Ella R. Smith ²⁵³

Lewiston Daily Sun
Lewiston, Maine
January 6, 1960
p. 2

MRS. CLIFTON BISHOP

Mrs. Ella R. Bishop, 82, of Columbia Falls, a Lewiston native, died yesterday at an Ellsworth hospital.

She was born June 21, 1877 in Lewiston, the daughter of Charles and Rebecca Hemspon Smith. Her husband, Clifton C. Bishop, died several years ago. For many years, Mrs. Bishop lived at Portland.

She was a member of the Emmanuel Baptist Church of Portland and the Order of the Eastern Star.

Survivors are a son, Delmont of Melrose, Mass. and a brother, Albert S. Smith of South Easton.

  Events

• She worked as a teacher.

• She appeared on the census in 1900 in Columbia Falls, Washington County, Maine. She lived in the household of her husband.

• She appeared on the census in 1910 in Columbia Falls, Washington County, Maine. She lived in the household of her husband. A boarder named Frances Sargent lived in the home, aged 20, who was a teacher.

• She appeared on the census in 1920 in Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine. She lived in the household of her husband. Two boarders lived in the home, a teacher and a baker.

• She appeared on the census in 1930 in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. She was widowed and lived in the household of her single son, Delmont W. Bishop. A nine year old boy named Charles Sherman lived in the home.

Ella married Clifton Delmont Bishop, son of Winfield Scott Bishop and Ellen Elvira Rackley, 25 December 1895 in Greene, Androscoggin County, Maine.²⁵³ (Clifton Delmont Bishop was born 15 May 1873 in Leeds, Androscoggin County, Maine,⁷⁷⁹ died 27 July 1922 in Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine ^252,2881 and was buried 28 July 1922 in Leeds, Androscoggin County, Maine at Keene's Corner Cemetery ^252,2881.) The cause of his death was acute nephritis with scarlet fever as a contributing cause.