Recieved this from Jim Whisker.Thought I would share it.If anyone has a photo of a rifle by this maker Jim would like to see it.
Mitch Yates
Bishop, Moses (1813-1899). gunsmith. 1849, Linesville, Pine Township, Crawford County 1874-76, gunsmith and justice of the peace, Erie St., Linesville Station. 1880, Moses, gunsmith, born in PA, 67; Susan, 65. Moses is buried in Linesville Cemetery [Dir.; tax; Census].Much as has been said about the panoramic scenes that present themselves in the life of man, we are again summoned to record the sad fact that one of Nature's noblemen, a genuine [part of word missing]end of man, is numbered as a link in the chain of eternal order. December 10, 1899, Moses Bishop was unexpectedly summoned to the other shore. An immortal poet has truly and wonderfully said that "life is a short and narrow vale between the cold and barren peaks of two eternities." So [word missing], like autumn leaves touched by southern gales, falls only to enrich our mother earth. His death, at the age of 86, of dyspepsia, seems to have won the bound of man's appointed years, life's blessings all enjoyed, life's labors done. He was born in Beaver township, Pa., in early life presented no varied or stirring events. In 1832 he married Susan Ladner, to them were born seven children, of which five are still living. He worked in carpenter's and gunsmith's trades, and also served as justice of the peace for 16 years. In politics he was always a reformer. In earlier days he was a strong abolitionist. He was one of the pioneers of the Underground Railroad, his house being one of the stations; and many a former slave owned his freedom to his efforts. After the war he cast his lot with the Republican party until the Populist party was organized with which he was in sympathy. For over half a century he has been a member of the I.O.O.F. lodge of this place, of which he was a charter member. The most praiseworthy trait in the character of this splendid man was his benevolence. He was an apostle of Nature, and always with a willing hand gave alms, with a firm hand. He held to the sublime principle that equity is the support of the human race and that bounty attaches every heart. He was a faithful husband, a tender father, an equitable master, a zealous citizen, and above all, he labored to serve his country by his industries, virtues, courage and examples. He was always a strong advocate of temperance, both in his examples and his advice to others, being a total abstainer from alcohol and tobacco. He had the grandeur and moral courage to speak his honest thoughts, and although not a member of any church, the world is better for his having lived. Well and truthfully it can be said of him that he loved the "yellow autumn fields, the orchard's bending boughs, the happy homes of men," the love of wife and child, and the welfare of the human race. His example is now a part of Nature's wealth [Linesville Herald, 12 December 1899]
