John Cowper Granbery
John Cowper Granbery | |
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Born | December 5, 1829 Norfolk, Virginia |
Died | April 1, 1907 | (aged 77)
Education | Randolph-Macon College |
Occupation(s) | Clergyman, university professor |
Spouse(s) | Jenny Massie Ella Winston |
Children | 9 |
Military career | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/ | Confederate States Army |
Years of service | 1861–1865 |
Rank | Chaplain (CSA) |
John Cowper Granbery (1829–1907) was an American Confederate chaplain and bishop of the Southern Methodist Episcopal church.
Early life
John Cowper Granbery was born on December 5, 1829 in Norfolk, Virginia.[1] He graduated from Randolph-Macon College in 1848.[1]
Career
Granbery entered the Methodist ministry and served as assistant preacher and missioner in Washington, Richmond, and Petersburg.[1] He was a chaplain on the campus of the University of Virginia from 1859 to 1861.[2] During the American Civil War of 1861–1865, Granberry served as a chaplain in the Confederate States Army.[1][3]
Granberry was a professor of moral philosophy and practical theology in Vanderbilt University from 1875 to 1882.[1][4] He was elected Bishop in the Southern Methodist church in 1882.[1]
Personal life and death
Granberry married Jenny Massie in 1858. They had a child.[2] He married his second wife, Ella Winston, in 1882, and they had eight children.[2]
Granbery died on April 1, 1907 in Ashland, Virginia.[1][2]
Bibliography
- A Bible Dictionary (1882)
- Twelve Sermons (1896)
- Experience, The Crowning Evidence of the Christian Religion (1901)
See also
List of bishops of the United Methodist Church
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Bishop John C. Granberry". The New York Times. April 2, 1907. p. 11. Retrieved July 2, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d "Death of Bishop John C. Granbery". North Carolina Christian Advocate. Greensboro, North Carolina. April 4, 1907. p. 2. Retrieved July 2, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Stephen Cushman, Bloody Promenade: Reflections on a Civil War Battle, Charlottesville, Virginia: University of Virginia Press, 1999, p. 87 [1]
- ^ Vanderbilt University faculty in 1875
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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