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Lena Bishop was born on May 6, 1892, on a farm west of Plano in the vicinity of the current intersection of the Dallas North Tollway and Legacy Drive. She grew up listening to stories of her heritage as told by her grandmother, Elizabeth Cook. One such story was about how, in 1845 at the age of 18, Elizabeth had come to Texas from St. Louis with her father, Henry Cook. Elizabeth Cook married ...