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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Bishop, Percy Poe, soldier, army officer, was born May 28, 1877, in Powell, Tenn. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools and private schools of his native state; and gra-

Bishop, Roswell P., soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 6, 1843, in Sidney, N.Y. In 3 861 he enlisted as a private soldier in

seen active service in the Spanish-American

war;

was

in

numer;

Bishop, Richard Henry, business president, government official, was bom May 6, 1845, in Flemingsburg, Ky. He received his education

in the public schools of Cincinnati, Ohio; and graduated from Bethany college of Virginia, he is identified with the business and public affairs of Jacksonville, Fla. and is a successful business man and real estate dealer in that city. For several years he was president of the school board of Covington, Ky.; for several years was private secretary to the governor of Ohio; and has held various other positions.

Bishop, Bichard Moore, merchant, goverwas born Nov. 4, 1812, in Fleming county, Ky. In 1848 he removed to Cincinnati, Ohio. He engaged in the wholesale grocery business; and amassed a fortune. In 1857 he was elected a member of the city council of Cincinnati; and in 1858 became president of the council; and in 1859-61 was mayor of the city. In 1873 he was a member of the Ohio state constitutional convention; and in 1878-80 was the thirty-first governor of Ohio. He died March 2, 1893, in Jacknor,

sonville, Fla.

Bishop, Robert Hamilton, clergyman, colpresident, author, was born July 26, 1777, in Scotland. He was a presbyterian clergyman of Ohio; was president of Miami university in 1824-41; and professor of history and of political science until 1844. He was the author of Sermons; Elements of Logic; Philosophy of the Bible; Science of lege

Government; Western Peacemaker; moirs of David Rice. at College Hill, Ohio.

He

an'd

Me-

died April 29, 1855,

company

C,

forty -third regiment of New ork volunteer infantry; and in 1863 he was wounded at Lees Mills, Va., necessitating the amputation of his right arm. He commenced practicing law at Ludington, Mich.; and was prosecuting attorney

duated with honors from the university of Tennessee. He has

ous skirmishes in the Philippine Islands and has been recommended for gallantry and bravery in battle. He has been second and first lieutenant in the United States army and is now captain of artillery in the United States army, and stationed at Fort Wright, N.Y. Bishop, Phanuel, state senator, congressman, was born in Massachusetts. In 1787-91 he was a member of the Massachusetts state senate; and in 1792, 1793, 1797 and 1798 was a representative in the state legislature. In 1799-1807 he was a representative from Massachusetts to the sixth, seventh, the eighth and ninth congresses. He died in Massachusetts.

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of Mason county in 1876-86. He was elected to the Michigan legislature in 1882 and

1892; and in 1895-1907 he was a representafrom Michigan to the fifty-fourth, fifty-

tive

fifth,

fiftysixth,

fifty-seventh,

fifty-eighth

and fifty-ninth congresses as a republican. Bishop, Rufus W., physician. He is medical director of

the National

life

insurance

company

at Chicago, 111. Bishop, Seth Scott, physician, surgeon, author, was born Feb. 7, 1852, in Fond du Lac, Wis. He was educated at the Pooler institute, the university of New York, at Beloit college, and at the medical department of the Northwestern university. He was surgeon to the Illinois charitable eye and ear infirmary; and consulting surgeon to the Silver cross hospital of Joliet.

He

is

honorary

president of the faculty, and professor of diseases of the nose, throat and ear in the Illinois medical college; is professor in the Chicago postgraduate medical school and hospital; and surgeon to various hospitals and charities. He has invented numerous surgical instruments and apparatus in general use by the medical profession. He is associate editor of the Laryngoscope. He is the author of Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear; The Ear and Its Diseases; and scores of Monographs.

Bishop, William Darius, lawyer, railroad, president, congressman, was born Sept. 4, 1827, in Bloomfield, N.J. He engaged almost exclusively in railroad business, being for several years president of the Naugatuck railroad company. In 1857-59 he was a representative from Connecticut to the thirtyfifth congress. In 1859 he was appointed commissioner of patents. In 1866 he was again elected to the state legislature. In 1884 he was president of the executive committee of the Eastern railroad association. He died in 1904 in Bridgeport, Conn. Bishop, William Henry, clergyman, bishop, in 1803. He was a preacher in the Zion African methodist episcopal church;

was born