Sarah "Sallie" Shaw Bishop: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Sarah "Sallie" Shaw Bishop was born on 15 Sep 1861 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts; and died.

Notes:

From the Woman's Who's who of America, 1914-1915 (The American Commonwealth Co), edited by John William Leonard

Whitman, Sallie Shaw Bishop (Mrs. James Spurr Whitman), 125 E. Fifty-seventh St., N. Y. City

Pianist: b. Worcester, Mass., Sept 15, 1861; dau Henry F. and Charlotte (Shaw) Bishop; ed. Worcester High School, Keble School, Syracuse; studied music at Hanover, Weimar and Berlin, Germany, 1880-84; m. N.Y City, Apr 25, 1889, James Spurr Whitman; one daughter: Marian Floyd. Granddaughter of Oliver Shaw, composer and first important teacher of music in America. Taught piano in New York, 1884-1890. Chairman music com. MacDowell Club, 1910-12; one of the founders of the MacDowell Chorus, Schola Cantoforum. Episcopalian. Mem. Thursday Musical Club.

Sarah married James Spurr Whitman on 25 Apr 1889 in New York City, New York County, New York. James was born before 1861; died before 1930. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Marian Floyd Whitman was born before 1904 in New York; and died.

Generation: 2