Lee Alice (Richardson) Bishop (1864 - 1932)

Born 1864 in Washington, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Joshua Bird — married 24 Oct 1878 in Washington County, Kentucky

Wife of Valentine Mudd — married 22 Oct 1898 (to 1909) in Shepherdsville, Bullitt, Kentucky

Descendants

Died 1932 at about age 68 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Lee Alice Richardson was born about 1863 in Washington Co., Kentucky.^[1] She married three times. Her first husband was Joshua Bird, a farm laborer. The marriage was held in 1878^[2] at the house of her grandmother, Juliet Hatchett. Her father Thomas Richardson was deceased by that time. Berry Hatchett executed the marriage bond. The couple lived in Nelson Co., Kentucky after the marriage.^[3]

She had five children with Joshua: Susan Bird in 1879,^[3] Della Bird in 1882,^[4] John Thomas Bird in 1885^[3], Naomi Bird in 1888^[5] and Ann Frances Bird in 1890.^[6]

Joshua is believed to have died in 1895.^[7] In 1898 she married Valentine Mudd,^[8] a wealthy widow in Bullitt Co., Kentucky. By 1900 the entire family was living in Shepherdsville.^[9]

Valentine is believed to have died around 1909, at which point Lee Alice moved to Louisville.^[10] She remained a widow until sometime after 1920, when she married her sister's widower, James Bishop.^[11] The couple remained in Louisville until her death in 1932.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX44-G8M : 12 June 2019), Allanie Richardson in entry for Thos Richardson, 1870.
2. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJS-GP7T : 17 May 2018), Joshua Bird and Alice Richardson, 24 Oct 1878; citing Marriage, Washington, Kentucky, United States, district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 551,246.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCZV-594 : 7 September 2017), Lee A Bird in household of Joshua Bird, Chaplin, Nelson, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 206, sheet 213B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0435; FHL microfilm 1,254,435.
4. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXPS-SDS : 8 December 2017), Josh Byrd in entry for Hobert Crouch and Dillie Byrd, 06 May 1922; citing Clark, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 2,311,704.
5. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFN8-S4Q : 9 March 2018), Josiah Byrd in entry for J. C. Powers and Neoma Byrd, 03 Jun 1915; citing reference 533; FHL microfilm 1,415,923.
6. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXG6-6DT : 8 December 2017), Joshua Byrd in entry for Joseph M Schmitt and Anna Byrd, 11 Jun 1910; citing Clark, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,415,878.
7. ↑ "Nelson County (Kentucky). Tax Assessor (Main Author), Manuscript/Manuscript on Film, Frankfort, Kentucky : Kentucky State Historical Society, 1952-1953, 1957-1958, 1991, Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Morgantown, Kentucky : E & K Microfilming, on 27 microfilm reels ; 35 mm", attached to Joshua Bird.
8. ↑ "The Mudd Family of the United States," Richard D. Mudd, (1951) (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89066137464;view=1up;seq=17), p. 654.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9WJ-SMX : accessed 30 January 2019), Alice Mudd in household of Valentine Mudd, Magisterial District 2, Mt. Washington Mt. Washington town, Bullitt, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16, sheet 8B, family 151, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,511.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2DL-K2Z : accessed 30 January 2019), Alice Mudd, Louisville Ward 4, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 87, sheet 4B, family 102, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 485; FHL microfilm 1,374,498.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMN9-GHQ : accessed 30 January 2019), Lee A Bishop in household of James R Bishop, District 1, Washington, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 5B, line 92, family 106, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 780; FHL microfilm 2,340,515.
12. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKB-LQQC : 13 December 2015), L. Alice Bishop, ; Burial, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States of America, Evergreen Cemetery; citing record ID 53873488, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.