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Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire

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Abbey of Valle Crucis, 109

Adams, Rev. Samuel F., 59

"A. H. W.," poem, 17

Albemarle section, 2, 89

Alpha Delta Phi, 11

Alston, Rev. Primus P., 31, 76, 104

Alumnae Association of St. Mary's School, 64

American Church Institute for Negroes, Cheshire elected to, 105

"Annals of the Church in the Province of North Carolina," MS by Cheshire, 91

Archdeacons, Cheshire's estimate of, 117-118

Ashe County, 57-58

Atkinson, Bishop Thomas, 18-19, 21; on division of Diocese, 35; sketch of by Cheshire, 94-95

B

Bakersville, N. C., 58

Baltimore, 13; practices law in, 14-15

Barber, Rev. M. A., 103

Barrett, Rev. Robert S., 47, 48

Barrows, Rev. W. S., 49

Baskerville, Rev. Erasmus L., 103

Battle, President Kemp P., 19, 22, 39

Battle, Richard H., 75

Beach Cliff Schoolhouse, 34

Beaver Creek, 58-59

Bickett, Gov. Thomas, 116

Bishop of Georgia, Cheshire considered for, 41

Bishop Payne Divinity School, 105

Bixby, Robert F., 10

Blount, Elizabeth, 2

Blount, Joseph, 2

Bridgers, Cheshire, and Bridgers, firm of, 15

Bridgers, Col. John L., 15

Bridgers, John L., Jr., 15

Bronson, Rev. Benjamin S., institutional work in Charlotte, 28-29

Burlington, N. C., Cheshire is called to church at, 25

Buxton, Rev. Jarvis, 40, 91

C

Calvary Church, Tarboro, 2, 3, 35; Cheshire receives call to, 41; Cheshire consecrated in, 52-53

Canterbury, Archbishop of, 67

Capers, Bishop Ellison, 53, 66

Chapel Hill, 19-20; Cheshire gives work in to Bishop Penick, 120

Chapel of the Cross, Cheshire becomes rector of, 19-20

Charlotte, Cheshire begins work in, 27

Cheshire, Annie, 44

Cheshire, Annie Gray, Bishop's sister, 4

Cheshire, Annie Webb (Mrs. Joseph Blount), 17, 22, 44; death of, 67

Cheshire, Elizabeth Mitchell (Mrs. Joseph Blount), 69; death of, 123

Cheshire, Elizabeth Toole, 23, 44

Cheshire, Godfrey, 44

Cheshire, James Webb, 44

Cheshire, John, the Bishop's grandfather, 2

Cheshire, Dr. Joseph Blount, Sr., 2, 3, 4, 7, 10

Cheshire, Bishop Joseph Blount, birth, 4; early education, 4-6; practices law, 14-17; marries Annie Webb, 17; ordained deacon, 19; rector, Chapel of the Cross, 19-26; ordained priest, 25; rector, St. Peter's, Charlotte, 27 ff.; Negro work in Charlotte, 30-31; in diocesan conventions, 34-39; views on episcopate, 47; elected assistant bishop, 50; on Missionary Jurisdiction of Asheville, 60-63; St. Mary's School, 63-66; death of Annie Webb Cheshire, 67; marries Elizabeth Mitchell, 69; in the General Convention, 69-70; on public worship, 71-72; on fishing and hunting, 77-79; on divorce question, 81-84; on national prohibition, 84-85; as a father, 86-87; on racial episcopate, 101-104; asks for assistance, 119; death of Elizabeth Mitchell Cheshire, 123; on youth of today, 123-124; death of, 125

