HENRY WALKER BISHOP, the son of Hon. Henry W. and Sarah T. (Bulkley) Bishop, was born in Lenox, Mass., June 2, 1829, and was fitted for college at the Lenox (Mass.) Academy.
After graduation from Amherst College in 1850, he studied law at Lenox and at Harvard Law School, being admitted to the bar in Lenox, Mass., in 1853. He practiced law in Lenox, 1853—1856, and in Chicago, 1ll., 1856—1913.
In 1863 he was appointed Master in Chancery of the United States Circuit Court for the northern district of Illinois, which position he held at the time of his death.
Mr. Bishop died of old age, Sept. 28,1913, in Seabright, N. J. The interment was in the Pittsfield (Mass.) cemetery. In 1889 Mr. Bishop gave to the city of Pittsfield the Henry W. Bishop 3rd Memorial Training School for Nurses, in memory of his son.
Mr. Bishop was married, Aug. 8, 1861, to Mrs. Anna H. Manger, daughter of Joshua Richardson of Portland, Me., who died in 1884; (2) April 29, 1887, to Jessica A., daughter of Robert Pomeroy of Pittsfield, Mass.
After graduation from Amherst College in 1850, he studied law at Lenox and at Harvard Law School, being admitted to the bar in Lenox, Mass., in 1853. He practiced law in Lenox, 1853—1856, and in Chicago, 1ll., 1856—1913.
In 1863 he was appointed Master in Chancery of the United States Circuit Court for the northern district of Illinois, which position he held at the time of his death.
Mr. Bishop died of old age, Sept. 28,1913, in Seabright, N. J. The interment was in the Pittsfield (Mass.) cemetery. In 1889 Mr. Bishop gave to the city of Pittsfield the Henry W. Bishop 3rd Memorial Training School for Nurses, in memory of his son.
Mr. Bishop was married, Aug. 8, 1861, to Mrs. Anna H. Manger, daughter of Joshua Richardson of Portland, Me., who died in 1884; (2) April 29, 1887, to Jessica A., daughter of Robert Pomeroy of Pittsfield, Mass.
HENRY WALKER BISHOP, the son of Hon. Henry W. and Sarah T. (Bulkley) Bishop, was born in Lenox, Mass., June 2, 1829, and was fitted for college at the Lenox (Mass.) Academy.
After graduation from Amherst College in 1850, he studied law at Lenox and at Harvard Law School, being admitted to the bar in Lenox, Mass., in 1853. He practiced law in Lenox, 1853—1856, and in Chicago, 1ll., 1856—1913.
In 1863 he was appointed Master in Chancery of the United States Circuit Court for the northern district of Illinois, which position he held at the time of his death.
Mr. Bishop died of old age, Sept. 28,1913, in Seabright, N. J. The interment was in the Pittsfield (Mass.) cemetery. In 1889 Mr. Bishop gave to the city of Pittsfield the Henry W. Bishop 3rd Memorial Training School for Nurses, in memory of his son.
Mr. Bishop was married, Aug. 8, 1861, to Mrs. Anna H. Manger, daughter of Joshua Richardson of Portland, Me., who died in 1884; (2) April 29, 1887, to Jessica A., daughter of Robert Pomeroy of Pittsfield, Mass.
After graduation from Amherst College in 1850, he studied law at Lenox and at Harvard Law School, being admitted to the bar in Lenox, Mass., in 1853. He practiced law in Lenox, 1853—1856, and in Chicago, 1ll., 1856—1913.
In 1863 he was appointed Master in Chancery of the United States Circuit Court for the northern district of Illinois, which position he held at the time of his death.
Mr. Bishop died of old age, Sept. 28,1913, in Seabright, N. J. The interment was in the Pittsfield (Mass.) cemetery. In 1889 Mr. Bishop gave to the city of Pittsfield the Henry W. Bishop 3rd Memorial Training School for Nurses, in memory of his son.
Mr. Bishop was married, Aug. 8, 1861, to Mrs. Anna H. Manger, daughter of Joshua Richardson of Portland, Me., who died in 1884; (2) April 29, 1887, to Jessica A., daughter of Robert Pomeroy of Pittsfield, Mass.
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