Chapter IX: Development and Conclusion of the Bishop's Work

54. Joseph B. Cheshire, "Our Summer, 1908," a journal of his visit to England for the Pan-Anglican Congress and the Lambeth Conference, owned by Mr. J. B. Cheshire, Jr., Raleigh.

55. Joseph B. Cheshire, "England, 1920," a journal of his trip to England for the Lambeth Conference and of his visit to France and Switzerland, owned by Mr. J. B. Cheshire, Jr., Raleigh.

56. Sermon on Patriotism and the War, Joseph Blount Cheshire Papers, University of North Carolina Library.

57. _Journal of the Convention of the Diocese of North Carolina_ (1919), p. 51.

58. _Ibid._ (1923), p. 84.

59. The Raleigh _News and Observer_, March 28, 1930.

60. _Carolina Churchman_, April, 1930.

_Published Writings of Joseph Blount Cheshire_

_Address of the Right Rev. Joseph Blount Cheshire, Bishop of North Carolina, on the Occasion of the Dedication of the Memorial Vestibule in Christ Church, Raleigh, to the Glory of God and in the Memory of Richard Henry Lewis, December 18, 1927._ Charlottesville, Va., n.d.

"Baptism of Virginia Dare," anniversary address, delivered on Roanoke Island by Rt. Rev. Joseph Blount Cheshire, D.D., August 18, 1910, _North Carolina Booklet_, Vol. X, no. 4.

_Bishop Atkinson and the Church in the Confederacy._ Raleigh, 1909.

"The Bishops of North Carolina—When the State Was One Diocese," _The Carolina Churchman_, November, 1910-February, 1911.

_The Church in the Confederate States: A History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States._ New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1912.

"The Church in the Province of North Carolina," in _Sketches of Church History in North Carolina_, edited by Bishop Cheshire.

"Decay and Revival, 1800-1830," in _Sketches of Church History in North Carolina_, edited by Bishop Cheshire.

"Dr. Richard H. Lewis; An Intimate Sketch by a Life-long Friend," _The Carolina Churchman_, October, 1926.

_The Early Conventions: held at Tarborough Anno Domini 1790, 1793 and 1794. The first effort to organize the Church in North Carolina. Collected from original sources and now first published. With introduction and brief notes_, Raleigh, 1882.

"The Early Rectors of Christ Church," _Centennial Ceremonies held in Christ Church Parish, Raleigh, North Carolina, A.D. 1921. Including Historical Addresses._ Raleigh, 1922.

"Entries in an Old Bible which was Formerly in the Possession of Miss Chloe Coward," _North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register_, July, 1903.

_Fifty Years of Church Life in North Carolina_, an Address by the Rt. Rev. Joseph Blount Cheshire, D.D., Bishop of North Carolina, on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Rev. Robert B. Drane, D.D., as Rector of St. Paul's Church, Edenton, N. C. All Saints' Day, 1926. Edenton, n.d.

"First Settlers in North Carolina Not Religious Refugees: A Study in Origins," _North Carolina Booklet_, Vol. V, no. 4.

_Fragments of Colonial Church History: 1. Public Libraries._ n.p., 1886.

"The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina, and Religious Liberty in the Province of North Carolina," _Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church_, Vol. I, no. 4.

_An Historical Address Delivered in Saint Matthew's Church, Hillsboro, N. C., on Sunday, August 24, 1924. Being the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Parish._ Durham, 1925.

"An Historical Sketch of the Church in Edgecombe County, North Carolina," _Church Messenger_, August 17-September 21, 1880.

"How Our Church Came to North Carolina," _The Spirit of Missions_, May, 1918.

_Milnor Jones, Deacon and Missionary._ Raleigh, 1920.

_Nonnulla: Memories, Stories, and Traditions, More or Less Authentic, About North Carolina._ Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1930.

"The Office of Solicitor General of North Carolina," _University of North Carolina Magazine_, May, 1894.

"The Personnel of the North Carolina Convention of 1788," _Publications of the Southern History Association_, Vol. III, 1899.

_A Priest to the Temple or, The Country Parson, His Character and Rule of Holy Life_, by George Herbert, with an Introduction and brief notes by the Bishop of North Carolina. New York: Thomas Whittaker, Inc., 1908.

_Public Worship in the Church._ A Charge to the Clergy of the Diocese of North Carolina delivered at the meeting of the Convocations of Raleigh and Charlotte, in October, 1912. Also a Pastoral Letter to the Clergy and Laity of the Diocese, n.p., n.d.

