Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - Charles O. Bishop
CHARLES O. BISHOP
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Charles O. Bishop was a part of the firm of Loveless, Howe & Bishop
proprietors of the Richwood Woolen Mills, and dealers in wool, grain,
hides, furs and staves in Richwood. He was born in Logan County,
Ohio, October 10, 1843 ; he is a son of Thomas and Sabina (Schenck)
Bishop, natives of New Jersey. His father died when Charles was
twelve years old and his mother lived a widow until her death in 1875,
at the age of seventy-six years. Our subject was the fifth of a
family of eight children. He was raised on the farm receiving a
common school education, and worked at farming until 1871, when he came
to Richwood and embarked in the stave trade. In 1880, he combined
his business with his present partners, and established the firm as it
now exists. In 1870, he married Adelaide Fawn, a native of Union
County, and a daughter of Edward Fawn, who was a farmer of this county
for forty-six years of his life. To Mr. and Mrs. Bishop one child
has been born, Newton Otto. Mrs. Bishop is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.