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      Charles Reed Bishop married Ke Ali‘i Bernice Pauahi on June 4, 1850 at the home of her teachers, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Starr Cooke. When Pauahi died on October 16, 1884, her will established the Schools. Her lands and much of Mr. Bishop's wealth funded the Schools. Mr. Bishop guided the affairs of the Schools until his death 31 years later.

      He retained a close touch and concern in the schools even though he never returned to the islands after resigning as president of the board of trustees and leaving for the mainland in 1894. He kept up a frequent correspondence with the principals and interviewed teachers before they left for the islands.
The History of the Kamehameha Schools by L. C. Hudson, p. 120, 121.

      He spent his own funds to build the first school buildings, pay teachers and support programs. From Mr. Bishop's First Founder's Day speech:
...We look to those who may be trained in the Kamehameha Schools to honor the memory of the founder and the name of the schools by their good conduct, not only while in school, but in their mature lives as well... Handicraft, January 1889

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