_Saint Peter's Church, Charlotte, North Carolina—Thirty Years of its Life and Work, 1863-1893._ Charlotte, 1921.

"A Sermon; Preached in St. John's Church, Fayetteville, the Sunday next before Advent, November 24, 1889, at the Centennial of the Fayetteville Convention of 1789," _University of North Carolina Magazine_, Vol. XI, no. 4.

_Sketches of Church History in North Carolina, Addresses and Papers by the Clergymen and Laymen of the Dioceses of North and East Carolina._ Wilmington, 1892.

"Some Account of My Life for My Children," _Carolina Churchman_, January, 1934-May, 1935.

"White Haven Church and the Rev. Robert Johnston Miller," in _Sketches of Church History in North Carolina_, edited by Bishop Cheshire.

"Why Judge Haywood Left North Carolina," _University of North Carolina Magazine_, January, 1895.

"Wilmington, the Free Town of the Cape Fear," in _Historic Towns of the Southern States_, by Lyman P. Powell. New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1900.

_Index_

A

Abbey of Valle Crucis, 109

Adams, Rev. Samuel F., 59

"A. H. W.," poem, 17

Albemarle section, 2, 89

Alpha Delta Phi, 11

Alston, Rev. Primus P., 31, 76, 104

Alumnae Association of St. Mary's School, 64

American Church Institute for Negroes, Cheshire elected to, 105

"Annals of the Church in the Province of North Carolina,"
MS by Cheshire, 91

Archdeacons, Cheshire's estimate of, 117-118

Ashe County, 57-58

Atkinson, Bishop Thomas, 18-19, 21;
on division of Diocese, 35;
sketch of by Cheshire, 94-95

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., 5

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

L

Lambeth Conference, Cheshire attends, 67-68, 109, 111-112

Lenten services, Cheshire on, 73

Lewis, Nell Battle, tribute to the Bishop, 86

Lewis, Dr. Richard H., 5, 7, 13, 118;
Cheshire's best man, 17;
tribute to Cheshire, 121

Lloyd, Rev. Arthur S., nominated assistant bishop, 49

Long Creek Township, 33-34

Louisburg, N. C., 5

Louisburg Academy, Cheshire attends, 6

Lucas, Rev. Henry, 41

Lyman, Bishop Theodore Benedict, 21, 24, 25, 34, 53;
on division of Diocese, 35;
estimate of Cheshire's work in Charlotte, 41;
asks for assistance, 46, 48;
death of, 54;
sketch of by Cheshire, 94

M

McCoy, Columbus W., 33

Mallett, Dr. William P., 22

Marshall, Dr. Matthias M., 19, 35;
nominated assistant bishop, 48

Maryland, 9, 12

Mecklenburg County, missions in, 42

Meredith, Rev. Reuben, 79

Methodist Church Conference, 83

Missionary bishops for Negro work, 101-102

Mitchell, Elizabeth Lansdale,
marries Bishop Cheshire, 69;
death of, 123

Mitchell, Rev. Walter A., 69

Mitchell County, 57-58

Monreath, summer home of the Bishop's father, 5, 12

Monroe, N. C., Cheshire organizes church in, 32

Mooresville, N. C., 33

Murdoch, Dr. Francis J., Cheshire's estimate of, 47;
nominated assistant bishop, 48;
nominates Cheshire, 48;
on Cheshire's election as bishop, 51

Murray, Bishop John Gardner, estimate of Cheshire, 107

Music in the church, Cheshire on, 73

N

Negro, religion of the, 106

Newsome, A. R., estimate of Cheshire as an historian, 98

Niles, Professor William W., 9

_Nonnulla_, vii, 79;
discussion of, 97

O

Orkneys, Cheshire visits, 68

Osborne, Rev. Edwin A.,
takes work at Monroe and Long Creek, 32, 34;
founds Thompson Orphanage, 42

_Outlook_, 95

P

Palmer, Professor George H., 94

Pamlico Banking and Insurance Company, 15, 19

Pan-Anglican Congress, 109-111

Parker, Elizabeth Toole, 4

Parker, Mary Toole, 4

Parker, Theophilus, 4

Pastoral Letter, by Cheshire, 72-73

Penick, Bishop Edwin A., elected bishop coadjutor, 119;
proposes gift for Cheshire, 121, 122

