Biography of Sylvanus Bishop, Clay Co, AR

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The Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of N. E. Ark.
Biographical Information.

Sylvanus Bishop, wagon-maker, painter and farmer, is a son of Stephen M. and
Caroline (Bunnell) Bishop, and was born in Crawford County, Penn., March 1,
1841. His parents were also born in that State, and in 1837 emigrated to
Indiana, but, after remaining there a short time, returned to Pennsylvania.
About 1844 they again came to Indiana, where they made their home until 1880,
then moving to Peabody, Kas., where Mr. Bishop died in 1886. His widow still
survives. To them were born fifteen children, eleven of whom are living:
Jefferson, Sylvanus. Stephen W., Adeline, David, Elmira J., Merriman, Silas,
Delilah, Monroe and Daniel S. Sylvanus Bishop attained his growth in Indiana,
and in 1861 enlisted in Company E, Twenty-ninth Indiana Infantry, and served
until the close of the war, participating in the following engagements: Shiloh,
Stone River, Chickamanga, Liberty Gap and others. At the battle of Shiloh he was
wounded by a gun-shot in the left arm. At Stone River he was captured, but
succeeded in making his escape and, after a time, was discharged for disability,
owing to the effects of small-pox, which he had contracted in the service. From
that time until 1877 he was engaged in learning and working at his trade in
Indiana, and then came to Clay County, Ark., and has since resided at Corning.
He owns a small farm adjoining the town, which is in a good state of cultivation
and well improved, and this he conducts in connection with carrying on his
trade. In January, 1886, he was married to Miss Mary E. Benedict, a native of
New York State, by whom he has five children: Anna M., John L., Amy W., Elsie V.
and A. McDonald. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop are members of the Baptist Church, and he
belongs to the Masonic fraternity. He has been a school director for about
eleven years, and is interested in all public enterprises. For some ten years he
was engaged in the undertaker's business, his profits amounting to about $1.500
per year. He now gives his attention to his shop, and is doing well. His son,
John L., is an intelligent young man, and is one of the first teachers in the
county.