Stanislaus County CA Archives Biographies.....Bishop, Silas February 10, 1830 - May 27, 1889
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SILAS BISHOP, deceased, was for years a prominent man of Stanislaus county,
California, and one who took part in her development.

   He was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, February 10, 1830, his parents being
Harry and Calista (Lamont) Bishop. He was reared to young manhood in his native
county, and lived there till December, 1849, when he came to California. He
arrived in San Francisco in January, 1850, and, proceeding to the mountains,
engaged in mining near Sonora, Tuolumne county. There he remained until the
Fraser river mining excitement took him to that place. Two years later he
returned to California, and after that drove teams between Stockton and the
various camps of the Southern mines until 1864, when he engaged in ranching on
the Stanislaus river at the old Major Burney ferry. In 1866 he bought land where
the family now reside, and later took up land by the exercise of the preemption
and homestead rights.

   In 1864 he was married, in San Joaquin county, to Tennessee Willingham, and
on the purchase of the place mentioned the couple settled there. In September,
1888, Mr. Bishop went to Nevada, expecting to improve his failing health, but
was disappointed, and returned the next month to Oakdale, where he died May 27,
1889. He was a Democrat politically, and socially he affiliated with the Masonic
order, being a member of the Oakdale Lodge.

   The maiden name of Mrs. Bishop was Tennessee Gardenheier, daughter of Jacob
Harvey and Catharine (Mattlock) Gardenheier. She was born in Carroll county,
Arkansas, and remained there till her fourteenth year. In 1853 the family came
to California overland, with ox teams, locating in Stanislaus county, on the
south side of the Tuolumne river. In this county her children have been reared
and educated. Their names are as follows: Isabella, Alice, Harry, Adda May,
Matilda, Catharine, Nathan, Silas, Estelle and Mary. Mrs. Bishop has 1,290 acres
of land, which is devoted to farming and grazing, and has displayed good
business ability in its management.



Additional Comments:
Extracted from
Memorial and Biographical History
Merced, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties California

Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. 1892


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