Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bishop, Susan L. Worley, 1902 

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SUSAN LOUISA WORLEY BISHOP 

         Mrs. Susan L. Bishop. 
     (Special Dispatch to The Times.) 

  WAKEFIELD, VA., April 10. - Mrs. Susan L. Bishop died here to-day after a 
lingering illness of several weeks' duration, superinduced by a fall, which 
resulted in the dislocation of her right hip joint.  Mrs. Bishop died at 
the residence of James D. Hart, her son-in-law, where every loving care and 
devotion was bestowed by her daughter, Mrs. Hart, and other members of the 
family connection. 

  Mrs. Bishop was a devout Christian lady, and had been a consistent member 
of the Baptist Church from her early life, therefore was a shining light in 
this community, and her loving and cheerful presence will be sadly felt by 
all of her acquaintances. 

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SUSAN L. BISHOP 

  Susan L. Bishop, born August 11, 1832 in Bertie County, North Carolina, was 
living in Wakefield in the home of her daughter, Ada L. Hart, and son-in-law, 
James D. Hart, according to the census of 1900.  She was the wife of Erastus 
R. Bishop of Bertie County, North Carolina, apparently deceased before 1900.

  Susan L. Bishop was a founding member of Wakefield Baptist Church.  She was 
the mother of three children: Albert Williams Bishop (b. July 7, 1856 in 
Bertie County, North Carolina, d. April 10, 1911 in Wakefield) who married 
Mary Mahala Wrenn and Margaret Allen Seward; Agnes Martha Bishop (b. March 21, 
1858, d. April 3, 1920) who married Floyd Crandall; Ada Louise Bishop (b. 
July 22, 1861, d. February 5, 1948 in Wakefield) who married James D. Hart. 

  At her death on April 20, 1902, she was buried in Wakefield Cemetery in the 
Hart burial square which is located in Section A.  Her window is located in 
the church sanctuary.

  James D. Hart and his family were also founding members of Wakefield Baptist 
Church.  At the organizational meeting he was elected Treasurer for Pastoral 
Support.  He died in 1931. 


Susan Louisa (WORLEY; Mrs. Erastus Ransone) BISHOP, 
b. 11 Aug 1832, Bertie Co., NC, d. 10 Apr 1902, at daughter's home, Wakefield, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 
"Times" (Richmond, VA), Vol. 17, No. 54, Apr. 11, 1902, p. 2, col. 4; 
Wakefield Baptist Church write-up 

*Wakefield list, an extension of 
   the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

Wakefield Baptist Church memorial window #2 

An obit also appeared in "The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Apr. 12, 1902. 

She was granted a Confederate pension in 1900.  Her husband, a VA native, 
   d. of disease 13 Oct 1962 in Charlestown [now WV], while serving in 
   Co. C of a NC regiment - regimental number illegible in online scan of 
   application.  (http://image.lva.virginia.gov/CP/html/15534.html) 

He appears, age 22, in the 1850 Census in Sussex Co., with (sisters) Louisa V. 
   BISHOP, 27, & Susan A. BISHOP, 24, residing with carpenter George W. ELLIS 
   & his wife Emaline A.  George Washington & Emaline Agnes (BISHOP) ELLIS are 
   buried in Waverly Cemetery. 

They m. 20 Dec 1853 in Bertie Co., NC. 


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