Perry, Bishop James DeWolf, tribute to Cheshire, 125

Phi Kappa, Cheshire's fraternity, 11

Pittsboro, N. C., 19

Polk County, 57

Portrait of the Bishop, 108

Presbyterian Synod, 83

Pynchon, Professor at Trinity, 10

Q

Quaker settlements in North Carolina, 89

Quin, Rev. Charles C., 30-32

Quintard, Bishop Charles T., 53

R

Racial episcopate, 103

Ravenscroft, Bishop John Stark, 47;
sketch of by Cheshire, 94

Ravenscroft, Raleigh, home of the Bishop, 120

Roanoke River swamp, Bishop hunts in, 78

Rockingham, N. C., 33

Ruffin, Chief Justice Thomas, 13

Ruffin, William K., Cheshire studies law under, 13-14, 16

S

St. Ambrose Church, Raleigh, 76

St. Augustine's School, 105, 107-108

St. Clement's Hall, Cheshire teaches at, 1, 12-13, 16

St. Luke's Church, Tarboro, Cheshire holds first service
as bishop in, 53

St. Mark's Church, Mecklenburg County, 25;
organized, 34

St. Martin's Church, Charlotte, organized, 31

St. Mary's School, founded, 63-64;
Cheshire's opinion of, 64;
established as a church school, 64-66;
Cheshire's daughters attend, 87;
debt on, 113-114;
endowment for, 114

St. Matthew's Church, Hillsboro, Cheshire married in, 17;
Cheshire is called to, 25

St. Michael and All Angels, Charlotte, organized, 30, 31, 99

St. Michael's Industrial School, Charlotte, 104-105

St. Paul's Church, Edenton, 2, 80

St. Paul's Church, Macon, Ga., Cheshire receives call to, 41

St. Paul's Church, Winston-Salem, 25, 55

St. Peter's Church, Charlotte, 28, 36;
Cheshire is called to, 26

St. Peter's Home and Hospital, organized, 29, 30

St. Philip's Church, Durham, 24-25

Saluda conference, 66

Saunders, Col. William L., 89-90

Scotland, Cheshire visits, 68

Scotland Neck, 3

Sermons, Cheshire discusses, 21-22

Sessums, Bishop Davis, 53

Shepherd, John Avery, 12

Smedes, Dr. Aldert, 63

Smedes, Dr. Bennett, 63, 64, 66

Smedes, Rev. John E. C., 19, 25;
verses to Cheshire, 51-52

Society of the Cincinnati, Cheshire becomes member of, 93

State Literary and Historical Association, Cheshire elected
president of, 97

Strange, Rev. Robert B., 92

Suffragan bishops, for Negro work, 101-104

Sutton, Rev. Robert B., 19, 20

Switzerland, Cheshire visits, 68, 112

T

Tarboro, N. C., 14-15, 17;
description of, 2

Tarboro Building and Loan Association, 15-16

Tarboro Male Academy, Cheshire attends, 5, 7, 13

Thompson Orphanage, Charlotte, 42

Trinity Church, Scotland Neck, 3

Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., Cheshire enters, 8-9;
graduates from, 11-12;
confers degree on Cheshire, 93;
Cheshire visits, 124

Tryon, N. C., 56

"Tuttle Prize," Cheshire wins, 11

U

University of North Carolina, 5, 6, 8, 19, 87;
confers degree on Cheshire, 93

University of the South, Cheshire made trustee of, 39-40;
Cheshire's son attends, 87;
confers degree on Cheshire, 93

V

Valle Crucis, Cheshire revives work at, 56-57, 59

W

Watauga County, missions in, 57-58

Watauga River, 56, 77

Watson, Bishop Alfred A., 25, 53

Webb, Annie Huske, Cheshire meets, 16;
marries Cheshire, 17;
death of, 67

Weed, Bishop Edwin G., 53

Weeks, Stephen B., 49 n.

West Indies, Archbishop of, 113

Wetmore, Rev. George B., 34

Whipple, Bishop Henry B., 47

Wilkes, John, 27-28, 32

Wilkes, Mrs. John, 42-43

Wilkinson, Frank S., 5, 7-8

Williams, Bishop John, 10-11

Wilson, President Woodrow, 115

Winchester, Rev. J. R., 47

Windsor, N. C., 3

Winston, Professor George T., 22

Y

York, Archbishop of, Cheshire visits, 68