Biography - Samuel H. Bishop
SAMUEL. H. BISHOP, farmer, was born Feb. 24, 1837, in the State of Pennsylvania; his parents were John M. and Jane Elizabeth Bishop, the former a native of New York and the latter of New Jersey; he enjoyed only the advantages of a common school education; he came West to Indiana in 1852, and to Knox County in 1860. He was married Jan. 27, 1864, to Amelia Calkins [the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index lists a Samuel H. Bishop marrying a Amelia E. Calkins in Knox County on January 27, 1864], and has three sons and one daughter living, and one daughter deceased; joined the M. E. Church in 1861, is Class-Leader and Secretary of the church. Politically is a Republican. Postoffice, Oneida.
Contributed by Joan Achille, extracted from the 1878 History of Knox County, Illinois, published by Charles C. Chapman
