1.87.215 f
Bishman Family Papers
1872
Bishman Correspondence 1872 - 1874, 1877 Letters to Adam Bishman Wilton, Minnesota from J. and J. Egelhoff, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Correspondence in foreign language. Adam Bishman was born in Germany in 1824. He came to America in 1846 and settled in Otisco in 1856. When the railroad was built through Otisco and completed in 1879 the post office was located in his home. He remained the Otisco Postmaster until 1892. Number of sheets: 24