Mary Genevieve (Cunningham) Bishop was born on March 25, 1896. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Bishop.
The Glendale Heritage Preservation Museum is part of a shopping district in Glendale, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati. It used to be a B & O railway depot, and has been refurbished. It was one of the railway depots to which Mary Genevieve Bishop from Terra Alta, West Virginia was assigned as a telegrapher during World War II, others among them being Caro and Ottawa, both in Ohio. During the war, twenty some women had been trained by the B & O to take the place of their male telegraphers who had been called into military service. After the war, Mary and her best friend, Esther Phifer, were the only two women who were retained by the B & O. Mary went on to marry George Clarence Carl, another railway telegrapher who worked for the B & O before and after serving in the war. Working in different depots, George proposed to Mary via the railroad's Morse telegraphy key, and his proposal was intercepted up and down the lines, making the area newspapers. They were married in Elmwood, and later on, they both worked together in the depot at Cridersville, Ohio.
The Glendale Heritage Preservation Museum is part of a shopping district in Glendale, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati. It used to be a B & O railway depot, and has been refurbished. It was one of the railway depots to which Mary Genevieve Bishop from Terra Alta, West Virginia was assigned as a telegrapher during World War II, others among them being Caro and Ottawa, both in Ohio. During the war, twenty some women had been trained by the B & O to take the place of their male telegraphers who had been called into military service. After the war, Mary and her best friend, Esther Phifer, were the only two women who were retained by the B & O. Mary went on to marry George Clarence Carl, another telegrapher who worked for the B & O before and after serving in the war. Working in different depots, George proposed to Mary via the railroad's Morse telegraphy key, and his proposal was intercepted up and down the lines, making the area newspapers. They were married in Elmwood, Ohio, and later on, they both worked together in the depot at Cridersville, Ohio.
The Glendale Heritage Preservation Museum is part of a shopping district in Glendale, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati. It used to be a B & O railway depot, and has been refurbished. It was one of the railway depots to which Mary Genevieve Bishop from Terra Alta, West Virginia was assigned as a telegrapher during World War II, others among them being Caro and Ottawa, both in Ohio. During the war, twenty some women had been trained by the B & O to take the place of their male railway agents who had been called into military service. After the war, Mary and her best friend, Esther Phifer, were the only two women who were retained by the B & O. Mary went on to marry George Clarence Carl, another railway agent who worked for the B & O before and after serving in the war. Working in different depots, George proposed to Mary via the railroad's Morse telegraphy key, and his proposal was intercepted up and down the lines, making the area newspapers. They were married in Elmwood, Ohio, and later on, they both worked together in the depot at Cridersville, Ohio.
The Glendale Heritage Preservation Museum is part of a shopping district in Glendale, Ohio. It used to be a railway depot, and has been refurbished. It was one of the railway depots to which Mary Genevieve Bishop from Terra Alta, West Virginia ws assigned to work as a telegrapher, others being Caro and Ottawa, both in Ohio. During World War II, twenty some women were trained by the B & O Railroad, to take the places of their male telegraphers who had been called into military service. After the war, Mary and her best friend, Esther Phifer, were the only two women who were retained by the B & O. Mary went on to marry George Clarence Carl, who was also a railway telegrapher before and after he served in the war. His marriage proposal, made over the railroad's Morse teletype key, was intercepted up and down the line, and made the area newspapers. They were married in Elmwood, and later on, they both worked together in the depot at Cridersville, Ohio.
Mary Bishop was taken in by Clement John Fromhart and his wife Katherine E. Burke, after her mother Nora Anna (Coyne) Bishop died in 1907(when Mary was abt 11). Mary is in the back holding Wallace Fromhart in her arms. In front are Fred Fromhart, Nellie Fromhart, and Mary Fromhart.
Date & Place:
at probably Newburg, in Preston County, West Virginia
John Phillip Francis Bishop (25 Aug 1889-24 Jan 1915) on the left, was killed during the night when he fell off & under the running train on which he was working. His wife, in the middle, "Mame" Mary Catherine(Cunningham)of MD (abt 1891-19 May 1915) died four months later and left behind their orphaned three year old daughter, Mary Louise, who was then raised by relatives.
John's parents were Wm Harrison Bishop (19 Nov 1856-29 Feb 1920), pictured here on the right, and his second wife, Nora Anna Coyne July (1862-30 July 1907), who married 25 Sep 1888 and divorced 8 March 1907 in Kingwood, Preston County, WV.
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