Cassandra Bishop

Citations

1. [S38] Kimberly G. Johnson, compiler, Clay County, KY Marriage Index 1807-1923, Rev Ed (Manchester, KY: Clay County Genealogical and Historical Society, May 2001), Samuel Combs and Cassandra Bishop; Date of License: 13 Dec 1852; Date of Marriage: 14 Dec 1852; File Box 10.
2. [S133] Perry Bishop (Pvt., Co. I, 14th KY Cav., Civil War), pension no. Inv. 395,000, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications . . ., 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files, Department of Veteran Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Deposition by William B. Bishop, 13 August 1884, transcribed by Wanda Hunter Day from copy held by same: "Q: What relation are you to Perry Bishop: A: Half-brother. Q: What was his father's name? A: Thomas Miller. Q: How long were you acquainted with him [Thomas Miller]? A: About 13 years, from the time, or about the time, I was born. He left & went to Indiana. Q: How many brothers or sisters or such supposed relative, did Perry Bishop have? A: One sister and one brother. Q: What are the names of your brothers and sisters? A: Andy and Sam are the brothers and one sister named Cassy. That's all there ever was. Q: What did they die of? A: Andy died of some disease unknown to me. Sam had white swelling. Cassy is living in good health. Q: What was the cause of your mother's death? A: Old age. Q: What did your father die of? A: The fever."
3. [S271] 1850 U.S. census, Clay County, Kentucky, population schedule, Kentucky District, page 130A-130B, dwelling 449, family 449, Sarah Bishop; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 Apr 2011), citing National Archives microfilm publication M432_197. Household includes: Sarah Bishop 40 [If age 40 as enumerated in 1850, she would have been born in 1809-10 and age 7-8 when she married. It is unlikely that Sarah (Burns) Bishop married at such a young age. Age 50 is more likely.], real estate valued at $150; Samuel 30; Cassy 23; William 21; Alford 19; Perry 16; Mary 13; Robert 1; Cassy 4; all enumerated as b. KY. [According to S133, Sarah (Burns) Bishop was the mother of 7 children: Samuel, Andrew, Cassandra, William, Alford, Perry, and Mary. Thus, Robert age 1 and Cassy age 4 are not her children. Perhaps they're her grandchildren.]
4. [S134] William B. Bishop (Sgt., Co. I, 14th KY Cav., Civil War), pension no. Inv. 457863, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications . . ., 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files, Department of Veteran Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Photocopy held by Wanda Hunter Day.