 In 1899, Bishop married Amy Bend (1870-1957), sister of Beatrice Bend (1874-1941), who married Henry Prather Fletcher, both daughters of George H. Bend, a member of the New York Stock Exchange who had gone bankrupt.She was introduced into society in 1889 and was a close friend of Emily Vanderbilt Sloane.Amy was rumored to have been close to marrying John Jacob Astor III, and later became engaged to A. Lanfear Norrie, which was announced at a grand ball on April 23, 1893, but which Amy broke off less than a month later.