The Mary A. Bishop Scholarship Fund

ACAF • December 18, 2014

(Dec. 2014) Mary A Bishop was born in Andrews settlement, PA on December 29, 1890. She was the daughter of Ira and Elizabeth Coats Bishop. She was a bookkeeper for the Empire Gas Company for more than thirty years. She died in June of 1975 in Wellsville.



The Mary A. Bishop Scholarship Fund was created in October of 1989.

NOTE: If you have more information about the life of Mary A. Bishop that you would like to share with the Allegany County Area Foundation, please call us at 585-296-5616. We’d like to know more about this generous donor.

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