Henry Fitch Bishop (1820 - 1910)

Born 3 Apr 1820 in Lisbon, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Charlotte Williams (Shaw) Bishop — married 15 Jun 1852 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 14 Jan 1910 at age 89 in Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States

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Biography

The following copied from the following: Boston Medical and Surgical Journal (January 20, 1910)

DR HENRY FITCH BISHOP.

Dr Henry Fitch Bishop, who died in New York last week, was one of the pioneers in establishing in Europe the high reputation still maintained there by American dentists. He was born at Lisbon, Conn., in 1820, and after graduating from the Dental College in Boston, practised for over thirty years at Worcester, Mass. He then removed to Germany, and after three years' residence in Hanover, was appointed dentist to the Hanoverian royal house. He retired practice in 1880, but did not return to this country till 1896. Since that time he had devoted himself largely to travel and to literary avocations He is survived by two married daughters. [1]

He is best considered in "A Half-Hour's Autobiography" available in google book, "biographies of the Founders, Ex-presidents, Prominent Early Mambers and ... By Waldo Elias Boadrman [2]

He is buried along with his wife, two daughters and their husband in Hope Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA^[1] There is a slight difference on the gravestone death date of 1909 and that of the New York City Municipal Deaths record of January 14, 1910^[2]. The municipal record is consistent with the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 05 December 2018), memorial page for Dr Henry Fitch Bishop (3 Apr 1820–1909), Find A Grave: Memorial #183285025, citing Hope Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Bob L. (contributor 48228855) .
2. ↑ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2716-LW8 : 10 February 2018), Henry Fitch Bishop, 14 Jan 1910; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,323,236.

• Bishop, Henry Fitch. The genealogy of Samuel and John Bishop, brothers (Brooklyn-New York, Eagle press, 1901) https://archive.org/stream/genealogyofsamue00bish#page/18/mode/2up

• Birth Apr 3 1820 "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74K-M47 : 11 February 2018), Henry Fitch Bishop, 03 Apr 1820; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

• Christening Jun 11 1820 "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4VPY-Q6W2 : 7 January 2020), Reuben Bishop in entry for Henry Fitch Bishop, 1820.

• Marriage Charlotte Williams Shaw Jun 15 1852 Providence, "Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24H-379G : accessed 1 July 2020), Henry F. Bishop and Charlotte Williams Shaw, 15 Jun 1852; citing Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, town halls, Rhode Island, and Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence; FHL microfilm 915,073.

• "Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ4J-SGC : 11 March 2018), Henry F Bishop, Ward 08, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,965.

• "Massachusetts State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQC9-TGQ : 11 March 2018), Henry F Bishop, Worcester, Ward 07, Worcester, Massachusetts; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 954,384.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQJ-62D : 12 April 2016), Henry Bishop, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 66, family 530, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,158.