John Cowper Granbery
John Cowper Granbery | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 5, 1829 Norfolk, Virginia |
| Died | April 1, 1907 (aged 77) |
| Education | Randolph-Macon College |
| Occupation(s) | Clergyman, university professor |
| Spouses |
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| Children | 9 |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  Confederate States of America (1861–1865) |
| 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
[edit]John Cowper Granbery was born on December 5, 1829, in Norfolk, Virginia.[1] He graduated from Randolph-Macon College in 1848.[1]
Career
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- A Bible Dictionary (1882)
- Twelve Sermons (1896)
- Experience, The Crowning Evidence of the Christian Religion (1901)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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". Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "GRAN'BERY, John Cowper (1829—)". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. p. 603.
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