William Clabourn Bishop (1917)
BISHOP
Posted By: Judy Wight Branson
Date: 5/16/2013 at 16:38:45
Oroville Daily Register
Oroville, California
Thursday, July 12, 1917Bangor Pioneer Is Called By Death
William Claborn Bishop, aged 72 years, 5 months and 12 days, died at his home in Bangor yesterday morning as a result of heart failure. He had been seriously ill for two months and his death was not unexpected.
Deceased was a pioneer of the Bangor district, having engaged in farming there for the past thirty years. For fifty-six years he had been a resident of California, coming to Californian from his native state of Indiana.
He is survived by a brother, Benjamin Bishop of Bangor, and three sons, J. W. Bishop of Oroville and John and Samuel Bishop of Bangor.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Bangor Methodist Episcopal church.
___________________Transcriber's note: William, along with his parents and siblings lived in Madison County from about 1850 to about 1860.
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