Bishop family collection, 1825-1918.

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Bishop family collection, 1825-1918.

The Bishop family collection documents the families of Charles B. Bishop and Jane (Farnsworth) Bishop.

.42 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8075490

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There are 16 Entities related to this resource.

Bishop, John, 1756-1848

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Prentice, Donald Bishop, 1889-1971

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Bishop, Charles, 1791-1871

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Bishop, Jane Farnsworth, 1829-1892

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Bishop, Susan Amelia Pratt, 1818-1848

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Buell, Charles.

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Litchfield School Society.

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Bishop family.

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Residents of Litchfield, Conn. Charles Bishop (1791-1871) moved to Litchfield in 1838 and established a farm. He married Mary Bacon (1794-1884) and they had three sons: Theophilus, who died in Saybrook, Conn., at age 26; James, a Thomaston, Conn., clock factory employee and later a florist; and Charles, a prominent Litchfield merchant who co-owned a dry goods firm and was an insurance salesman. Jane Farnsworth Bishop was daughter of Benjamin Farnsworth and Emily Raphel, of Hartford, Conn. Jane's...

Bishop, Theophilus Fenn, 1820-1846

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Farnsworth family.

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Bishop, James Ensign, 1828-1903

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Bishop, Charles, 1872-

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First Ecclesiastical Society (Litchfield, Conn.)

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The First Congregational Church of Litchfield was founded in 1721. Its first minister was Timothy Collins, who served until 1751. Noted clergyman Lyman Beecher was the church's minister from 1810-1826. The first church building was constructed in 1723 or 1724 and was replaced by a new structure in 1761. A third church was built in 1829 north of the green. This building was moved and replaced in 1873 with a Gothic structure. In 1929, as part of the colonial revival movement in Litchfield, the 182...

Prentice, Kate Bishop, 1864-1909

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Bishop, Mabel, 1871-1951

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Bishop, Charles B., 1832-1913

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Resident of Litchfield, Conn. From the description of Charles B. Bishop check and clipping, 1910 Dec. 6-1913 Sept. 3. (Litchfield Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 710993175 ...