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Bishop Pioneer Families 1910 - 1920
Bishop, Nueces County, Texas 1910 - 2010  One Hundred Years of South Texas Heritage!
Adair, E. L., 1920
Adams, Bert, 1913
Allison Family, J. J., 1912
Allen Family, Ed, 1920
Ambler, A. M., 1912
Anderson Family, C. E., 1915
Atkinson, 1920
Barkley Family, Ernest, 1918
Barkley Family, George, 1919
Baird, John, 1917
Barker, 1918
Bartlett, J. T., 1914
Baylor, 1920
Berkman Family, R. E., 1911
Binion, J. M., 1911
Bishop, E. A., 1910
Bloxom, L. W., 1911
Bolland Family, John H., 1914
Boswell Family, E. R., 1920
Bradley, Bud & Willie, 1913
Bristow, Rev. E. L., 1914
Brown Family, J. R., 1916
Brown Family, R. F., 1920
Brown Family, T. I., 1918
Browning Family, E. B., 1918
Burge, Mrs. W. H., 1911
Burney Family, F. E., 1920
Burt, Mrs. F. A., 1911
Burt Family, John, 1912
Butler Family, Claude, 1918
Byars Family, Walter, 1920
Cage Family, Jim, 1911
Campbell Family, A. M., 1912
Cannon Family, 1920
Cave, 1920
Chandler, Dr. J. V., 1913
Chiles, J. E., 1920
Chitwood, Mrs. Geo., 1911
Clark, Ray, 1911
Clowers Family, Jack, 1918
Craft, 1920
Crook, O. S., 1920
David, Rev. Roy, 1913
Davis Family, Ben, 1911
Deer, Zenas, 1911 (first newspaper publisher)
Delgado Family, Genovevo, 1918
Dorroh Family, R. L., 1920
Dougherty Family, Walter, 1920
Dube, J. G., 1913
Eckermann, Herman F., 1919
Ehlers, Gus, 1910
Ellett, Steve, 1920
Elliott, W. F., 1910
Ewing, 1920
Farris Family, 1920
Ferguson Family, 1917
Frels Family, John, 1913
Garza, Anastacio, 1910
Garrison, 1919
Gerdes Family, Otto, 1918
Gibson Family, John, 1911
Gill Family, Chas., 1920
Glazener Family, W. J., 1920
Goodwin Family, Rev., 1911
Gore Family, W. W., 1912
Granger, Mrs. Johnnie, 1911
Gray, 1920
Grebe Family, John Henry, 1916
Green, Robert, 1913
Hall, R. R., 1910 (first mayor)
Hamilton, R. H., 1911
Harden, L. B., 1912
Hargis, Joe, 1920
Harlan Family, A. S., 1914
Harrell, John, Jim, Addie, 1917
Harris, Kolb, 1911
Hart Family, Jett, 1919
Henderson, Clint & Caroline, 1913
Heckelmann, 1920
Herron Family, J. H., 1910
Hickman Families, F. M. and Claude A., 1912
Hill, Buena, 1911 (one of the first school teachers)
Hodges, E. A., 1920
Howard Family, J. D., 1919
Holmes, S. P., 1916
Hudspeths, 1920
Ingle, John, 1920
Jarrell, Mrs. J. M., 1917
Jenkins Family, C. J., 1919
Johnson, W. J., 1912
Jones, Charlie, 1910 (first postmaster)
Jones Family, J. A., 1920
Jones, Will, 1913
Jones, Rev. T. W., 1920
Kaiser Family, Fred, 1911
Kelly Family, J. S., 1916
Kendall, Roy, 1920
Key Family, E. H., 1911
Kinder, Bert, 1912
King, J. D., 1920
King, Rev. J. L., 1917
Krause, L. H., 1914
Lacy Family, J. C., 1916
Ladd, A. R., 1911 (first school superintendant)
Laxon, B. J., 1912
Leslie, H. W., 1912
Ligon Family, John, 1918
Lightfoot Family, 1919
Lillard, Ode, 1917
Liner Family, W. E., 1911
Lopez, Manuelito, 1919
Lynam Family, 1920
Mantieus, Vic & Walter, 1911
Marshall, Mrs. W. E., 1911
Massey Family, L. M., 1912
Mattox, J. P., 1913
Mayo, O. T., 1918
Meyer, Gus, 1919
Miller Family, R. J., 1912
Mireles, Monico, 1919
Moody, J. N., 1915
