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 1839 - 1906 (~ 67 years)
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| Name |
George W. Bishir [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] |
| Birth |
Jan 1835 [8] |
| Born |
Jan 1839 |
Ohio  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
Cooper, Sgt. in the 48th OVVI during Civil War |
| Died |
9 Apr 1906 |
Lynchburg, Ohio [3] |
| Buried |
F&AM Masonic Cem., Lynchburg, Ohio |
| Person ID |
I1632 |
Bishir Family | Jonathan & Elizabeth Bishir |
| Last Modified |
6 Feb 2009 |
| Father |
Jonathan Bishir, b. Abt 1811, Newport, Campbell Co., Kentucky , d. 10 Jun 1887, Lynchburg, Highland Co., Ohio (Age ~ 76 years) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Spickard, b. Abt 1814, Virginia , d. 1877, Ohio (Age ~ 63 years) |
| Married |
29 Mar 1838 |
Highland Co., Ohio [9] |
| Family ID |
F804 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Delilah Morsman, b. 7 Mar 1850, Clinton Co., Ohio , d. 7 Mar 1922, Hamilton Co., Ohio (Age 72 years) |
| Married |
16 Nov 1867 |
Lynchburg, Ohio (just outside) [3, 10] |
| Children |
| + | 1. Walter P. Bishir, b. 28 Jan 1869, Lynchburg, Ohio , d. 3 Sep 1919, Cincinnati, Ohio (Age 50 years) |
| + | 2. Albert Burton Bishir, b. 8 Nov 1872, Lynchburg, Ohio , d. 7 May 1928, Cynthiana, Kentucky (Age 55 years) |
| | 3. Frank Bishir, b. 18 Mar 1877, Lynchburg, Ohio , d. Bef 1880 (Age < 2 years) |
| + | 4. Dolla Blanche Bishir, b. 23 May 1879, Dodson Twp., Highland Co., Ohio , d. 4 Jun 1938, Dayton, Ohio (Age 59 years) |
| + | 5. Lillie Elva Bishir, b. 17 Apr 1886, Lynchburg, Ohio , d. 7 Feb 1954, New Vienna, Clinton Co., Ohio (Age 67 years) |
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| Last Modified |
10 Nov 2022 |
| Family ID |
F802 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Died - 9 Apr 1906 - Lynchburg, Ohio |
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| Documents
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 | Bishir, George, Newspaper clipping with his Civil War battle record
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 | Excerpt from the Journal of Hershel N. Henderson of Lynchburg, Ohio, in the late 1800s. (Troth, Hugh: Lynchburg, Ohio II)
Includes an informal census of everyone living in the town in May, 1885. (Very large download - over 1MB) |
 | The History of the County of Highland, in the State of Ohio: From Its First Creation and Organization, to July 4th, 1876; James Henry Thompson, 1878
The History of the County of Highland, in the State of Ohio: From Its First Creation and Organization, to July 4th, 1876; Together with the Proceedings of the Assembled People, who Met on that Day at Hillsboro, the County Seat, to Celebrate the Centennial Birthday of the Nation. And, Also, a ...
By James Henry Thompson, J. C. Springer
Published by Hillsboro Gazette Job Room, 1878 |
 | BISHIR, George and William M., letter from Thomas Montgomery in Camp Ford prison, listing who was in prison with him. Highland Weekly News, 9 June 1864.
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 | BISHIR George and William M., List of prisoners exchanged from Camp Ford who have returned to New Orleans, Highland Weekly News, 17 Nov 1864.
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 | BISHIR George and MORSMAN Delilah, newspaper marriage announcement, Highland Weekly News, 28 Nov 1867
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| Notes |
- George was described as being 5 feet 8 and three quarters inches tall with fair complexion, dark hair, and blue eyes. George served as a Private and later as Corporal and then Sergeant in Co. "B", 48th Regt., Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. He enlisted in Ohio in October, 1861, and his unit served as a part of U.S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee in a number of campaigns including the battle of Shiloh in April of 1862, the siege and capture of Corinth, Mississippi in late May, Chickasaw Bluffs, Mississippi, December, 1862, and the several battles leading up to the seige and capture of Vicksburg in July of 1863. After the fall of Vicksburg, George's unit probably became part of the occupational force in Louisiana. On April 8, 1864 he was captured in action near Sabine Cross Roads, Louisiana (near Mansfield and the Texas state border.) The Confederates took him to a prison "pen" in Tyler Texas, where he remained for six months awaiting exchange. He was parolled at Red River Landing, LA in October, 1864 and reported for duty a few days later in New Orleans. Since parolled prisoners were honor-bound not to take up arms, he did not participate further until 1865 when he fought in the siege of Blackly, Alabama. (Presumeably he had been exchanged by this time, releasing him from his vow.) He later served in Texas after the war and was discharged in Galveston in May of 1866. According to his pension application, during his stay in prison he contracted through exposure "ague and fever. Also he was attacked with chronic diarrhea and Scurvy while in prison which he believes is chargable to the use of unwholesome food." Later, while stationed in Galveston, Texas after the war he contracted "sore eyes" due to the "sand which was flying in the air" which resulted in partial loss of his eyesight. He further contended that these disabilities resulted in general disability - "disease of the Kidneys and Liver, pain in the back, heart disease, and loss of teeth." Based on these contentions, he was granted a pension in 1890 of $14 per month. Shortly after the war, George married Delilah Morsman at the home of Jonathan Reuse, just outside the corporate limits of Lynchburg, Ohio. (Jonathan later married Delilah's sister.) George and Delilah lived in Lynchburg and had five children - four were living in 1900. He served as councilman in 1876. At the time of George's death, the G. A. R. post in Lynchburg Village and the Soldiers Relief fund of Highland County were assisting his widow financially, as she was without any other property or income. She applied for and received a widow's pension in 1906.
Research: George gives his birth year as 1835 in 1900, but this is prior to the marriage of his parents and disagrees with his age (12) in the 1850 census. He was probably born in Jan 1839 since his parents were married in August of 1838. He gives his middle initial as "W" on the birth record of his daughter, Blanche. George's middle initial, given on the 1900 census, could be "N" or "W".
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