William E Bishop
and Mary Polly Justice

L-R: Front: ?, ?, William E Bishop Jr, Emeretta Slone Bishop, and Emertta's mother. L-R Back: Butler Bishop, ?, ?, John Bishop and Wife, Rosaline, Wickliff Bishop, ? and ? - (William Bishop Jr, s/o William Bishop and Mary Polly Justice). Photo Submitted by Jimmy Daniels - Lost Ties Website

William E. Bishop b 15 Jun 1810 Elk Garden, Russell Co VA d 1896 Pike Co KY; buried Annie E Young Cemetery, Chloe Creek, Pike Co KY; s/o George Bishop and Nancy Anne Boothe. William E Bishop m. 15 May 1831 Pike Co KY to Mary Polly Justice b 1811 Pike Co KY d 1895 Pike Co KY; buried Annie E Young Cemetery, Chloe Creek, Pike Co KY. William & Polly's graves were moved from Bishop Family Cemetery to the Annie E. Young Cemetery at Chloe Creek near Pikeville in 1964 as part of relocation due to construction of the Fishtrap Dam. Records for this cemetery list: Grave #19-21 Bill Bishop Sr. 1811-1896, and #19-22 Polly Bishop, 1811-1895, list as next of kin, Grandchildren: Gove Bishop, Pearly Blackburn, and Wicke Bishop. (1850 Pike Co KY Census). (Also See William Bishop. Children of William E Bishop and Mary Polly Justice;

1. Nancy Jane Bishop b 19 Mar 1832 Pike Co KY d 10 Jun 1907 Pike Co KY; m. 11 Mar 1849 to James Davidson Belcher b 29 Apr 1826 Pike Co KY; s/o James Belcher and Polly Drake.

2. Uriah Riley Bishop b 19 Mar 1832 Pike Co KY d 31 Oct 1908 Pike Co KY; m. 6 Sept 1860 Pike Co KY to Milly Abshire b 11 Apr 1834 Pike Co KY d 7 Jan 1916 Pike Co KY.

3. Rhoda A Bishop b 1836 Pike Co KY; m. 18 Sept 1856 Pike Co KY to Frederick A Smiley b 1833 VA. Children of Frederick A Smiley and Rhoda A Bishop;

i. William W Smiley b 1857 Pike Co KY

ii. Iana Smiley b 1860 Pike Co KY

iii. Sarah Smiley b 1864 Pike Co KY

4. Pricy Bishop b 27 May 1838 Pike Co KY d 1 Apr 1930 Pike Co KY; m. 1 Sept 1856 Pike Co KY to William Hunt b Apr 1829 Pike Co KY d 20 Jan 1913 Pike Co KY.

5. Mariam Bishop b 1841 Pike Co KY; m. 9 Aug 1860 Pike Co KY to Archibald Slone b 1839 Pike Co KY

6. Miles Bishop b 3 Apr 1844 Pike Co KY d 9 Jan 1929 Morgan Co KY; m. 16 Feb 1868 Pike Co KY (divorced 1907) to Nancy Jane Matney b 12 Sept 1852 Pike Co KY d 10 Apr 1934 Morgan Co KY; d/o Alexander Matney and Jane Hamilton.

7. Lavinia Vina Bishop b 1846 Pike Co KY d 13 Jun 1914 Pike Co KY

8. Jane Bishop b 1848 Pike Co KY; m. 24 Jul 1870 Pike Co KY to Leonard J Belcher

9. David Bishop b 1849 Pike Co KY

10. William E Bishop b 30 May 1852 Pike Co KY d 25 May 1911 Pike Co KY; m. 21 Apr 1870 Pike Co KY to Emerietta Slone b Oct 1852 Pike Co KY d 19 Jan 1931 Pike Co KY.

11. Andrew Bishop b 14 May 1857 Pike Co KY d 21 Jul 1870 Enterprise, Pike Co KY.

12. Sarah Bishop b 1865 Pike Co KY

William E Bishop
and July Ann Carter