James Cunningham Bishop

James Cunningham Bishop (May 13, 1870 – June 1, 1932), son of New York capitalist Heber R. Bishop, was a banker.

Early life Bishop was born on May 13, 1870, in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York. He was the son of Heber R. Bishop (1840–1902) and the former Mary Cunningham (1842–1905). Among his siblings were Mary Cunningham Bishop, Elizabeth Templeton Bishop (wife of James Low Harriman, eldest son of Oliver Harriman) Harriet Arnold Bishop (wife of James F. D. Lanier), Francis Cunningham Bishop, Edith Bishop, (wife of Moses Taylor V, a grandson of Moses Taylor), and Ogden Mills Bishop.

He was a graduate of Harvard University. Bishop's attorney was Henry Waters Taft, brother of ex-president William Howard Taft.

Mary Cunningham Bishop (1893–1980), who married John Damon Peabody (1883–1944), a son of Charles A. Peabody Jr. and brother of Julian Livingston Peabody. Augusta Hancock Bishop (b. 1894), who married David Rives Sigourney (1893–1968), a descendant of William Cabell Rives, in 1917. Natalie Holmes Bishop (1898–1960), who married Charles Francis Choate III (1893–1930). Muriel Bishop (1901–1992), who married Benjamin Rush. Abigail Hancock Bishop (1905–1997), who married Winthrop Donnison Hodges.

On June 1, 1932, Bishop was found dead at the wheel of his car in his garage in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Although the motor was running when he was discovered by a gardener, investigators concluded that the cause of death was heart disease rather than gas fumes.

Descendants Through his youngest daughter, Abigail, he is the great-grandfather of Fidelity Investments multi-billionaire Abigail Johnson.