Cheshire, Joseph Blount, Jr., 44, 77

Cheshire, Katherine Drane, 4

Cheshire, Sarah, 44, 79

Cheshire, Theophilus Parker, 4

Cheshire Building, St. Augustine's, 107

Christ Church, Raleigh, 48

Church in the Confederate States, discussion of, 94-96

Churchman, The, 95

Church Messenger, 23, 25, 90

Church of the Good Shepherd, Raleigh, 75, 119; Cheshire's last service, 124

Church Temperance Society, of England, 110-111

Church Times, 95

Clark, Gov. Henry, 88

Clark, Judge Walter, 89

Colonial Records of North Carolina, 89, 91

Connor, R. D. W., resolution on the Bishop, 116

Convocation for Colored Work, 74

Convocation of Charlotte, 74, 119

Convocation of Raleigh, 74

Curtis, Dr. M. Ashley, 3, 53

D

Davidson College, 33

Deerfield, Mass., 10

Delany, Rev. Henry B., 76; elected suffragan bishop, 103-104

Devereaux, Thomas P., 2

Division of the Diocese, 35-36

Dodge, Rev. A. W., 42

Drane, Dr. Robert B., on Cheshire's sermons, 80-81

Dudley, Bishop T. U., 53

Durham, N. C., 20; Cheshire organizes church in, 23-25

E

Edenton, N. C., home of Cheshire's ancestors, 2

Edenton Academy, 2

Edgecombe County, 19-20; history of church in, 88-89

Eliot, George, quotation from, 100

Ellicott City, 1, 12

Episcopal School for Boys, Raleigh, 2

Erwin, William A., 114, 116

Executive council, formed, 117-118

F

France, Cheshire visits, 68

Fundamental Constitutions, Cheshire discusses, 97

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General Convention, Cheshire elected deputy to, 40; on racial episcopate, 102

George, Rev. T. M. N., nominated assistant bishop, 48

Glenn, Gov. Robert B., 83

Gletsch, Switzerland, 112

Good Samaritan Hospital, 42-43, 99

Graves, Professor Ralph, 22

Graves' school, Granville County, 7

Guerry, Bishop William A., 103, 104

Guild of St. Martin, 32

H

Halifax, 3

Harding, Rev. Nathaniel H., nominated assistant bishop, 48

Hartford, Conn., 8, 10

Herbert, George, 93, 94

Hillsboro, N. C., 20; Cheshire studies law in, 13-14

Historiographer, Cheshire elected, 90

Holler, Bill, 77-78

Holmes, Rev. Lucian, 29

Holt, Lawrence, 114

Honesty, Cheshire writes essay on, 7

Honorary degrees, given Cheshire, 93

Hooper, George G., Cheshire's law partner, 14-15

Hooper, Professor J. de Berniere, 22

Hooper and Cheshire, firm of, 15

Horner, Bishop Junius Moore, consecrated bishop, 63

Howard, Judge George, 14

Howard and Perry, firm of, 14

Hunter, Dr. A. B., 108, 112, 116

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Iredell County, 42

Ireland, Cheshire visits, 68

Ives, Bishop Levi Silliman, 2, 3; work at Valle Crucis, 56, 59; sketch of by Cheshire, 94

J

Jackson, Bishop Henry M., 47

Jamaica, Cheshire visits, 113

Johns, Bishop John, advice to young clergymen, 21

Johnston, William H., 91

Joint convention of 1890, 91-92

Jones, Hamilton C., 28

Jones, Rev. Milnor, mission work in the mountains, 56-59; Cheshire's estimate of, 60; life of by Cheshire, 96

Jones, Sam, 43-44

Jurisdiction of Asheville, formation of, 61-63

K

Kerfoot, President of Trinity College, 9

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Lambeth Conference, Cheshire attends, 67-68, 109, 111-112

Lenten services, Cheshire on, 73

Lewis, Nell Battle, tribute to the Bishop, 86

Lewis, Dr. Richard H., 5, 7, 13, 118; Cheshire's best man, 17;

Lloyd, Rev. Arthur S., nominated assistant bishop, 49

Long Creek Township, 33-34

Louisburg, N. C., 5

Louisburg Academy, Cheshire attends, 6

Lucas, Rev. Henry, 41

Lyman, Bishop Theodore Benedict, 21, 24, 25, 34, 53; on division of Diocese, 35; estimate of Cheshire's work in Charlotte, 41; asks for assistance, 46, 48; death of, 54; sketch of by Cheshire, 94

M

McCoy, Columbus W., 33

Mallett, Dr. William P., 22

Marshall, Dr. Matthias M., 19, 35; nominated assistant bishop, 48

Maryland, 9, 12

Mecklenburg County, missions in, 42

Meredith, Rev. Reuben, 79

Methodist Church Conference, 83

Missionary bishops for Negro work, 101-102

Mitchell, Elizabeth Lansdale, marries Bishop Cheshire, 69; death of, 123

Mitchell, Rev. Walter A., 69

Mitchell County, 57-58

Monreath, summer home of the Bishop's father, 5, 12

Monroe, N. C., Cheshire organizes church in, 32

Mooresville, N. C., 33

Murdoch, Dr. Francis J., Cheshire's estimate of, 47; nominated assistant bishop, 48; nominates Cheshire, 48; on Cheshire's election as bishop, 51

Murray, Bishop John Gardner, estimate of Cheshire, 107

Music in the church, Cheshire on, 73

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Negro, religion of the, 106

Newsome, A. R., estimate of Cheshire as an historian, 98

Niles, Professor William W., 9

Nonnulla, vii, 79; discussion of, 97

O

Orkneys, Cheshire visits, 68

Osborne, Rev. Edwin A., takes work at Monroe and Long Creek, 32, 34; founds Thompson Orphanage, 42

