Theodore DuBose Bratton

The Right Reverend
Theodore DuBose Bratton
Province The Episcopal Church
Orders
Ordination September 23, 1888
Consecration September 29, 1903
Personal details
Born November 11, 1862
Died June 26, 1944
Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.
Alma mater Sewanee: The University of the South

Theodore DuBose Bratton (November 11, 1862 – June 26, 1944) was a bishop of Mississippi in The Episcopal Church and the chaplain general of the United Confederate Veterans.

Early life

Bratton was born on November 11, 1862 near near Winnsboro, South Carolina.[1][2] He graduated from Sewanee: The University of the South, where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in 1887 and a bachelor of divinity in 1889.[1]

Career

Bratton was the rector of the Church of the Advent in Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1892.[2] He was founder of the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Greenwood, South Carolina in 1892-1897.[2] He was a teacher at St Mary's School for Girls in Raleigh, North Carolina until 1903.[1][2]

Bratton was appointed as a bishop of Mississippi in The Episcopal Church in 1903.[1][2] In 1929, he was appointed as the chaplain general of the United Confederate Veterans.[3]

Personal life and death

Bratton resided in Jackson, Mississippi, where he died on June 26, 1944 at 82.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Bratton, Theodore DuBose". The Episcopal Church. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Was Known Here". The Index-Journal. Greenwood, South Carolina. July 1, 1944. p. 3. Retrieved May 1, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. (Registration required (help)).
  3. ↑ "Rev. Theodore D. Bratton Is Given U. C. V. Post". The Owensboro Messenger. December 10, 1929. p. 5. Retrieved May 1, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. (Registration required (help)).
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