land, about one mile north of town was planted to feed stuff mostly, but their cattle (several hundred in number) needed little feed except in mid-winter, for they grazed over a wide area, north & east, as far as Lee Switch on the Santa Fe. R. R. The range was also open on the south to the Palo Duro Canyon. Frank was their cowboy son. He possessed the rare talent of knowing his cattle of fleshmark, he rode with them so much.
The children were named in this order:
Henry S. Bishop
George F. L. Bishop
William E. Bishop
(two little girls died in their infancy.)
Francis N. C. Bishop
Harry D. Bishop
Jno H. Bishop
Grover C. Bishop
Lucy B. Bishop
After the children were all married and had moved away, the home was sold and Mr. & Mrs. Bishop went to Amarillo to live. He passed away in 1918, then she lived with the children until the year of 1934, when the gates of Heaven opened and the angels led her in.
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Missouri
Pvt 2 Regt MO Cavalry
Confederate States Army
Interment Date Oct 17, 1918
Was also given that he served in Co 'F' 3rd Missouri Infantry.
Wife was Martha Barbars (born 7/12/1852 - died 6/4/1934)
Information from Potter County - Amarillo,Texas Confederate Service Records
A Roster of Soldiers in the Plemon's Camp. Those buried in Llano and Memorial Park Cemeteries and Other Interesting Records.
Confederate Veterans Buried in Llano Cemetery - Copied and compiled by Ellen Young Hall and Della Tyler Key, Typed by Frances Wyatt Cole Under the Auspices of M. F. Maury Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy - 1959
Mrs. Thelma Lame Wilson, President
Name: Stephen Bishop
Death date: 14 Oct 1918
Death place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 74 years 7 months
Birth date: 14 Mar 1844
Birth place: Coberg, Saxony
Marital status: Married
Father name: Nicholas Bishop
Father birth place: England
Mother name: Katherine Shamsberger
Mother birth place: Germany
Occupation: Farmer
Burial place: Amarillo
Burial date: 16 Oct 1918
Film number: 2073350
Digital GS number: 4167680
Image number: 15
Reference number: cn 44511
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Martha Ayers Bishop
(Pioneers Of Armstrong Co. Tex.)
1893
Stephen S. Bishop was born in Saxe Coberg, Germany. At the age of four years, he came with his parents to America, settling in Saline County, Mo. in 1848.
When the Civil War broke out, Stephen, at the youthful age of seventeen insisted on fighting for his dear Southland, giving his age as being older than he was in order to get into the army. He joined the Confederate Army in May, 1861, and remained until the surrender at Vicksburg on July 4th, 1865. He enlisted in Company 1, First Nom Regiment, Cockrell's Brigade, Price's Army. (which was later in the war called the "Army of the Tennessee"). He served in all the important battles around Lexington. During the opening battle near Lexington Mo Gen Price had him men roll bales of hemp as they advanced and captured Mulligan and his entire command.
After the war was over Stephen married the fair Martha Ayers in Malta Bend, Mo. 1870. Saline Co. was considered the best county in Missouri; good farms, good stock, fruit orchards, etc. Mr. Bishop raised good hogs, good horses & plenty of good corn to feed them. He also owned a meat market, and was a famous for his hickory-smoked curing of meat as well as his ability to utilize every part of the hog except the hair and the aquel.
When the family crossed the Missouri River, on the ferry, and boarded a train at Miami, Mo., for Texas, it was the first train that the younger children, including the 10 yr. old Frank, had ever seen. Their destination was Washburn, and they arrived there April 1, 1893. Just why they selected Washburn for a home was the same reason that others did; it was a black spot on the map they consulted and was situated at the junction of the two railroads and in the Panhandle then. The Fort Worth & Denver and the tap-road which run from Washburn to Panhandle thus connecting with the Santa Fe main line. Washburn likely would become the "city" of the plains. However, a few years later the owner of the townsite did not see fit to give losts to promote the growth of the little village, the tap-road rolled back to Panhandle one night and Washburn is still waiting for its chance to boom. The depot had been moved from another location in Washburn to the new location on the junction.
Mr. Bishop then moved his large two-story house to a position near the depot and they went into the hotel business. He also owned a general merchandise store, and he was the postmaster for many years. Their section of land, about one mile north of town was planted to feed stuff mostly, but their cattle (several hundred in number) needed little feed except in mid-winter, for they grazed over a wide area, north & east, as far as Lee Switch on the Santa Fe. R. R. The range was also open on the south to the Palo Duro Canyon. Frank was their cowboy son. He possessed the rare talent of knowing his cattle of fleshmark, he rode with them so much.
The children were named in this order:
Henry S. Bishop
George F. L. Bishop
William E. Bishop
(two little girls died in their infancy.)
Francis N. C. Bishop
Harry D. Bishop
Jno H. Bishop
Grover C. Bishop
Lucy B. Bishop
After the children were all married and had moved away, the home was sold and Mr. & Mrs. Bishop went to Amarillo to live. He passed away in 1918, then she lived with the children until the year of 1934, when the gates of Heaven opened and the angels led her in.