Outlook, 95

P

Palmer, Professor George H., 94

Pamlico Banking and Insurance Company, 15, 19

Pan-Anglican Congress, 109-111

Parker, Elizabeth Toole, 4

Parker, Mary Toole, 4

Parker, Theophilus, 4

Pastoral Letter, by Cheshire, 72-73

Penick, Bishop Edwin A., elected bishop coadjutor, 119; proposes gift for Cheshire, 121, 122

Perry, Bishop James DeWolf, tribute to Cheshire, 125

Phi Kappa, Cheshire's fraternity, 11

Pittsboro, N. C., 19

Polk County, 57

Portrait of the Bishop, 108

Presbyterian Synod, 83

Pynchon, Professor at Trinity, 10

Q

Quaker settlements in North Carolina, 89

Quin, Rev. Charles C., 30-32

Quintard, Bishop Charles T., 53

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Racial episcopate, 103

Ravenscroft, Bishop John Stark, 47; sketch of by Cheshire, 94

Ravenscroft, Raleigh, home of the Bishop, 120

Roanoke River swamp, Bishop hunts in, 78

Rockingham, N. C., 33

Ruffin, Chief Justice Thomas, 13

Ruffin, William K., Cheshire studies law under, 13-14, 16

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St. Ambrose Church, Raleigh, 76

St. Augustine's School, 105, 107-108

St. Clement's Hall, Cheshire teaches at, 1, 12-13, 16

St. Luke's Church, Tarboro, Cheshire holds first service as bishop in, 53

St. Mark's Church, Mecklenburg County, 25; organized, 34

St. Martin's Church, Charlotte, organized, 31

St. Mary's School, founded, 63-64; Cheshire's opinion of, 64; established as a church school, 64-66; Cheshire's daughters attend, 87; debt on, 113-114; endowment for, 114

St. Matthew's Church, Hillsboro, Cheshire married in, 17 Cheshire is called to, 25

St. Michael and All Angels, Charlotte, organized, 30, 31, 99

St. Michael's Industrial School, Charlotte, 104-105

St. Paul's Church, Edenton, 2, 80

St. Paul's Church, Macon, Ga., Cheshire receives call to, 41

St. Paul's Church, Winston-Salem, 25, 55

St. Peter's Church, Charlotte, 28, 36; Cheshire is called to, 26

St. Peter's Home and Hospital, organized, 29, 30

St. Philip's Church, Durham, 24-25

Saluda conference, 66

Saunders, Col. William L., 89-90

Scotland, Cheshire visits, 68

Scotland Neck, 3

Sermons, Cheshire discusses, 21-22

Sessums, Bishop Davis, 53

Shepherd, John Avery, 12

Smedes, Dr. Aldert, 63

Smedes, Dr. Bennett, 63, 64, 66

Smedes, Rev. John E. C., 19, 25; verses to Cheshire, 51-52

Society of the Cincinnati, Cheshire becomes member of, 93

State Literary and Historical Association, Cheshire elected president of, 97

Strange, Rev. Robert B., 92

Suffragan bishops, for Negro work, 101-104

Sutton, Rev. Robert B., 19, 20

Switzerland, Cheshire visits, 68, 112

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Tarboro, N. C., 14-15, 17; description of, 2

Tarboro Building and Loan Association, 15-16

Tarboro Male Academy, Cheshire attends, 5, 7, 13

Thompson Orphanage, Charlotte, 42

Trinity Church, Scotland Neck, 3

Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., Cheshire enters, 8-9; graduates from, 11-12; confers degree on Cheshire, 93; Cheshire visits, 124

Tryon, N. C., 56

"Tuttle Prize," Cheshire wins, 11

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University of North Carolina, 5, 6, 8, 19, 87; confers degree on Cheshire, 93

University of the South, Cheshire made trustee of, 39-40; Cheshire's son attends, 87; confers degree on Cheshire, 93

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Valle Crucis, Cheshire revives work at, 56-57, 59

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Watauga County, missions in, 57-58

Watauga River, 56, 77

Watson, Bishop Alfred A., 25, 53

Webb, Annie Huske, Cheshire meets, 16; marries Cheshire, 17; death of, 67

Weed, Bishop Edwin G., 53

Weeks, Stephen B., 49 n.

West Indies, Archbishop of, 113

Wetmore, Rev. George B., 34

Whipple, Bishop Henry B., 47

Wilkes, John, 27-28, 32

Wilkes, Mrs. John, 42-43

Wilkinson, Frank S., 5, 7-8

Williams, Bishop John, 10-11

Wilson, President Woodrow, 115

Winchester, Rev. J. R., 47

Windsor, N. C., 3

Winston, Professor George T., 22

Y

York, Archbishop of, Cheshire visits, 68

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