Bishop, Nathan, LL.D., was born at Vernon, Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1808.

Baptist Church History

11/17/22  · Daily Baptist Encyclopedia Post by Jim Curran

Bishop, Nathan, LL.D., was born at Vernon, Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1808. He graduated at Brown University, where he also served for some time as tutor. For years he was a member of the board of his alma mater, and afterwards he was one of the Fellows. He was a superintendent of schools in Providence, and subsequently for some years in the city of Boston ; while in the latter po- sition Harvard University showed its appreciation of his great abilities by conferring on him the degree of Doctor of Laws. After removing to New York City he was ap- pointed by the governor a member of the State Board of Charities, and by President Grant a member of the United States Indian Commission. He has served for years on the Board of the Amer- ican Baptist Home Mission Society and in many similar positions. He was chairman of the Finance Committee of the American Committee of Bible Revision. He served for two years as correspond- ing secretary of the Baptist Home Missionary Society without compensation, and when he re- tired from the office, in 1876, he paid its entire ‘ indebtedness, amounting to $30,000. About twenty-five years ago he married the widow of Garrett N. Bleecker, a daughter of Deacon Ebenezer Cauldwell, of New York City. Dr. and Mrs. Bishop for many years have given princely contributions to all the great benevolent enter- prises of the Baptist denomination. For the last fifteen years he was a member, dea- con, and trustee of the Calvary Baptist church of New York. He was specially interested in the education of the freedmen, and gave liberally for that object. He was a man of rare talents, benevolence, and integrity. He was unostentatious, earnest, and hum- ble. The world seldom has the death of such a man as Nathan Bishop to lament.From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart