Name |
BISHOP, Pratt |
Birth |
23 Mar 1811 |
Upper Providence Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States |
Gender |
Male |
Biography |
BIOGRAPHY by Albert Cadwallader Worrell: Pratt Bishop was born on a farm in Upper Providence Twp., Delaware Co., PA which had been in the family for several generations. He was named after the family of his paternal grandmother, Priscilla Pratt.
We do not know very much about the early life of Pratt Bishop. Cope and Ashmead in Chester and Delaware Counties say that his father was a miller and "in this occupation he was succeeded by his son Pratt." However, in 1856, shortly before his death in 1857, Amor Bishop conveyed his grist and sawmills, not to Pratt, but to Pratt's brother Washington. By 1848, Pratt had his own farm adjoining the Bishop family farm, whose owner is shown as the "heirs of Thos. Bishop" on the 1848 map. Pratt may have been involved in the family milling business, but was certainly a full-time farmer by 1856.
Pratt apparently was an active and sociable man. He served on the School Board numerous times. When the Rose Tree Club was first formed in 1859 at the old Rose Tree Inn, (Rose Tree, Upper Providence Twp., Delaware Co., PA) every member of the club was an active and trained fox hunter. Among the founding members of the Club were Pratt Bishop, Thomas Bishop, Washington Bishop, and Edwin E. Worrell.
When Pratt's wife, Matilda, inherited a substantial sum of money from her brother Preston in 1878, Pratt sold his farm to his daughter Priscilla and her husband Charles Moore. Then he and Matilda moved to Media, where she bought or built a large house in which they lived the rest of their lives. This house at Baltimore Avenue and Monroe Street is still in good repair and occupied as a funeral home in 1994.
Pratt Bishop died at home in Media at the age of 76. He died intestate, and the inventory shows his estate consisted of a bond and mortgage given by Charles and Priscilla P. Moore for the farm, interest due on the same, cash in the bank of 713 dollars, 1 horse, 1 gun and shot pouch, and 1 saddle and bridle. The house, furniture, and investments were the property of his wife Matilda. But a net personal estate of $5,500 was not bad for 1888.
Pratt Bishop is buried in Media Cemetery with his wife Matilda, his daughter Matilda, and his brothers-in-law David and Preston Yarnall. One large flat gravestone marks the graves of all five.
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Census (desc) |
1850 |
Upper Providence Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States |
working as a farmer |
Census (desc) |
1860 |
Upper Providence Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States |
working as a farmer |
Census (desc) |
1870 |
Upper Providence Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States |
working as a farmer |
Census (desc) |
1880 |
Media, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States |
as a retired farmer living on Washington Street |
_UID |
A2BE21EE44AFB34086314EE58FAEBA5A9001 |
Death |
1 Mar 1888 |
Media, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States |
Burial |
Media, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States |
Address: Media Cemetery |
Person ID |
I6020 |
Our Ancestry |
Last Modified |
11 Nov 2010 |
Family |
YARNALL, Matilda, b. 3 Mar 1818, Upper Providence Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States d. 1895 (Age 76 years) |
Marriage |
26 Dec 1839 |
Children |
+ | 1. BISHOP, Margaret Evans, b. 17 Oct 1840, Upper Providence Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States d. 29 Jan 1922, Upper Providence Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 81 years) |
+ | 2. BISHOP, Priscilla P., b. 7 Aug 1842 d. 1910 (Age 67 years) |
+ | 3. BISHOP, Deborah R., b. 11 Sep 1844 d. 1906 (Age 61 years) |
+ | 4. BISHOP, Emma Jane, b. 11 Feb 1847 d. Yes, date unknown |
+ | 5. BISHOP, Ellen W., b. 24 Nov 1848 d. Yes, date unknown |
| 6. BISHOP, Matilda Y., b. 26 Dec 1851 d. 3 Feb 1883 (Age 31 years) |
+ | 7. BISHOP, Ida Preston, b. 29 Feb 1856 d. 1931 (Age 74 years) |
| 8. BISHOP, Hannah Malin, b. 27 Apr 1858 d. Yes, date unknown |
+ | 9. BISHOP, Alice Washington, b. 12 Jul 1862 d. Yes, date unknown |
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Family ID |
F1890 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
12 Feb 2024 |