1. U.S. 1880 Census - Kaufman Co., Texas - page 27.
(William Bishop - W - M - Age 7 - b. Texas - both parents born Alabama)
2. U.S. 1900 Census - Runnels Co., Texas.
(W.T.J. Bishop - b. January 1873 - b. Texas)
3. U.S. 1910 Census - Ector County, Texas - May 1910 - 114/118.
(William Bishop - Age 37 - Head - Married once 18 years - b. Texas -
parents b. Alabama)
4. U.S. 1920 Census - Eastland Co., Texas - E.D. 101, Sheet 14, Vol.52.
(W.T.J. Bishop - Head -WM- Age 47- b. Texas)
5. Winkler County, Texas, death record:
(W.T.J. Bishop; d. Wink, Texas; length of stay: 2 years, 6 months; male
white; married; wife: Anna E. Bishop; b. January 16, 1873; age: 58 and 17
days; foreman for Boiler Star of South Crude Oil Co.; b. Rockwall, Texas;
father: W.W. Bishop of Tennessee; mother: Lavenia Compton of Tennessee;
informant: Leta Bishop Cox of Ranger; d. February 2, 1931; angina pectoris;
burial: February 3, 1931 at Odessa, Texas)
6. Obituary February 6, 1931 Odessa, Texas:
(W.T.J. Bishop, pioneer rancher of Ector, Winkler and Crane Counties since
1906 a citizen, d. Monday of heart failure; representative of Southern
Crude Oil company; came here in 1906; he and wife charter members of
Eastern Star; he was Worshipful Master of the Kermit Lodge; died in car
with daughter Leta after returning from doctor's appointment; survived by
wife; 4 daughters: Mrs. J.H. King of Dallas, Leta Cox of Ranger, Mrs. J.A.
Purifoy of Odessa, and Mable Kimble of Dallas; one son: A.W. Bishop of
Ranger; 3 deceased sons: W.T.J., Jr., Winburn, and Oscar)
7. Ector County, Texas, cemetery record (Odessa Cemetery):
(from West to East Row #6 from South side)
(W.T.J. Bishop; b. January 16, 1873; d. February 2, 1931)

8. Information given to me by Randy Kimble, Lovington, New Mexico, on August
20, 1986 Bishop Bible:
(William T.J. Bishop b. January 16, 1872; son of W.W. and Lavenia Bishop;
son W.W. Bishop borned 1837 to 1922)
(Grandfather W.T.J. Bishop died 1931)