Robert and Mary J
Bishop
Information comes from census, birth and death records. More information will be added as it is found.
Robert Bishop was born in 1807 in Kentucky. He was married, or common law marriage, to Mary Jane who was born in 1812 in Kentucky. Robert and Mary are listed in the 1840 and 1850 Kentucky census in Augusta, Bracken Co. as free blacks and in the 1860 Kentucky census in Newport Ky.
Children of Robert and Mary Jane Bishop
William Bishop b-1832 in Augusta Ky. d-2 Dec 1867 in New
Richmond Oh. He was a river man and single.
Matilda Bishop b-1842 in Augusta
Ky.
James b-1844 in Augusta Ky.
Robert Bishop b-1837 in Augusta Ky
Friendship b-1841 in Augusta Ky.
Mary b-1844 in Augusta Ky.
Oliver Nelson
Bishop b-1847 in Augusta Ky; m-Lavina Wilson in Clermont Co Oh. d-3 Mar 1886 in
New Richmond, Clermont Co Oh.
Their son Robert drowned in the Ohio River 14 November 1860.
In 1870 Robert and Mary were living in New Richmond Oh. along with daugher Mary and Oliver.
Oliver Nelson Bishop was listed in the 1880 census in Clermont Co with his mother Mary and brother James.
Children of Oliver Nelson Bishop and Lavina Wilson (1860-1912)
Sarah Lavina Bishop b-February 1867 in New Richmond;
m-John Henry Brown 8 Apr 1886 in New Richmond
Elijah Bishop b-27 Mar 1878 in
New Richmond, Clermont Co. d-2 Nov 1921 in New Richmond; br-Samaritan Cemetery
Philip Bishop b-14 Sep 1884 in New Richmond Oh. d-11 Apr 1906 in New Richmond.
br-Samaritan Cemetery in New Richmond; m-Anna E Lindsey 5 Oct 1903 in Cincinnati
Children of Sarah Lavina Bishop and John Henry Brown
William Henry Brown b-Mar 1888 in New Richmond
Myrtle
Brown b-Mar 1890 in New Richmond
Delma R Brown b-Aug 1893 in Batavia Oh.
Oliver Nelson Brown b-13 Feb 1898 in Batavia Oh; d-1 July 1996 in Cincinnati
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Robert died 10 June 1875 in New Richmond and Mary Jane died 10 Aug 1883 in New Richmond.