Bishop, S. J.

BISHOP, WOODRUFF

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Date: 10/2/2001 at 20:11:24

From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) Pages 669-697
Biographical Sketches of Clinton Residents

S. J. Bishop, proprietor of the Farmers' Mills; was born in Cortland Co., N. Y., Jan. 23, 1835; he was brought up and lived there until 1864, when he came to Iowa, and located in Clinton, and engaged in the grocery trade for several years, and then engaged in the milling business; he does both custom and merchant work, and has built up a good trade; it is the oldest mill in Clinton. Mr. Bishop has held the office of School Director, and was a member of the City Council four years. He married Miss E. A. Woodruff, of Onondaga Co., N.Y.; they have two children -- Alletta E. and Willie C.