Apparently the company founded by Henry, bearing his name, continued in one form or another for some period, although it now may be under a different name (Enerfab). Apparently at some point they switched from baking powder to stucco. I haven't had time to trace out the full story, but here is the brief obituary for Allison Bishopric who died in 1998:
Allison Bishopric, Jr.
Allison Bishopric Jr., 97, a member of the
family that founded Bishopric Products Co. in Cincinnati, died Friday in
Palm Beach, Fla.
He lived in Amagansett, N.Y., and was the great-grandson of Mark Bishopric, founder of the city of Ottawa, Canada.
Services were Wednesday at the Church of the
Advent, Walnut Hills. Memorials: Olympus Center, Cincinnati, or St.
Thomas Church, Amagansett.
Date of announcement: 01-29-1998
Date of announcement: 01-29-1998
I did not know that Mark Bishoprick was the founder of the city of Ottawa. I don't think anyone else does either... he was a reasonably early resident but not a really early resident. Huh.
According to the history book I bought during our recent trip to Ottawa ("Where rivers meet: An illustrated history of Ottawa"), there was no "Ottawa" until quite late in history. There were four townships in the general area, and Philemon Wright is generally credited with establishing the first major settler presence there in 1800. However, what is now Ottawa took off in the 1820s when Colonel John By arrived in Canada from England to build what's now called the Rideau Canal linking what's now Ottawa to Lake Ontario at Kingston. Ottawa was called Bytown at that point. Scanning through the next several decades, I don't see any evidence of Mark Bishoprick playing a role...
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