Ancestry of
Stephen Ambrose

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Pleasant Wiley Bishop

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• • Great-grandfather of Stephen Ambrose — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 10 
  • Father:
  • William G. Bishop 
  • Mother:
  • Rebecca Briggs   
  • Birth Date:
  • 6 Apr 1832 
  • Birth Location:
  • Indiana 
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  • Death Date:
  • 30 Jan 1918 
  • Death Location:
  • Franklin Township, Story, Iowa 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Towanda, McLean, Illinois 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Amelia Ann Timmons
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  • Child:

  Rebecca Bishop (Ahnentafel No:5 )

• Sources for Pleasant Wiley Bishop

  • ¹ Illinois, U.S., Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, Death record for daughter Rebecca Ambrose.
  • ² Iowa, U.S., Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990, Death record for Pleasant W Bishop.
  • ³ U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985, Application for Pleasant Wiley Bishop.

Stephen Ambrose photo by Jim Wallace (Smithsonian Institution) (CC BY 2.0)