. Genealogical and family history of the state of Connecticut : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation. Anna Maria, Alarch 23, 1849, died July17, 1849. /• Benjamin, January 2, 1831, diedJanuary 23, 1851. 8. Anna Maria, twin ofBenjamin, died May 2^, 1851. 9. Samuel,March 10, 1852, died March 11, 1852. F., November 6, 1853, accompaniedhis father in his sojourn to California and wasassociated with him in the management ofthe sheep ranch there; died in Bridgeport,June 24, 1907. II. William A., March 2, 1856,died April 17,
. Genealogical and family history of the state of Connecticut : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation. Anna Maria, Alarch 23, 1849, died July17, 1849. /• Benjamin, January 2, 1831, diedJanuary 23, 1851. 8. Anna Maria, twin ofBenjamin, died May 2^, 1851. 9. Samuel,March 10, 1852, died March 11, 1852. F., November 6, 1853, accompaniedhis father in his sojourn to California and wasassociated with him in the management ofthe sheep ranch there; died in Bridgeport,June 24, 1907. II. William A., March 2, 1856,died April 17, 1862. 12. Helen Louise, De-cember I, 1858, died March 9, 1879, Tularecounty, California. 13. Thomas E., mentionedbelow. He and his nephew, George R. Bishop,are all that are left of thirteen children andfour grandchildren. All are buried in Moun-tain Grove cemetery in Bridgeport. Theparents of these children were members of thePresbyterian church. (Vil) Thomas E., son of Peyton RandolphBishop, was born in Bridgeport, 10, 1861. He was educated in thepublic schools there and in the private schoolof Rev. G. P. Dav, known as the Golden Ilill. 9eyfiyn M. ^di^cA CONNECTICUT 1975 Institute. In 1878 he went to California andbecame a clerk in the store of Sisson, Wallace& Company in Tulare, Tulare county, in thatstate, remaining- in that position for fouryears. Afterward he assisted his father inthe management of the sheep ranch whichcomprised two thousand four hundred acresof land. They also leased land from the gov-ernment and railroad company and had someeight thousand sheep. His brother BenjaminF., as mentioned above, was also associatedin the business of the ranch. After the fatherdied, the brothers sold the sheep and devotedtheir attention to raising cattle, horses andmules, owning at times more than three hun-dred head. In addition to their other busi-ness they raised large crops of alfalfa andwere uniformly prosperous in business. Afterhis brother died, Th
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