Who was an American lawyer with a family of Scots-Irish ancestry of the Methodist faith from the patrilineal lineage?
Getty family The Getty family of the United States identify with George Franklin Getty and his son Jean Paul Getty as their patriarchs. In the 20th century they were heavily involved in the petroleum industry. The Getty family is of Scots-Irish ancestry of the Methodist faith from the patrilineal lineage, their ancestors having migrated to North America from Cullavmor, in what is now County Londonderry. Several members of the Getty family have lived in England, including Sir Paul Getty who took British citizenship. The Getty family is distantly related to Samuel Gettys, founder of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
James Cunningham Bishop James Cunningham Bishop (1870 - 1932), a son of New York capitalist Heber Reginald Bishop, was a banker who married Abigail Adams Hancock (1870-?) in 1891 and had five children. They divorced in 1913 in what was an early high profile divorce. Bishop's attorney was Henry Waters Taft, brother of ex-president William Howard Taft.