Submitted by Linda Rowell.
Poster-#-235-
History of Photo: My grandparents lived in Arbyd in the 1920s. This is a photo of
their farmhouse.
- Home of: Grandparents: James Elliott Bishop & wife Alta May
Whitlock-Bishop
- Home of: Grandfather's brother & wife: Louis Barby Bishop &
Elsie Basler-Bishop
- They lived in Arbyrd, Dunklin County, MO. Louis Barby Bishop and his brother, Jim.... James Elliott Bishop...
- Louis met and married a very pretty and fine lady named Elsie Basler, and they rented a farmhouse just outside Arbyrd. It was their first home -- a small house, to be sure, but just the right size for newlyweds. But... then along came baby... Mattie Grace, a daughter ...and the little farmhouse got kinda' crowded. Mattie was born in February of 1922.
- Also, about that same time, Louis' brother Jim married the pretty little woman with long blond braids all the way down her back to her waist... he'd been eyeing her for some time... she was the boss' daughter... Miss Alta May Whitlock, daughter of George Washington Whitlock and his wife Dellia Mae Fortner-Whitlock. (The Whitlock's had a sorghum mill and farm at Buffalo Island and lived in Cardwell - Paulding Road. They were the Bishop brothers' employer at that time). The story goes that one afternoon Jim and Alta got a ride over the bridge of the Saint Francis River to the west of Cardwell and drove into a fun little town in Arkansas named Paragould... went up to the courthouse in the middle of town and got married! That was in 1922.
- Well then, Jim and Alta needed a home so that they didn't have to live with mamma and papa. So, Louis and Elsie got up early one fine morn'n and moved all their worldly possessions out of that cute little cabin of a home into a much roomer house. After all, they were a family of three now. Later, in that same afternoon, along came Jim & Alta, with all their worldly possessions and moved right in! It was their first home... The landlord didn't even have to change the name on the rental agreement... it was the same family -- the Bishops! Soon afterwards, Alta and Jim went shopping and purchased all sorts of fine oak furniture... especially that kitchen stuff ... like a new oak hutch and table and chairs -- all for that cute little cabin. But, before you knew it, along came baby... "Wm", a son ... and the farmhouse got kinda' crowded. So, like his brother before him, Jim Bishop had to move on. Jim and Alta eventually found a nice new home which was a bit roomier. After all, they, too, were a family of three.
Geneology Data:
- James Elliott Bishop & Louis Barby Bishop were the sons of James William Bishop and Martha Elizabeth Wiseman. They moved to Dunklin Co MO about 1903 and moved to California in about 1928, after the Great Flood. Both Mattie Grace & Wm were born in that farmhouse, not in a hospital. Elsie Basler Bishop was the daughter of Lawrence Basler and Rosanna Taylor Throgmorten Bunch. Elsie died at Buffalo, Dunklin Co, MO in 1926 of TB. "Wm" Bishop was the son of James Elliott Bishop and Alta May Whitlock. He was born in 1923 and died in Arbyrd, Dunklin Co, MO 1925 of they thought was probably meningitis. Mattie Grace Bishop married Second Morgan of Dunklin Co, MO. They both died in 1947 Needles, San Bernardino Co, CA in an auto accident. Alta May Whitlock Bishop was the daughter of George Washington Whitlock and Dellia Mae Fortner. They were born in southern Illinois and lived in Stoddard and Dunklin Counties, MO, from the 1880's until the mid-1930s, at which time they joined the rest of the family in California. George and Dellia were married in 1898 Malden, Dunklin Co, MO. They are buried in Hanford, Kings Co, CA.
- Photo Date Taken: Abt 1922 Place Taken: Arbyrd, Dunklin Co, MO
Submitted by Linda Rowell.
Poster-#-235-
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