DD (Oxon), STD, LLD
Third Bishop of Tennessee
First President of the National Council of the Church
Chancellor of the University of the South
Notable men of Tennessee: Personal and genealogical, with portratis, Volume 2, 1905
p. 66
edited by John Allison
RT. REV. THOMAS FRANK GAILOR. bishop of the diocese of Tennessee, with Memphis as his official residence, was born in Jackson, Miss., Sept. 17, 1856, and is the son of Maj. Frank M. and Charlotte (Moffett) Gailor.
His father was born in Western New York, Nov. 17, w 1833; moved to Mississippi when a boy; in 1854 became the editor of a paper in Jackson; three years later he accepted a position on the Memphis Avalanche, with which he was connected when the war broke out; enlisted in the Confederate service under his friend, Gen. William Carroll; was appointed captain and assistant quartermaster of the Seventh regiment in October, 1861; soon after was promoted to the rank of major and made quartermaster of Carroll's brigade of Crittenden's division. Upon Carroll's retirement, Major Gailor was made quartermaster of Wither's division, which position he held at the time of his death at the battle of Perry ville, Oct. 8. 1862. He declined at all times to avail himself of the exemption afforded by his position as quartermaster, and insisted on going into every fight. At Shiloh, Corinth and Munfordville he fought with distinguished gallantry. His executive ability made him invaluable to that department, and it was only by threatening to resign that he was allowed to go into the battle at Perryville, where he was especially conspicuous on the firing line, and it was while leading the successful charge of a regiment, which he had rallied from disorder, that he was killed, a ball passing through his heart. Major Gailor was married, in 1855, at Jackson, Miss., to Charlotte Moffett, of a prominent Irish family, one of whom, a cousin, is Sir Thomas Moffett, president of Queen's college, Galway, Ireland. Of their four children, but one.
Bishop Gailor, survives the father. Bishop Gailor received his early education in Memphis, under such men as Dr. Richard Hines, Prof. A. G. Brown, T. M. S. Rhett and Prof. Carey Anderson. In 1873 he entered Racine college, Racine, Wis., where the then celebrated Dr. James DeKoven was president, and graduated with honors from that institution in 1876. The same year he entered the General Theological seminary of the Episcopal church, in New York City, and was graduated from there in 1879, having won the Greek prize and being awarded the degree of Bachelor of Sacred Theology. He was ordained deacon by Bishop Quintard at Columbia, Tenn., the same year, and took charge of the Church of Pulaski, where he remained three years. In 1882 he was elected professor of ecclesiastical history in the University of the South, at Sewanee, and was made chaplain of the university in the following year. In 1890 he was elected vice-chancellor and executive head of the institution, to succeed Dr. Telfair Hodgson. Although repeatedly given calls from parishes in New York, Chicago and Philadelphia, he felt that the cause of higher education in the South made it imperative upon him to remain in the field in which he has passed these years. In 1892 he was elected Bishop of Georgia, but declined to accept it on the ground that the university was passing through a crisis which made it impossible for him to leave his post. In 1893 he was elected coadjutor and successor to Bishop Quintard of Tennessee. His personal friendship and devotion to Bishop Quintard, and the unanimous vote by which he was chosen, decided him to accept, and he was consecrated bishop in July of that year. He moved to Memphis, the see-city of the diocese, and has since made that his home, though spending the summers at Sewanee, where he is near the institution he loves so well. Columbia college conferred the degree of D. D. upon him in 1892, and he has also received similar degrees from Trinity college, of Hartford, Conn., the General Theological seminary, New York, and the University of the South. Bishop Gailor married Miss Ellen Douglas Cunningham, daughter of George W. Cunningham, of Nashville, Tenn., a distinguished officer of the Confederate army, bearing the commission of major, and they have four children.
Third Bishop of Tennessee
First President of the National Council of the Church
Chancellor of the University of the South
Notable men of Tennessee: Personal and genealogical, with portratis, Volume 2, 1905
p. 66
edited by John Allison
RT. REV. THOMAS FRANK GAILOR. bishop of the diocese of Tennessee, with Memphis as his official residence, was born in Jackson, Miss., Sept. 17, 1856, and is the son of Maj. Frank M. and Charlotte (Moffett) Gailor.
