Bishop Family History

First Generation


1. Alta Pearl Bishop [Photos] was born on 1 March 1903 in Beech Run, Preston, West Virginia. She married Jesse Elmer Clark on 10 December 1921 in Oakland, Appalac, Maryland. She died on 17 May 1990 in Morgantown, Monongalia, West Virginia. She was buried on 21 May 1990 in East Oak Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, Monongalia, West Virginia. [Parents]

Sources of Information:
1. Personal Knowledge of daughter .
2. Reedsville, Preston, West Virginia Vital Records.
3. International Genealogical Index.

Source 1: Family Bible gives Methodist baptism date of November 1964, Wesley Methodist Church, Morgantown, Monongalia, West Virginia.


Spouse Jesse Elmer Clark [Photos] was born on 5 February 1897 in Reedsville, Preston, West Virginia. He died on 26 December 1964 in Morgantown, Monongalia, West Virginia. He was buried on 29 December 1964 in East Oak Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, Monongalia, West Virginia.

Sources of Information:
1. Personal Knowledge of daughter .
2. Social Security Death Index. SS# 236-12-1009; Born: 5 Feb 1897.
3. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File. AFN:B360:7C.
4. Preston County, West Virginia, 1920 Federal Census, Film # 1821969, NARA (National Archives), Denver Colorado. Occupation: Motorman, Coal Miner.
5. Preston County, West Virginia, 1910 Federal Census, Film # 1375708.
6. Valley District, Preston County, West Virginia, 1900 Census, , Film #1241770. Supervisor's district # 2, Enumeration District.
7. West Virginia Department of Health, Birth Certificate Application. Parents: George W. Clark and Joanna Stimmel.
8. Preston County, West Virginia, Social Security Registration, World War I 1914-1918, Film # 1992958. Father's Birth: near Morgantown, West Virginia, US; Father: Geo. W. Clark, Reedsville; Jesse; Age: 21; Birth: Feb 5, 1897; Employer: Raymond C.C. Jacobs, Reedsville.
9. Monongalia County, West Virginia, Will Book, Film # 0840785. Vol. 21, Pages 143-144
Jesse Named in Father's Will; "J. E. Clark has been give his share hereto fore.".
10. Social Security Application. Employer: Industrial Collier Corporation, Reedsville, West Virginia; Parents: George Westfall Clark and Joanna Stimmell; Address: General Delivery, Reedsville, West Virginia; Registered with the US Employment Service # 5739-461
11. International Genealogical Index


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