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
Irvington, sometimes known as Irvington-on-Hudson,Staff (ndg"The Irvington Gazette (Irvington-On-Hudson, N.Y.) 1907-1969"Library of Congress is a suburban village in the town of Greenburgh in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is loca ...
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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)
(wife of
James F. D. Lanier),
Heber Reginald Bishop Jr.,
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.
Career
After graduating from Harvard, Bishop became an associate member of Redmond & Co. of New York, a securities firm, in 1904. Beginning in 1916, he was a "heavy stockholder and officer" of the
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