Hoel Smith Bishop of Wisconsin
Appointed from Wisconsin, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 September 1869 (36)
Second Lieutenant, 4th U. S. Cavalry, 13 June 1873
First Lieutenant, 14 June 1879
Captain, 12 December 1892
Major, 5th U. S. Cavalry, 8 July 1902
He progressed through the ranks to Colonel, retiring in 1913, and died on 6 June 1925 in Washington, D.C.
His son, Hoel Smith Bishop, Jr., Colonel, United States Army, is buried in an adjacent gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery.
BISHOP, HOEL SMITH
COL USCAV RETIRED
- DATE OF DEATH: 06/06/1925
- BURIED AT: SECTION 4 SITE 3073
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERT
BISHOP, TERESA WID/O HOEL S
- DATE OF DEATH: 12/04/1929
- BURIED AT: SECTION 4 SITE 3073
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY - WIFE OF HS BISHOP, COL USA RETIRED
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