Rufus
Frederick Bishop 1889-1953Rufus was born in Bethlehem, PA the son of Edwin Peter Bishop and Helen Barbara Bealer.
He went to Moravian College and graduated B.A. then spent a year as clerk at Bethlehem Steel Co. He got the call to the ministry and went to Moravian College and Seminary. He graduated, was ordained, then went to Nicaragua as a missionary for the Moravian Church. There he remained from 1912 until 1949, when high blood pressure retired him.
On April 19, 1917, he was united in marriage to Pearl Woosley, R.N., of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in the Home Moravian Church
He worked up and down the east coast of Nicaragua, where Miskito Indian towns exist and served at Pearl Lagoon, Old Cape, Wasla, Puerto Cabezas, etc. He retired to Nazareth, PA to a retired missionary apartment in the Whitefield House.
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