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John Cowper Granbery

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John Cowper Granbery
BornDecember 5, 1829
Norfolk, Virginia
DiedApril 1, 1907(1907-04-01) (aged 77)
EducationRandolph-Macon College
Occupation(s)Clergyman, university professor
Spouses
  • Jenny Massie
  • Ella Winston
Children9
Military career
Allegiance Confederate States of America (1861–1865)
Service / branchConfederate States Army
Years of service1861–1865
RankChaplain (CSA)

John Cowper Granbery (1829–1907) was an American Confederate chaplain and bishop of the Southern Methodist Episcopal church.

Early life

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John Cowper Granbery was born on December 5, 1829, in Norfolk, Virginia.[1] He graduated from Randolph-Macon College in 1848.[1]

Career

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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

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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

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  • A Bible Dictionary (1882)
  • Twelve Sermons (1896)
  • Experience, The Crowning Evidence of the Christian Religion (1901)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Stephen Cushman, Bloody Promenade: Reflections on a Civil War Battle, Charlottesville, Virginia: University of Virginia Press, 1999, p. 87 [1]
  4. ^ "Vanderbilt University faculty in 1875". Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
wikisource-logo.svg This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainGilman, 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.