Wellsville Optic News, Montgomery County, Wellsville, Missouri, 7 January 1966

	John DeWitte Bishop Obituary.  John DeWitte Bishop, son of Samuel 
Calvin and Alice Hayden Bishop, was born February 11, 1881, in Callaway 
County, Missouri, and died at The Heritage Nursing Home in Columbia, Mo., 
December 31, 1965.  In 1907, Mr. Bishop was married to Miss Lottie Brown, 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Brown.  The young wife died eight years 
later, May 19, 1915, leaving two little daughters.  These daughters who 
still survive are Miss Gladys Bishop of Columbia, Mo., and Mrs. Karl L. 
(DeWitte Bishop) Kendig of Coshocton, Ohio.
	In addition to his daughter, Mr. Bishop is survived by four of his 
eight brothers.  They are:  Roy c. Bishop of Florida, Clarence, Howell and 
James M. Bishop, all of Montgomery City.
	Other survivors are his grandson, Steve Kendig, and his 
granddaughters, Misses Karen and Kristie Kendig, of Coshocton, Ohio.
	Mr. Bishop lived on his farm six miles west of Montgomery City until 
about five years ago when ill health forced his retirement to the Montgomery 
Boarding Home in Montgomery City.  His condition became acute only a few 
weeks ago.
	Funeral services were conducted January 3rd at the Schlanker 
Mortuary by the Rev. Wilbur Longstreth with interment in the Bethel 
Cemetery.  Pallbearers were six of his nephews:  H. Sam Bishop of 
Middletown, John Bishop and Calvin Bishop of Wellsville, Samuel V. Bishop of 
Mineola, Wilford and Wendell Bishop of Montgomery City.



OBITUARY OF JOHN D. (JACK) BISHOP, (name of newspaper and year not noted)

MONTGOMERY CITY- John D. (Jack) Bishop died in Columbia Friday.  He was 84.
  Funeral services were to be at 2 p.m. today at the Schlanker Funeral Home 
in Montgomery City, with the Rev. Wilbur Longstreth, in charge.  Burial was 
to be in Bethel Cemetery west of Montgomery City.
  A retired farmer, Mr. Bishop is survived by two daughters, Miss Gladys 
Bishop of Columbia and Mrs. Karl Kendig of Ohio; four brothers, Roy of the 
state of Florida and Clarence, Howell and Jim of Montgomery City.  Three 
grandchildren also survive.

Montgomery Standard, Montgomery County, Montgomery City, Missouri, 28 May 1915

	Lottie Bell Brown [Bishop], daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Brown, 
and wife of John D. Bishop, was born in Callaway county, Mo., January 5, 
1883, growing to womanhood in the pure atmosphere of a Christian home in the 
country.  It is doubtful if Lottie knew the time of her conversion, but on 
June 22, 1897, she united with the M.E. church South, at Bethel, remaining a 
faithful, consistent member of the church and an ardent helper in all its 
activities.
	On January 23, 1907, she was married to John Dewitt Bishop.  To this 
union were born two daughters, Gladys, and an infant of a few days.  
Together they spent eight happy years, when, on May 19, 1915, the death 
angel came to summon her.  It was not as though she stepped into the deep, 
troubled waters of a surging tide, nor yet "like the quarry-slave at night, 
scourged to his dungeon;  but sustained and soothed by an unfaltering trust, 
approached the grave, like one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him, 
and lies down to pleasant dreams."
	Her testimony, not only at death, but through life was voiced by the 
Apostle when he said, "I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor 
angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to 
come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature shall be able to 
separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." - Rom. 
8.38-37.
	The sympathy of the entire community is extended to the husband and 
children, the father and mother, the only brother, Robert, and to all who 
mourn her departure.
	In the presence of a large number of relatives and friends, the 
funeral services were conducted by the writer at Bethel church, on Friday, 
May 21, and the remains were borne to their resting place by six brothers of 
the bereaved husband, and laid away amidst the scenes she loved so well.  
"Servant of God, well done!  Thy glorious warfare's past;  The battle's 
fought, the race is won, And thou art crowned at last."    C.L. Uht, Pastor.