Lee
Andrew
Bishop
Born about in Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Bishop
and Caroline (Forsythe) McMurry
Husband of
Jessie B Craig
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Bessie (Martin) Knight
— married
3 Sep 1905 (to before Jul 1911) in Hardeman, Tennessee, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas Lee Bishop
Died
at about age 40
in Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Nov 2022
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Biography
Lee Bishop is a part of US Black heritage.
In the 1880 census Lee (age 1) was the grandson of Let Forsythe in District 6, McNairy, Tennessee, United States.[1]
| Name | Sex | Race | Age | Status | Relation | Occupation | Birth Place |
| Let Forsythe | F | Black | 65 | Widowed | Head | North Carolina | |
| Caroline Bishop | F | Black | 25 | Widowed | Daughter | Tennessee | |
| Liddie Forsythe | F | Black | 30 | Single | Daughter | Tennessee | |
| Larry Forsythe | F | Black | 6 | Single | Granddaughter | Tennessee | |
| Calvin Forsythe | M | Black | 1 | Single | Grandson | Tennessee | |
| Tom Bishop | M | Black | 7 | Single | Grandson | Tennessee | |
| John Bishop | M | Black | 4 | Single | Grandson | Tennessee | |
| Lee Bishop | M | Black | 1 | Single | Grandson | Tennessee |
Sources
- ↑
1880 Census:
"1880 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1880; Census Place: District 6, McNairy, Tennessee; Roll: 1268; Page: 81c; Enumeration District: 121
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #41777488 (accessed 11 April 2024)
Lee Bishop (1), single grandson, in household of Let Forsythe (65) in District 6, McNairy, Tennessee, USA. Born in Tennessee.
- U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Registration State: Illinois; Registration County: Rock Island; Roll: 1614550; Draft Board: 2
- "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNF9-29H : 4 December 2014), Lee Bishop and Bessie Martin, Sep 1905; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. , Hardeman, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNF9-29H
- "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQYV-3J2 : 8 March 2018), Lee Andrew Bishop, 03 Apr 1920; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,562,482.
Research Notes
Birth years vary from 1879 to 1881 and places born, Selma or Bolivar, in Tennessee vary on sources.
Marriage End Date based on Bessie Martin's marriage to second husband Jeremiah Knight on 5 Jul 1911.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lee by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lee:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lee by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lee:
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~12.50%
Hilary Mason
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A819652 [compare], Ancestry member hkfamily21
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