Preston John Bishop ²⁷²

  Events

• He was described as being of medium height and slender with brown hair and eyes.

• He worked as a fireman.

• He appeared on the census in 1880 in Orneville, Piscataquis County, Maine. He lived in the household of his parents.

• He enlisted in the U.S. Army May 25, 1900 and was discharged in California a few years later.

• He appeared on the census in 1920 in Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon. He lived with his wife and son in the household of Merle Miller and is listed as Merle's Uncle.

• He appeared on the census in 1930 in Georgetown, El Dorado County, California. He was head of household and owned property valued at $1,500. He also owned a radio set.

Preston married Mabel M. Beckwith, daughter of [--?--] Beckwith and Virginia Lewis, 15 July 1896 in Old Town, Penobscot County, Maine.²⁵³ (Mabel M. Beckwith was born about 1877 in Canada.)

Preston next married Hazel Margaret Farnsworth, daughter of John Franklin Farnsworth and Elizabeth Jane Robson, about 1911. (Hazel Margaret Farnsworth was born 3 August 1890 in Sacramento, Sacramento County, California,^4134,4135 died in 1962 ⁴¹³³ and was buried in 1962 in Ketchikan, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska at Bayview Cemetery ⁴¹³³.)