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Missouri
Pvt 2 Regt MO Cavalry
Confederate States Army
Interment Date Oct 17, 1918
Was also given that he served in Co 'F' 3rd Missouri Infantry.
Wife was Martha Barbars (born 7/12/1852 - died 6/4/1934)
Information from Potter County - Amarillo,Texas Confederate Service Records
A Roster of Soldiers in the Plemon's Camp. Those buried in Llano and Memorial Park Cemeteries and Other Interesting Records.
Confederate Veterans Buried in Llano Cemetery - Copied and compiled by Ellen Young Hall and Della Tyler Key, Typed by Frances Wyatt Cole Under the Auspices of M. F. Maury Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy - 1959
Mrs. Thelma Lame Wilson, President
Name: Stephen Bishop
Death date: 14 Oct 1918
Death place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 74 years 7 months
Birth date: 14 Mar 1844
Birth place: Coberg, Saxony
Marital status: Married
Father name: Nicholas Bishop
Father birth place: England
Mother name: Katherine Shamsberger
Mother birth place: Germany
Occupation: Farmer
Burial place: Amarillo
Burial date: 16 Oct 1918
Film number: 2073350
Digital GS number: 4167680
Image number: 15
Reference number: cn 44511
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Stephen S. Bishop
Martha Ayers Bishop
(Pioneers Of Armstrong Co. Tex.)
1893
Stephen S. Bishop was born in Saxe Coberg, Germany. At the age of four years, he came with his parents to America, settling in Saline County, Mo. in 1848.
When the Civil War broke out, Stephen, at the youthful age of seventeen insisted on fighting for his dear Southland, giving his age as being older than he was in order to get into the army. He joined the Confederate Army in May, 1861, and remained until the surrender at Vicksburg on July 4th, 1865. He enlisted in Company 1, First Nom Regiment, Cockrell's Brigade, Price's Army. (which was later in the war called the "Army of the Tennessee"). He served in all the important battles around Lexington. During the opening battle near Lexington Mo Gen Price had him men roll bales of hemp as they advanced and captured Mulligan and his entire command.
After the war was over Stephen married the fair Martha Ayers in Malta Bend, Mo. 1870. Saline Co. was considered the best county in Missouri; good farms, good stock, fruit orchards, etc. Mr. Bishop raised good hogs, good horses & plenty of good corn to feed them. He also owned a meat market, and was a famous for his hickory-smoked curing of meat as well as his ability to utilize every part of the hog except the hair and the aquel.
When the family crossed the Missouri River, on the ferry, and boarded a train at Miami, Mo., for Texas, it was the first train that the younger children, including the 10 yr. old Frank, had ever seen. Their destination was Washburn, and they arrived there April 1, 1893. Just why they selected Washburn for a home was the same reason that others did; it was a black spot on the map they consulted and was situated at the junction of the two railroads and in the Panhandle then. The Fort Worth & Denver and the tap-road which run from Washburn to Panhandle thus connecting with the Santa Fe main line. Washburn likely would become the "city" of the plains. However, a few years later the owner of the townsite did not see fit to give losts to promote the growth of the little village, the tap-road rolled back to Panhandle one night and Washburn is still waiting for its chance to boom. The depot had been moved from another location in Washburn to the new location on the junction.
Mr. Bishop then moved his large two-story house to a position near the depot and they went into the hotel business. He also owned a general merchandise store, and he was the postmaster for many years. Their section of land, about one mile north of town was planted to feed stuff mostly, but their cattle (several hundred in number) needed little feed except in mid-winter, for they grazed over a wide area, north & east, as far as Lee Switch on the Santa Fe. R. R. The range was also open on the south to the Palo Duro Canyon. Frank was their cowboy son. He possessed the rare talent of knowing his cattle of fleshmark, he rode with them so much.
The children were named in this order:
Henry S. Bishop
George F. L. Bishop
William E. Bishop
(two little girls died in their infancy.)
Francis N. C. Bishop
Harry D. Bishop
Jno H. Bishop
Grover C. Bishop
Lucy B. Bishop
After the children were all married and had moved away, the home was sold and Mr. & Mrs. Bishop went to Amarillo to live. He passed away in 1918, then she lived with the children until the year of 1934, when the gates of Heaven opened and the angels led her in.
************************
Missouri
Pvt 2 Regt MO Cavalry
Confederate States Army
Interment Date Oct 17, 1918
Was also given that he served in Co 'F' 3rd Missouri Infantry.
Wife was Martha Barbars (born 7/12/1852 - died 6/4/1934)
Information from Potter County - Amarillo,Texas Confederate Service Records
A Roster of Soldiers in the Plemon's Camp. Those buried in Llano and Memorial Park Cemeteries and Other Interesting Records.
