Same was born about 1917. He passed away about 1985.
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Census Data
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJQ1-H9X : accessed 3 January 2019), Sam W Bishop in household of Leon W Bishop, Chicago Ward 25, Cook (Chicago), Illinois, United States; citing ED 1427, sheet 7B, line 52, family 191, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 341; FHL microfilm 1,820,341.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CCGS-ZT2 : accessed 3 January 2019), Samuel W Bishop in household of Leon W Bishop, Richmond, Richmond (Independent City), Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 117, sheet 58A, line 11, family 328, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2476; FHL microfilm 2,342,210.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR16-6P8 : 13 March 2018), Sam Ward Bishop in household of Margaret Ward, Jeffersonville Magisterial District, Tazewell, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 93-15, sheet 7B, line 62, family 109, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4298.
PHOTO AT FAG SITE: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 January 2019), memorial page for Samuel Ward Bishop, Sr (20 Jul 1917–19 May 1985), Find A Grave Memorial no. 111850571, citing Maplewood Cemetery, Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Virginia Gal (contributor 46802339) .[1]
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VMBK-SWB : 20 May 2014), Sam Ward Bishop, May 1985; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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