Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

and in helping to look especially after
the needy ones among the descendants of
the soldiers of the revolution, doubtless
added to her own kindness OF heart and
proved the controlling force of her life.
A member OF Bonny Kate Chapter, d. A.
r., named for the wife of Gen. Sewer.
she soon became interested in all the
other chapters of the organization and
in all the charities in the circle of human
sympathy When she came to Washing
ton bride, she and her husband found
among the southern people here hosts OF
friends, and, being well known to the
Tennessee people in public life here in
Congress and all the departments, she
found her new home peculiarly grateful
TO her and peculiarly open as a field OF
work and opportunity, in which to eX-
erciSe her natural bent and gift in help
ing whoever needed help, in SO far as her
strength and influence could go.
Here she constantly sowed seeds Of
Kindness and gave help upon every hand.
Helping the poor, helping the sick, help
ing the young men and women through
the influence Of her husband and many
influential friends to gain places in which
to prove useful and besides earn living,
and after going to New York continued
the same work. thus working for twenty
five years such ministry OF kindness
as few women have the opportunity
TO perform. In the customs service in
New York city. composed of thousands
of men, She with her husband. was con-
stantly engaged in looking after those
among them and their families who
needed help sympathy or reinsurance,
and in assisting deserving people to gain
entrance into the service, and thus great
ly widening her circle of friends. Her
death caused the greatest sorrow among
this large element of people. Evidence
of it was strikingly shown. When her
death was made known and that she was
to be brought to her parents home in
Washington and buried here the Of
;-I-
Bishop asked to send a delegation of ten
of their numbers. all near friends to
come with the body here.
Final Services Held.
The sad journey was made in private
car, and these friends remained until aft
er the funeral. At the home of Mr. and
Mrs. james. the parents, at 1890 yester-
day, the funeral services were held and
were largely attended. The floral offer
ings were so numerous as nearly to fill
the house, many of them large pieces
crosses and anchors and other devices,
and, best of ALL the humber offerings of
the humber friends, many of these be-
ing tributes of gratitude and reverence
from those who had been quietly and We;
sufficiently helped in time OF need or sor-
row. The funeral services We're conducted
by Rev. Mr.. Gill, pastor of the Rhode
Island Avenue Methodist Protestant
Church. The interment was in Rock Creek
cemetery.
The pallbearers and honorary pallbear-
ers We're personal friends, almost wholly
chosen from the Post Office Department
here and the customs service in New
York as follows:
Active pallbearers-M. NJ. Coneys dep
uty surveyor, New York; William Tier
ney. jr., Charles Sagel. William ConroW
Alexander Mckeon all acting deputy sur
Veyors, and James r.. Taylor, New York.
Honorary pallbearers-JOhn Is. Sleman
Charles A. Kram Oliver Wolf Daniel
Shea, r. w. Holman. all officials i'm the
sixth auditors office, Post Office Depart
ment. and James Cunningham of Wash
ngtOn.
In the Funeral Party.
The friends who came with the party
from New York included Mrs. William
b. Cooley. the wife of the former chief
clerk of the post office. who knew Mrs.
Bishop from the time she arrived in
Washington; Miss Katherine Sullivan.
who one of the devoted nurses with
James r. Taylor of New York formerly
of Tennessee. and who was best man at
the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Bishop. The
party of officials included James S. Clark
son. surveyor Of the port of New York:
NJ. nj. Conveys, deputy surveyor of the port
of New York: Messrs. Tierney McKeon.
Curran. Sager, Conrow. all acting deputy
surveyors.
Surviving Mrs. Bishop are her parents,
four sisters and four brothers, as follows:
Charles X. Jones, Kansas City; Kan;
Frank p. Jones, Washington, D. q.
Mrs. c. T.. Rowe, Spartansburs. S. c.;
Mrs. w. Ivanhoe Jochum, Washington:
Mrs. r. III. Mcdaniel. Baltimore, Md:
Thomas f. Jones. Knoxville Tenn; Miss
Caroline Louise Jones. Washington, and
Howard M. Jones' Washington.