Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire: His Life and Work

by Lawrence Foushee London

• 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]

• G
• 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]

• I
• 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]