Confederate Veteran, Official Journal of the Sons of Confederate Veterans

J. G. Bishop was with the 10^th Confederate Cavalry in Kentucky, then in camp at Knoxville, Tenn., and afterwards detailed to serve in the quartermaster’s department at Atlanta and other places. The quartermaster’s force was organized into two companies, one of which was under Capt. Fred Crass, of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; they worked also in the shoe shops until the relief was sent to Savannah; then there was service in different ways until the surrender. He was paroled May 5, 1865. He and his wife are now in the I. O. O. F. Home at Corsicana, Texas.

OBITUARY

John Goodman Bishop
27 Dec 1841-1 Sep 1927

BISHOP - Corsicana, Texas. Sept. 3. - J. G. Bishop, 86, died at the I. O. O. F. Old Folks' Home here and funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the home of John Humphries, corner of Fourteenth street and Fifth avenue, Corsicana, with burial in the Odd Fellows plot in Oakwood Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, who also resides at the home. Mr. Bishop was a ward of the Arlington lodge. He came to the home in 1920. He was well known among the Odd Fellows of the State and was at one time in business in Paris.

Notes:

• Full name from the Confederate Pension application.

• Full date from Navarro County Cemetery Records for Oakwood Cemetery. Also states: IOOF, Corsicana Lodge No. 63

• September 4, 1927

Notes: John Goodman Bishop [1841 - 9/6/1927] is buried in the Oakwood Cemetery
He enlisted in the 10 TN Cav. and later as 1 Lt. in the Quartermaster's Dept. He received Confederate Pension # 37592

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• Submitted by Dana Subbs