Joseph Blount Cheshire

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
Previous post(s)Assistant bishop of North Carolina (1893)
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

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

  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.