More autumn pictures. These stones are in the First Presbyterian Churchyard in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey. I will need to re-visit the cemetery. This plot was filled with leaves, obscuring some stones.
The center stone in the front row is Susannah Scofield (died 1852), wife of William Bishop (died 1844), originally from Connecticut. The other four stones are for their children, Charles, George, Darius, Hannah. Readable images of the individual stones are on Find A Grave. I wanted to see if these stones were together to solidify a family connection, which indeed they are a family.
My Bishop line hails from Morris County. The earliest Bishop I've traced is Reuben Bishop, who died in 1856 in Morristown. He was married to Susan Ayres (1817-1890).
I descend from a son of Reuben Bishop and Susan Ayers, William Bishop (1843-1915). In the 1850 census, William is listed as Reuben. Future records give his name as "William" or "William R."
Is there a connection between my William Reuben Bishop from Morris County, New Jersey and the William Bishop who moved from Connecticut to New Jersey? Still working on it . . .
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