Theodore DuBose Bratton

Theodore DuBose Bratton
The Right Reverend; Theodore DuBose Bratton; D.D.
	Bishop of Mississippi
Province	Episcopal Church
Diocese	Mississippi
Elected	1903
In office	1903–1938
Predecessor	Hugh Miller Thompson
Successor	William Mercer Green
Orders
Ordination	September 23, 1888; by William B. W. Howe
Consecration	September 29, 1903; by Thomas Underwood Dudley
Personal details
Born	November 11, 1862; Winnsboro, South Carolina, United States
Died	June 26, 1944 (aged 81); Jackson, Mississippi, United States
Buried	Cedar Lawn Cemetery (Jackson, Mississippi)
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	John Simpson Bratton & Elizabeth Porcher DuBose
Spouse	Lucy Beverly Randolph (m. 1888, d. 1905); Ivy Wardlaw Perrin (m. 1906, d. 1938)
Children	2
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 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

"Bratton, Theodore DuBose". The Episcopal Church. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
"Was Known Here". The Index-Journal. Greenwood, South Carolina. July 1, 1944. p. 3. Retrieved May 1, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
"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.

External links

Theodore DuBose Bratton at Find a Grave

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[episcopalchurchbio-1] "Bratton, Theodore DuBose". The Episcopal Church. Retrieved July 29, 2015.

[wasknownhere-2] "Was Known Here". The Index-Journal. Greenwood, South Carolina. July 1, 1944. p. 3. Retrieved May 1, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

[owensborobrattonisgiven-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.