Sonoma-Placer-Sacramento County CA Archives Biographies.....Bishop, T. C. 1849 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com February 28, 2006, 10:12 am Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880) Bishop, T. C. Among the representative men and early settlers of Sonoma county, the subject of this sketch ranks prominent. Mr. Bishop was born in Carter county, Tennessee, June 12, 1830. In 1851, he removed to Iowa, and three months later settled in Jackson county, Missouri, where he resided till the Spring of 1852, when he started for the Golden State. He arrived in California in the Fall of 1852, first settling at Diamond Springs, Placer county; subsequently he removed to Sacramento, arriving there just after the great fire of '52, and was also there during the flood of 1852-3. In February, 1853, he left Sacramento for the town of Sonoma, in Sonoma county, where he resided until the Fall of that year, working at his trade— carpentering. That Fall he went to Tuolumne county and engaged in mining till the Spring following, when he returned to Sonoma and resumed work at his trade. In the Fall of 1854, he was appointed Deputy Sheriff of Mendocino county and commissioned to take charge of the Big River Sawmills, under attachment. In the Spring of 1855, he again returned to Sonoma, and was married May 3, 1855, to Miss Eliza Smith. Mr. Bishop bought a farm that year, raised two crops, sold the place in 1857 and settled in Petaluma. In May, 1858, he left Petaluma for the northern part of Sonoma county, going into the mountains and locating what is now known as the Rock Pile Ranch. He remained there for seven years and engaged in cattle raising, when he sold his ranch and bought a farm at the head of Dry Creek valley. In 1865, he sold his farm and removed again to the mountains, settling on the ranch where he now resides, and which he obtained by purchase. His wife died in April, 1870; she was the mother of six children, viz.: John D., Grace Adalia, Henry, Mary, Annie and Jane. In November, 1872, he was married to Mrs. Mary Burtenshaw, by whom he has one child, Flora. Mr. Bishop's ranch is one of the best in Sonoma county and devotes all of his attention to raising sheep. He is one of the most widely-known and popular citizens of the county, being justly celebrated for his overflowing hospitality—for of him it may truly be said that "the latch-string always hangs out." In the section where he lives he has been ever active in promoting the general welfare, and owing to his influence and exertion the otherwise isolated region of his home is blessed with a public school and made accessible by a public highway. During Mr. Bishop's long residence in Sonoma county he has attended, as a delegate, all but three of his party's conventions, though never having sought nor consented to receive an office —an instance of his public spirit and zeal in matters that interest him. Additional Comments: Mendocino Township Extracted from: HISTORY —OF- SONOMA COUNTY, -INCLUDING ITS— Geology, Topooraphy, Mountains, Valleys and Streams; —TOGETHER WITH— A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political History, Comprising the Tabular Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County; Separate Histories of each Township, Showing the Advancement of Grape and Grain Growing Interests, and Pisciculture; ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG; AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN; —AND OF ITS— Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc. ILLUSTRATED. SAN FRANCISCO: ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1880. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/sonoma/bios/bishop687bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/cafiles/ File size: 4.2 Kb