Moore, Miss Molly, 1910 (first teacher)
Morgan, Dr., 1920
Moser, R., 1911
Muguerza, Roberto, 1919
McCann, Rev. R. W., 1912
McCoy, Elmer, 1914
McDonnel, W. L., 1911
McKinney, L. A. & T. O., 1920
McKinzey Family, G. W., 1910
Olivarez, Marcos, 1920
Olsen, J. G., 1910
Ortiz, Antonio, 1918
Ortiz, Octavia, 1918
Ortiz, Isabel, 1918
Paschal Family, Fred, 1918
Pease, Myron, 1920
Pfluger Family, A. C., 1915
Pierson Family, John M., 1911
Pitman, J. B., 1911
Poulter, A. J., 1912
Price, Hugh, 1912
Price Family, W. B., 1912
Ramirez Family, Eliseo, 1919
Richards, Rev. J. H., 1919
Robinson Family, Grady, 1916
Robles Family, Macedonio, 1919
Robbins Family, Smith, 1920
Rogers Family, R. J., 1920
Ross, Chas., 1915
Sanchez Family, Sabino, 1918
Sanders, E. L., 1911
Sandoval Family, Ramon, 1919
Scharlack Family, H. A., 1919
Schmidt, Hans, 1920
Schroeder Family, Louis, 1912
Schroeder Family, Willie H., 1912
Schubert, Carl & Martha, 1918
Simpson Family, C. L., 1919
Smith Family, C. L., 1920
Smith Family, Forrest, 1918
Smith Family, L. C., 1918
Solis, Estefana, 1918
Spiegelhauer Family, Robert, 1911
Stoney, Isaac, 1913
Strung, Mrs. O. H., 1911
Sturgis, Dr., 1920
Tamez Family, Manuel, 1919
Taylor, Julia, 1913
Theis Family, August S., 1913
Theis Family, Simon, 1914
Tritt, W. F., 1911
Tumlinson Family, Ben, 1915
Valverde Family, Felix, 1917
Vasquez Family, Manuel, 1916
Villarreal Family, Cresencio, 1919
Vivian, J. W., 1912
Wakeland, C. L., 1911
Ward, D. W., 1918
Watson Family, Charley, 1920
Webb Family, D. C., 1912
Wents, C. C., 1913
West Family, W. F., 1913
Whitten, A. B., 1919
Williams Family, J. H., 1910
Williams Family, Dr. M. L., 1911
Williams, Willie, 1911
Wiseman, Warren, 1913
Witt Family, W. C., 1920
Wray, Rev. C. H., 1917
Yeager, Dr. C. P., 1911
Pioneer Families Committee
Mrs. J. Sankie (Lottie) Harlan
Mrs. Morris (Myrtle) Roper
Maria Teresa Dias
Mrs. W. M. (Brucie) Stuart (not shown)
This program compliments of Mr. & Mrs. Otis West
in memory of Mr. & Mrs. W. F. West.
(In 1985, Bishop celebrated its 75th anniversary with a Diamond Jubilee Celebration.
The following list was compiled by the Pioneer Families Committee.)
Celebrating 75 years as a town awakens our sense of gratitude. It causes us to return
and study our heritage, realizing the contributions which others have made.
Too often we are tempted to accept life as it is and forget those of yesterday whose
wisdom and sacrifices made it possible for us to have the privileges we now enjoy.
Through the years - since 1910 - a number of families have had an active and
continuing part in, and concern for, the town of Bishop and community.
In honor and memory of those who are gone, and in appreciation of those who are
living, this program is gratefully dedicated.
Since it has been the purpose to include names that have been authenticated, and
since memory alone will not serve, it is with regret that there are many omissions.
R. R. Hall, first mayor of Bishop, had been Nueces County Commissioner, Precinct 1
R. R. Hall, first mayor, had
been Nueces Co. Commis-
sioner, Pct. 1