Biography of George A. Bishop, page 383/384.  Memorial Record of 
Northeastern Indiana, the Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1896.

	George A. Bishop, of the firm of Bishop & Lackey, dry-goods 
merchants of Auburn, Indiana, is one of the best known and most popular 
business men in De Kalb county. Following is a resume of his life.
	George A. Bishop was born in the Historic town of Gettysburg, 
Pennsylvania, September 17, 1845, son of Peter Bishop, also a native of 
that place.  Peter Bishop was by trade a manufacturer of woolen.  In 1849 
he emigrated with his family to Indiana an settled at  Spencerville, 
De Kalb county, where he bought a tract of land and engaged in farming, 
and where George A. was reared. Young Bishop attended the district schools 
and the Newville high school and had not yet completed his studies when 
the Civil war broke out.  As the war continued to rage and as more troops 
were needed to fill up the depleted ranks, he enlisted in the fall of 1863, 
then at the age of eighteen, and went out as a private in Company F, 129th 
Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was with his command in all its movements, 
acting the part of a brave, true soldier, until they were mustered out at 
Washington, District of Columbia, in September 1865, the war being over.
	Returning home, Mr. Bishop was employed in assisting his father on 
the farm until the fall of 1867. At that time he accepted a position with 
Root & Company of Fort Wayne, with which firm he remained four year.  The 
next year he traveled in the interest of the Fort Wayne Tobacco Company, 
and on leaving the road he returned to Spencerville and entered the employ 
of J. D. Leighty, dealer in general merchandise.  Subsequently he and his 
father purchased Mr. Leighty’s stock of goods and until 1888 conducted 
business under the firm name of F. Bishop & Son. In the meantime, in 1887, 
Mr. Bishop assisted in organizing the Zimmerman Manufacturing Company, and, 
later he was one of the organizers of the Auburn Manufacturing Company, of 
which he was for four years president.  In 1886 he was elected County Clerk 
of De Kalb county, the duties of which office occupied his time until 
October, 1892.  In 1893, in partnership with Mr. G. W. Lackey, he bought 
the stock of merchandise of W. P. Harter & Company, and has since conducted 
business under the name of Bishop & Lackey.  They occupy a two-story 
building, 44x120 feet in dimensions, and in addition to their large and 
well selected stock of dry goods they carry a fine line of carpets, the 
second floor of their building being devoted to carpets.  This is the 
largest store of its kind in De Kalb county. Both Mr. Bishop and Mr. 
Lackey are business men of marked ability and are justly deserving of 
their large patronage.
	Mr. Bishop was married in 1872 to Miss Mary Silberg, who died in 
1881, at the age of thirty-four years, leaving two children.  George A. 
Jr., the elder of these two, is now cashier in his father’s store; the 
younger is Mary V.   November 24, 1881, Mr. Bishop married for his second 
wife Miss Lillian L. Silberg, a sister of his former companion.  Their 
union has been blessed in the birth of three children, two daughters and a 
son, namely: Catherine E., Bertha and Walter G.
	Like most of the veterans of the Civil war, Mr. Bishop is identified 
with the Grand Army of the Republic. He is also a Knight of Pythias. 
Politically, he is an ardent Republican.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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