. History of Bridgeport and vicinity. ng the landwliich they tilled and thus founding settlements in a hitherto undevelojied region. Theperiod 111 Revolutionary wai came on. liriiigiiig witli it independence to the nation and grow-ing changes in the life of the [leople. In recent years the history of the city has beenlargely the record of industrial developnieiit with its consequent activity in commercial andfiiKimial lines. Proiiiiiieiitly connected witli this later period of progress is Henry AlfredBishop, who is identified with many corporate interests that have direct bearing upon theupbui
. History of Bridgeport and vicinity. ng the landwliich they tilled and thus founding settlements in a hitherto undevelojied region. Theperiod 111 Revolutionary wai came on. liriiigiiig witli it independence to the nation and grow-ing changes in the life of the [leople. In recent years the history of the city has beenlargely the record of industrial developnieiit with its consequent activity in commercial andfiiKimial lines. Proiiiiiieiitly connected witli this later period of progress is Henry AlfredBishop, who is identified with many corporate interests that have direct bearing upon theupbuilding and ])rosperity id Bridgeport and in fact of New England as well. He was here born December 4, 1860, a son of William Darius and Julia Ann (Tomlinson)Bisliop. Tlie ancestral line is traced back to Rev. .Tidin Bishop, who came to .\merica in tlie maternal line lie is descendeil irom .Matthias Hitchcock, wlio reached the new worldin and from Henry Tumliiisuii. \\]in eaiiie in M\o2. His paternal grandparents were. DR. ■\\-, T. XA(iLE JUJIIXiKPOHT AX I) VICINITY 697 Alfri-a ;nul .\hiiy (Frnisi liir,li,.|i aiul Ijis maternal ;^iai]. J{ii>scll anil Maria(Hitehcot-k) Tonilinsun. His >;rainllatlnT, Allrrd Bisliop, became ii distiiiguislied iiyure inconnection with tlie development of railway interests in .New England. He was tlie founderand builder of tlie Karitan canal, of the lluu-atoiiic. Xauyatuck, the New York & New llavejiand the Saratoga & Rensselaer Railroads and a> a leading resident fontrihutcd in markedmeasure lo tin- successful nuinagcmcnt oi these undertakings. Henry Alfred liisluip, in tlu aciiuircmeiil of his education, attended snccessivelv tlieHillside school of liridge]Hirt. llurlliurfs ^rh,,ol ,,f Lime Rock, (ieneral Kussells ofXew Haven and \ale College, where he a of the .dass of 1,SS4, altlioughhe did not graduati. In Ilc nuulc his initial step in the business world as generalticket agent fo
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