Wallace
Henry
"Bish"
Bishop
Born in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Alice Mary Barker
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 80
in Hilversum, Hilversum Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
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Biography
American swing jazz drummer
Son of William Henry Bishop & Emma Virginia Newman. Sister: Bessie.
Wallace was touring Europe in 1949 with jazz trumpet player Wilbur Dorsey "Buck" Clayton, when he decided not to go back to the United States.
Sources
- 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940 US census
- Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Birth Certificates Index, 1871-1922
- U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
- U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
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