Obrien County IA Archives Biographies.....Bishop, John F. 
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Author: Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer (1909)

Bishop, John F. Resides at Sheldon, Iowa; born at Fredonia, N. Y.; father, John
F. Bishop (born at Belleville, N. Y., in 1808), mother, Allena Brown (born at
Lorraine, N. Y., 1810). Married Ann Augusta Pinney in 1865; children: Frankie,
Belle, Leroy K., Albert H., Ella, Walter J., Florence, George H., Mabel and
Arthur E. Enlisted February 10, 1862, at Fort Snelling, Minn., Company B, Fifth
Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Second Brigade, Third Division, Fifteenth Army
Corps; re-enlisted at Black River Bridge, Mississippi, February 12, 1864; was in
thirty-three engagements and sieges, including Vicksburg, Nashville, Spanish
Fort, Ala.; in Banks' Red River Expedition; wounded at Redwood Ferry, Miss.,
August 18, 1862, and at Spanish Fort, Ala., March 29, 1865; commissioned First
Lieutenant, July 13, 1863; discharged September 6, 1865, at Fort Snelling.
Settled in O'Brien County, 1884. Member McKenzie Post No. 72, G. A. R., and Iowa
Commandery of the Loyal Legion. Commander N. W. Iowa Veterans' Association,
1907-1908.

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BIOGRAPHICAL DATA AND ARMY RECORD OF OLD SOLDIERS
Who Have Lived in O'Brien Co. Iowa
COMPILED BY
Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer
Published Privately PRIMGHAR, IOWA
1909

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