Theodore DuBose Bratton explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Reverend
Theodore DuBose Bratton
Honorific-Suffix:D.D.
Bishop of Mississippi
Province:Episcopal Church
Elected:1903
Term:1903–1938
Predecessor:Hugh Miller Thompson
Successor:William Mercer Green
Ordination:September 23, 1888
Ordained By:William B. W. Howe
Consecration:September 29, 1903
Consecrated By:Thomas Underwood Dudley
Birth Date:November 11, 1862
Buried:Cedar Lawn Cemetery (Jackson, Mississippi)
Religion: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

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, 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bratton, Theodore DuBose . . The Episcopal Church . July 29, 2015.
  2. News: Was Known Here. May 1, 2018. The Index-Journal. Greenwood, South Carolina. July 1, 1944. 3. Newspapers.com. registration .
  3. News: December 10, 1929 . Rev. Theodore D. Bratton Is Given U. C. V. Post . registration . May 1, 2018 . The Owensboro Messenger . 5 . Newspapers.com.