Can you check your books for any BISHOPS buried there. My family settled in Chickaswaba Township when there were but 4 white families and abt 100 indians (according to Goodspeeds article). My great, great, great grandfather was William Bishop, b.1818 in Scott Co. Mo. He moved to Chickasawba Twnshp in 1840's. He held the office of Constable for that section and was also a deputy under Sheriff Bowen. "His oldest son, Andrew Jackson Bishop b. 1846 was married to an early pioneer of the areas daughter, her name was Margeret (Maggie) Brown. Her father was Jack Brown. Andrew Bishop was one of the earliest if not the earliest photographers in the area. He also taught school there for 4 years, he clerked in a store, rafted logs for Big Lake, enemurated the 1880 US Fed. Cencus for Chickasawba Township and owned a blacksmith and wagon shop. He was a charter founder of the Chickasawba Lodge No. 134. His children were, Willian Andrew Bishop, Major Green Bishop, Anrora Lurens Bishop and Robert Thaddeus. "William had a daughter named Virginia who married a man named Carney (no first name known). Williams first wife, Diadema Bryant Bishop passed away and he maried a woman named Martha Golden. They had one son together, William Oliver Bishop. Names I am interested in are Bishops, Bonds, Francis, Poole (Pool). I would so appreciated any info. email me @ [email protected]