Gayle Dean Hix, In your reply to Nola recently you asked "Was the John P. Bishop in Erie County, PA 1850, age 22, carpenter, born NY, John's nephew?" John R. (not P.) BISHOP, Concord Twp., Erie Co., PA, 1850, age 22, carpenter, born NY, was my gg grandfather. I have not been able to connect him to the BISHOP family in the Waterford area. In fact, I have not been able to connect him to anyone. But, I'm trying. I have information from him to the present day, but not from him back. According to his death certificate, info given by his son, he was born in PA; 1850 census says born NY; another census says born VT. If he was related to the John BISHOP in the Waterford area, I'd love to know about it. Linda