The Bishop and Eames Reunion was held at the United Methodist - 
Presbyterian Church in Montgomery City, Mo., June 3, 1995.  Of the 88 
present, there were 15 of the 20 surviving grandchildren of Samuel Calvin 
and Alice Hayden Bishop present.  The five cousins not present were:  
Lucille Bishop Killian, Grants Pass, Oregon;  Edna Bishop Muller, 
Bellflower;  Gladys Bishop, Sun City, Arizona;  Alice Bishop Freyer, Hot 
Springs, Arkansas;  and John Bishop of Wellsville.

	Kristin Fipps, six month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John David 
(Sherry) Fipps of Drakesville, Iowa and great-granddaughter of Howell and 
Minnie Bishop, was the youngest present.  Trudell Bishop McMackins, of 
Prescott, Arizona, daughter of Granville Bishop, a brother of Samuel C. was 
the oldest present.

	All the children of Howell and Roy C. Bishop were in attendance.

	Those attending from the Eluid and Willie Hudson Bishop family were: 
 Sam W. and Sue Bishop, Mineola; Shirley Buffa, St. Louis;  Barbara and 
Sammie Harrelson, New Hartford, Mo.;  and George Harrelson, Columbia, Mo.

	From the Wilford "Bill" and Mary Oliver Bishop family were:  Floyd 
and Virginia Bishop, Vandalia, Mo.;  Wendell and Dorothy Bishop, Bob, Holly, 
Tyler, and Libby Bishop, Montgomery City, Mo.;  Helen and Rudy Jansen, Lake 
St. Louis, Mo.;  James and Elizabeth Garrett, Liberty, Kentucky;  Mrs 
Wilford (Margaret) Bishop, Bill and Marilyn Bishop, Shawnee, Kansas;  Warren 
Seitz, Alexandria, Virginia.

	From the Clarence and Susie Maxwell Bishop family were:  Bill and 
Tammy Bishop, Jeremiah Bishop, and Jamie Lindeman, St. Peters, Mo.;  Margie 
Bishop, Granite City, Illinois;  Rebecca Bishop, Chicago, Illinois.

	From the Addison and Susie Pemberton Bishop family were:  Kathryn 
and Jerry Branson, Bettina Branson, Jeremy Branson, Marthasville. Mo.

	From the Roy and Lelia Eames Bishop family were:  Dorothy and Azell 
Prince, St. Petersburg, Florida;  Eames Bishop, Rancho Polosyards, 
California;  Dick Bishop, Margaret Fullerton, Fresno, California.

	From the Harry and Alice Clement Bishop family were:  Mrs. Clark 
(Lucille) Bishop, Florissant, Mo.;  Sam and Lucille Bishop, New Hartford, 
Mo.;  Jim and Leslie Bishop, Megan, Molly, Nathan and Jesse Bishop, 
Columbia, Mo.;  Jean F. Daniel, Michael Haden, Prairie Village, Kansas;  
Alice and Don Brockman, Lake Genevea, Wisconsin;  Nellie and Clinton Frost, 
St. Louis, Mo.;  Eleanor and Art Allison, Middletown, Mo.

	From the Howell and Minnie Harris Bishop family were:  John Fipps 
and Kristin, Drakesville, Iowa;  Mrs. Tom (Chris) Crouch and Christie and 
Brian Crouch, Fenton, Mo.;  Missy Bishop Stearn and Jessica, Jackson, Mo.;  
Jim and Nancy Dunn, Middletown, Mo.;  Calvin and Jackie Bishop, Montgomery 
City, Mo.;  Mildred Fipps, William and Virginia Crouch, Barbara and George 
Fort, Sam and Cindy Fort, Kay and Robert Oliver, Barbara and Bill, Richard 
Fort, Wellsville, Mo.

	From the Granville Bishop family were:  Truedell McMackins, Carol 
and Bob Harris, Prescot, Arizona.

	From the Will and Inez Eames Gliser family were:  Wilma Werges, 
Debbie Werges and Shelby, Sharon and J.L. Davidson, Montgomery City, Mo.;  
Donald Gliser, New Florence, Mo.;  Sandra and Gerald Gibson, Montgomery City, Mo.

	Tables with pictures and memorabilia were enjoyed.  A post card 
written June 3, 1915 to Alice (Bishop) Tomek from her father, Addison 
Bishop, could be read exactly 80 years later to the day by members of the 
Bishop family.

	Corsages and boutonnieres for the 15 first cousins and a center 
piece with a flower and names for each of the deceased cousins were made by 
Bettina Branson, great-granddaughter of Add Bishop.  The name tags were also 
made by Bettina and her mother, Kathryn Branson.  The Branson family home 
was cut off by flood waters for three weeks.  They managed to get a truck 
out to a road on Thursday, June 1st, and walked through water to their truck 
in order to get to the reunion.

	Mrs. John (Joyce) Brinegar, a great-granddaughter-in-law of John 
(Jack) Bishop, was responsible for compiling the family history, stories and 
genealogy work that was done.

	Letters from Lucille Killian, Gladys Bishop, Loretta Clement and 
David Bishop were read by those in attendance.