Emanuel Bishop

From the Marysville Evening Tribune May 26, 1936

BISHOP RITES ON WEDNESDAY

Funeral services for the late Emanuel Bishop will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rausch near Milford Center. Services will be conducted by Rev. E. J. Goedking pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church here and burial will be in St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery in the German Settlement south of here, in charge of L. H. Miller of Marysville.

Mr. Bishop was born on a farm near Marysville. He was a son of the late George and Lena Gase Bishop, both natives of Germany. He united in marriage with Anna Troestchel in November of 1884. He was a lifelong resident of Union County.

Four daughters, one son, two sisters, and two brothers survive. They are: daughters Mrs. Carrie Rausch, Mrs. Marie Wolff, Mrs. Estelle Reed of Milford Center; Mrs. Clara Moder of Marysville; son John Bishop of Union Township; sisters Mrs. George Blumenschein of near Marysville and Mrs. Carl Fogle of Marion; brothers Philip Bishop of Marysville and George Bishop of Chuckery. One daughter, Mrs. Lottie Moder is deceased. 

Dredging the Little Darby

In the 1920s, the Little Darby Creek was dredged.  The creek was also straightened at this time.  The dredging began near Irwin and continued to the Rosedale-Plain City Road Bridge.  There were two reasons for this dredging: flood control and improved drainage for area farms.  The cables that pulled this dredging machine down the creek are still located in the creek bed.

In recent years, many of the area farms have now routed their tile drainage systems back over to the Big Darby.  The main reason for this switch is that the Big Darby sits at a lower elevation above sea level.  Many farmers would like to see the Little Darby dredged again, but it is unlikely that the OEPA or the EPA will allow this.