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RUFUS BISHOP, farmer, P.O. Linesville, was born in what is now Pine Township, this county, February 8, 1824, and is a son of Abram and Phebe (Maxwell) Bishop, natives of New Jersey, and among the first settlers of Conneaut Township, and later of Pine Township, this county, where they cleared and improved the farm now owned and occupied by our subject. Abram was a son of James and Susan Bishop, of New Jersey, and early settlers in what is Snow Summit Township, this county. Mr. and Mrs. Abram Bishop had thirteen children, of whom eight are now living. The subject of this sketch has always resided on the old homestead. He was married January 24, 1850, to Julia Ann, daughter of John and Anna (Hill) Garwood, of Sadsbury Township, this county. The issue of this union was five children: Sarah A. (Mrs. George Souders), Martin (deceased), Calvin L., Melissa J. and Martha E. Mr. Bishop has held several township offices. In politics he is a Republican.
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