Joseph Blount Cheshire

Joseph Blount Cheshire
The Right Reverend; Joseph Blount Cheshire; D.D.
	Bishop of North Carolina
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	North Carolina
Elected	June 28, 1893
In office	1893-1932
Predecessor	Theodore B. Lyman
Successor	Edwin A. Penick
Orders
Ordination	May 30, 1880; by Theodore B. Lyman
Consecration	October 15, 1893; by Theodore B. Lyman
Personal details
Born	March 27, 1850; Tarboro, North Carolina, United States
Died	December 27, 1932 (aged 82); Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Buried	Calvary Episcopal Church and Churchyard (Tarboro, North Carolina)
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Joseph Blount Cheshire Sr & Mary Toole Parker
Spouse	Annie Huske Webb (m. 1874, d. 1897); Elizabeth Lansdale Mitchell (m. 1899, d. 1929)
Children	9
Previous post	Assistant bishop of North Carolina (1893)

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

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 deacon om April 21, 1878 and priest on May 30, 1880. Between 1878 and 1881, he served as rector in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He was later appointed 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

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

External links

Works by or about Joseph Blount Cheshire at Internet Archive

Episcopal Church (USA) titles
Preceded by Theodore B. Lyman	5th Bishop of North Carolina 1893–1932	Succeeded by Edwin A. Penick

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[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.