Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bishop, Stith H., 1896 

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Stith H. BISHOP 


TOWN OF SUFFOLK 
[...] 

  Suffolk, Va., Sept. 4. - (Special) - [...] 

  OLD CITIZEN GONE. - Mr. Stith Bishop, a well-liked and venerable citizen 
of Southampton county, died the other day at his home, near Handsoms.  He 
was 88 years of age. 


Stith H. BISHOP, 
d. Sep 1896, at home, near Handsom, age 88, 
likely interred in the BISHOP family cemetery*, Sunbeam Rd., 
"The Norfolk Virginian," Sep. 5, 1896, p. 3, col. 4 

*His son Walter Stith BISHOP (1843-1913) & wife are buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 9 (IX-22): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol9.txt 

Walter's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 18, 1913) states "he lived all his life, 
   died and was buried within a few hundred yards of his birth-place"; 
   file at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b210w1ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
and transcribed by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b210s2ob.txt