The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-01-23
DEArH OF FREDERICK F. BrsHop.
Secretary and Treasurer of the New Haven
Ice Company-A Director of Two Manu-
featuring Corporations of This City-Well
Known and Esteemed.

Secretary and treasurer OF the New Haven
Ice Company-A Director of Two Manu-
featuring Corporations of This City--W ell
Known and Esteemed.
The community will learn with sim
cere sorrow of the death of Frederick
F. Bishop of Fair Haven, secretary and
treasurer of the New Haven Ice COM
pany and for years we'll known, i'm
fluential and much esteemed citizen of
New Haven. His death at compara-
lively early age, at an age when his
business life had not yet reached it's
meridian, is all the more to be depored.
He leaves a large circle OF friends to
mourn his death, He was very Iowa
BILE man quiet, unassuming, yet man
of force of character and business sa-
gacity and courage. His death is a loss
to our business community. Only a
few days ago his state of health admit
ting of it, a party of gentlemen met at
his residence and formed the United
States Casket Hardware company, of
which he became the largest stockhoade1
and the articles of association for which
were filed this week at the office of the
secretary of state The deceased was
for many years the executive officer of
the Ice company.
Frederick F. Bishop passed away at
his home, ia Grand avenue, yesterday
afternoon. He had been ailing for over
a year with. kidney trouble, but 1t was
not until two weeks ago that the disease
took an acute form and developed
Brght's disease. He was attended by
Drs. Robinson and Sanford. Frederick
F. Bishop was born at Cedar Hill No
vember Is, 1S45, His first business en-
terprise was that of brick manufac-
turing, in which business he was as
sociated with Mr.. Jacobs, now of Ber-
lin Conn. in 1868 and '69. He then be-
came identified with the New Haven
Ice company, with which he has been
connected for the past twenty-six years
in the capacity of secretary and treas
urer He was a director of the United
States Casket Hardware company, also
of the Coach Lamp company. Mr..
Bishop was known all over this city,
having resided in his late residence, ia
Grand avenue, for the past twenty-five
or thirty years, and having been during
that period an active business man.
All speak in the highest terms of him.
He leaves a widow and two children.
His mother Mrs. Grace c. Bishop, aged
eighty-two, is still living, and resides in
this city. Her husband, the late Elias
Bishop, was prominent New Haven
man of his day, a large stock raiser
dealer and shipper residing on State
street above Cedar Hill. He was also
a progressive farmer and a man of
much executive and business ability.
His son, the late Frederick F. Bishop,
leaves two sisters, one of them Mrs.
Merwin, wife of Ed p Merwin, a
banker of New York city, residing in
Orange, N. j., and who was formerly
a. leading merchant tailor Of New Ha-
ven; the other Mrs. Monson. wife of
ex-Alderman Frank A, Monson of this
city. Two brothers also survive him,
John and Henry Bishop of Jersey City.
The funeral will take place from his
late residence, 174 Grand avenue, Sat
urday. The interment will be in Ever
green cemetery.