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SILAS C. BISHOP, farmer, P.O. Linesville, was born in Pine Township, this county, April 3, 1819, and is a son of Abram and Phebe (Maxwell) Bishop, who came from New Jersey, and located in this county about 1812; about 1816—17 they settled on the farm now owned by Rufus Bishop, which they cleared and improved, and there lived and died. They reared a large family, ten of whom grew to maturity: William F. (deceased), Eliza A. (deceased), Stephen M., John M., Francis, Silas C., Daniel, Rufus, Ephraim and Maria. The subject of this sketch has always resided in Pine Township; was married December 22, 1838, to Rachel, daughter of William Meeker, of this township, by whom he has four children: Sylvester; Clarissa, Mrs. James Garwood; Caroline, Mrs. Alfred Red; and Evaline, Mrs. Dillon P. Bright. Mr. Bishop has resided on his present farm about thirty-eight years, and has made all the improvements. He has held various offices in the township. In politics he has always been a Republican, and a strict advocate of temperance principles.
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