Middle initial could be D or E or A. He says in the 1900 census that he was born in CT, which varies from other records. The 1910 census gives a calculated birth year of 1855.
His parents were Richard Bishop and his wife Sophia Harris, both born in Connecticut.
Year: 1900; Census Place: Danville Ward 3, Danville City, Virginia; Roll: 1733; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0103; FHL microfilm: 1241733 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
Ancestry.com. Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014. Original data: Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
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