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Marcellus W. Bishop January 25 1845 - unknown
Hopkins County KyArchives Biography

Author: Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed.,

MARCELLUS W. BISHOP was born in Madisonville, Hopkins Co., Ky., January 25, 
1845, and is the second of four living children born to Orlean and Sarah J. 
(Woodson) Bishop; the former a native of Hopkins County, and the latter of 
Harrodsburgh, Ky., and of Irish and Fresh descent, respectively. Orlean Bishop 
remained on his father's farm until he was eighteen years old, when he was 
appointed deputy county clerk of Hopkins County, which position he held until 
1850; during a part of this time he was deputy circuit clerk. In 1850 he was 
elected county clerk, and held that office until his death, August 2, 1862, in 
his fifty-second year. In early life he was engaged in merchandising, and at 
the time of his death owned a well improved farm near Madisonville. He and wife 
are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South; he was also a member of 
the I.O.O.F. Marcellus W., received a good education and was employed on a farm 
until he was seventeen years old. He then opened a drug store at Madisonville, 
and continued that business for some three or four years, after which he was
employed as a salesman in a dry goods store at the same place for about two
years. In 1872 he engaged in the coal business, being secretary of the
Diamond Coal Company for six or seven years. In 1878 he opened a dry goods
store at Madisonville, Ky., where he has since been doing an extensive
business. He carries a large and well selected stock, averaging about
$15,000; his annual sales run from $30,000 to $40,000. He also owns a farm
near the city, and is engaged in fruit growing and breeding fine stock -
horses, cattle and hogs. He was married in 1873 to Miss Annie Ruby, a native
of Hopkins County, Ky., who died in June, 1874. She was a devoted member of
the Christian Church. In politics Mr. Bishop is an independent Democrat.


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