Confederate Veterans Buried in Llano Cemetery - Copied and compiled by Ellen Young Hall and Della Tyler Key, Typed by Frances Wyatt Cole Under the Auspices of M. F. Maury Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy - 1959
Mrs. Thelma Lame Wilson, President
Name: Stephen Bishop
Death date: 14 Oct 1918
Death place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 74 years 7 months
Birth date: 14 Mar 1844
Birth place: Coberg, Saxony
Marital status: Married
Father name: Nicholas Bishop
Father birth place: England
Mother name: Katherine Shamsberger
Mother birth place: Germany
Occupation: Farmer
Burial place: Amarillo
Burial date: 16 Oct 1918
Film number: 2073350
Digital GS number: 4167680
Image number: 15
Reference number: cn 44511
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Martha Ayers Bishop
(Pioneers Of Armstrong Co. Tex.)
1893
Stephen S. Bishop was born in Saxe Coberg, Germany. At the age of four years, he came with his parents to America, settling in Saline County, Mo. in 1848.
When the Civil War broke out, Stephen, at the youthful age of seventeen insisted on fighting for his dear Southland, giving his age as being older than he was in order to get into the army. He joined the Confederate Army in May, 1861, and remained until the surrender at Vicksburg on July 4th, 1865. He enlisted in Company 1, First Nom Regiment, Cockrell's Brigade, Price's Army. (which was later in the war called the "Army of the Tennessee"). He served in all the important battles around Lexington. During the opening battle near Lexington Mo Gen Price had him men roll bales of hemp as they advanced and captured Mulligan and his entire command.
After the war was over Stephen married the fair Martha Ayers in Malta Bend, Mo. 1870. Saline Co. was considered the best county in Missouri; good farms, good stock, fruit orchards, etc. Mr. Bishop raised good hogs, good horses & plenty of good corn to feed them. He also owned a meat market, and was a famous for his hickory-smoked curing of meat as well as his ability to utilize every part of the hog except the hair and the aquel.
When the family crossed the Missouri River, on the ferry, and boarded a train at Miami, Mo., for Texas, it was the first train that the younger children, including the 10 yr. old Frank, had ever seen. Their destination was Washburn, and they arrived there April 1, 1893. Just why they selected Washburn for a home was the same reason that others did; it was a black spot on the map they consulted and was situated at the junction of the two railroads and in the Panhandle then. The Fort Worth & Denver and the tap-road which run from Washburn to Panhandle thus connecting with the Santa Fe main line. Washburn likely would become the "city" of the plains. However, a few years later the owner of the townsite did not see fit to give losts to promote the growth of the little village, the tap-road rolled back to Panhandle one night and Washburn is still waiting for its chance to boom. The depot had been moved from another location in Washburn to the new location on the junction.
Mr. Bishop then moved his large two-story house to a position near the depot and they went into the hotel business. He also owned a general merchandise store, and he was the postmaster for many years. Their section of land, about one mile north of town was planted to feed stuff mostly, but their cattle (several hundred in number) needed little feed except in mid-winter, for they grazed over a wide area, north & east, as far as Lee Switch on the Santa Fe. R. R. The range was also open on the south to the Palo Duro Canyon. Frank was their cowboy son. He possessed the rare talent of knowing his cattle of fleshmark, he rode with them so much.
The children were named in this order:
Henry S. Bishop
George F. L. Bishop
William E. Bishop
(two little girls died in their infancy.)
Francis N. C. Bishop
Harry D. Bishop
Jno H. Bishop
Grover C. Bishop
Lucy B. Bishop
After the children were all married and had moved away, the home was sold and Mr. & Mrs. Bishop went to Amarillo to live. He passed away in 1918, then she lived with the children until the year of 1934, when the gates of Heaven opened and the angels led her in.
************************
Missouri
Pvt 2 Regt MO Cavalry
Confederate States Army
Interment Date Oct 17, 1918
Was also given that he served in Co 'F' 3rd Missouri Infantry.
Wife was Martha Barbars (born 7/12/1852 - died 6/4/1934)
Information from Potter County - Amarillo,Texas Confederate Service Records
A Roster of Soldiers in the Plemon's Camp. Those buried in Llano and Memorial Park Cemeteries and Other Interesting Records.
Confederate Veterans Buried in Llano Cemetery - Copied and compiled by Ellen Young Hall and Della Tyler Key, Typed by Frances Wyatt Cole Under the Auspices of M. F. Maury Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy - 1959
Mrs. Thelma Lame Wilson, President
Name: Stephen Bishop
Death date: 14 Oct 1918
Death place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 74 years 7 months
Birth date: 14 Mar 1844
Birth place: Coberg, Saxony
Marital status: Married
Father name: Nicholas Bishop
Father birth place: England
Mother name: Katherine Shamsberger
Mother birth place: Germany
Occupation: Farmer
Burial place: Amarillo
Burial date: 16 Oct 1918
Film number: 2073350
Digital GS number: 4167680
Image number: 15
Reference number: cn 44511
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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