John Cowper Granbery

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

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

Early life

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

Career

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

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

See also

List of bishops of the United Methodist Church

References
  1. "Bishop John C. Granberry". The New York Times. April 2, 1907. p. 11. Retrieved July 2, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "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
  4. Vanderbilt University faculty in 1875
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