Joseph Blount Cheshire

Joseph Blount Cheshire Jr. (March 27, 1850 – December 27, 1932) was a bishop of North Carolina in The Episcopal Church.[1]

The Right Reverend

Joseph Blount Cheshire
Bishop of North Carolina
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseNorth Carolina
ElectedJune 28, 1893
In office1893–1932
PredecessorTheodore B. Lyman
SuccessorEdwin A. Penick
Orders
OrdinationMay 30, 1880
by Theodore B. Lyman
ConsecrationOctober 15, 1893
by Theodore B. Lyman
Personal details
Born(1850-03-27)March 27, 1850
DiedDecember 27, 1932(1932-12-27) (aged 82)
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
BuriedCalvary Episcopal Church and Churchyard (Tarboro, North Carolina)
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
ParentsJoseph Blount Cheshire Sr & Mary Toole Parker
SpouseAnnie Huske Webb (m. 1874, d. 1897)
Elizabeth Lansdale Mitchell (m. 1899, d. 1929)
Children9
Previous post(s)Assistant bishop of North Carolina (1893)

Education

Cheshire was born on March 27, 1850, in Tarboro, North Carolina, the son of the Reverend Joseph Blount Cheshire and Elizabeth Toole Parker. He was educated at Trinity College from where he earned his B.A. in 1869 and M.A. in 1872. He received the Doctor of Divinity from the University of North Carolina in 1890 and another from the Sewanee: The University of the South in 1894.

Ordination

Cheshire was ordained as a deacon on April 21, 1878, and as a priest on May 30, 1880. Between 1878 and 1881, he served as the rector of the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He was later appointed the rector of [[St Peter's Church in Charlotte, North Carolina and served between 1881 and 1893.

Episcopacy

Cheshire was elected coadjutor bishop of North Carolina in 1893 and was consecrated on October 15, 1893, by Bishop Theodore B. Lyman of North Carolina. He succeeded Bishop Lyman on December 13, 1893.

Personal life

Cheshire married Annie Huske Webb on December 17, 1874. After her death he married Elizabeth Lansdale on July 19, 1899.

References

  1. Cheshire, Joseph Blount (1930). Nonnulla; Memories, Stories, Traditions, More or Less Authentic. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina press. Retrieved 2015-04-20.


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