Theodore DuBose Bratton
American bishop
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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.
The Right Reverend Theodore DuBose Bratton D.D. | |
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| Bishop of Mississippi | |
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| 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 |
| Died | June 26, 1944 (aged 81) |
| 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 |
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]