His father was born in Western New York, Nov. 17, w 1833; moved to Mississippi when a boy; in 1854 became the editor of a paper in Jackson; three years later he accepted a position on the Memphis Avalanche, with which he was connected when the war broke out; enlisted in the Confederate service under his friend, Gen. William Carroll; was appointed captain and assistant quartermaster of the Seventh regiment in October, 1861; soon after was promoted to the rank of major and made quartermaster of Carroll's brigade of Crittenden's division. Upon Carroll's retirement, Major Gailor was made quartermaster of Wither's division, which position he held at the time of his death at the battle of Perry ville, Oct. 8. 1862. He declined at all times to avail himself of the exemption afforded by his position as quartermaster, and insisted on going into every fight. At Shiloh, Corinth and Munfordville he fought with distinguished gallantry. His executive ability made him invaluable to that department, and it was only by threatening to resign that he was allowed to go into the battle at Perryville, where he was especially conspicuous on the firing line, and it was while leading the successful charge of a regiment, which he had rallied from disorder, that he was killed, a ball passing through his heart. Major Gailor was married, in 1855, at Jackson, Miss., to Charlotte Moffett, of a prominent Irish family, one of whom, a cousin, is Sir Thomas Moffett, president of Queen's college, Galway, Ireland. Of their four children, but one.
Bishop Gailor, survives the father. Bishop Gailor received his early education in Memphis, under such men as Dr. Richard Hines, Prof. A. G. Brown, T. M. S. Rhett and Prof. Carey Anderson. In 1873 he entered Racine college, Racine, Wis., where the then celebrated Dr. James DeKoven was president, and graduated with honors from that institution in 1876. The same year he entered the General Theological seminary of the Episcopal church, in New York City, and was graduated from there in 1879, having won the Greek prize and being awarded the degree of Bachelor of Sacred Theology. He was ordained deacon by Bishop Quintard at Columbia, Tenn., the same year, and took charge of the Church of Pulaski, where he remained three years. In 1882 he was elected professor of ecclesiastical history in the University of the South, at Sewanee, and was made chaplain of the university in the following year. In 1890 he was elected vice-chancellor and executive head of the institution, to succeed Dr. Telfair Hodgson. Although repeatedly given calls from parishes in New York, Chicago and Philadelphia, he felt that the cause of higher education in the South made it imperative upon him to remain in the field in which he has passed these years. In 1892 he was elected Bishop of Georgia, but declined to accept it on the ground that the university was passing through a crisis which made it impossible for him to leave his post. In 1893 he was elected coadjutor and successor to Bishop Quintard of Tennessee. His personal friendship and devotion to Bishop Quintard, and the unanimous vote by which he was chosen, decided him to accept, and he was consecrated bishop in July of that year. He moved to Memphis, the see-city of the diocese, and has since made that his home, though spending the summers at Sewanee, where he is near the institution he loves so well. Columbia college conferred the degree of D. D. upon him in 1892, and he has also received similar degrees from Trinity college, of Hartford, Conn., the General Theological seminary, New York, and the University of the South. Bishop Gailor married Miss Ellen Douglas Cunningham, daughter of George W. Cunningham, of Nashville, Tenn., a distinguished officer of the Confederate army, bearing the commission of major, and they have four children.
DD (Oxon), STD, LLD
Third Bishop of Tennessee
First President of the National Council of the Church
Chancellor of the University of the South
Notable men of Tennessee: Personal and genealogical, with portratis, Volume 2, 1905
p. 66
edited by John Allison
RT. REV. THOMAS FRANK GAILOR. bishop of the diocese of Tennessee, with Memphis as his official residence, was born in Jackson, Miss., Sept. 17, 1856, and is the son of Maj. Frank M. and Charlotte (Moffett) Gailor.
His father was born in Western New York, Nov. 17, w 1833; moved to Mississippi when a boy; in 1854 became the editor of a paper in Jackson; three years later he accepted a position on the Memphis Avalanche, with which he was connected when the war broke out; enlisted in the Confederate service under his friend, Gen. William Carroll; was appointed captain and assistant quartermaster of the Seventh regiment in October, 1861; soon after was promoted to the rank of major and made quartermaster of Carroll's brigade of Crittenden's division. Upon Carroll's retirement, Major Gailor was made quartermaster of Wither's division, which position he held at the time of his death at the battle of Perry ville, Oct. 8. 1862. He declined at all times to avail himself of the exemption afforded by his position as quartermaster, and insisted on going into every fight. At Shiloh, Corinth and Munfordville he fought with distinguished gallantry. His executive ability made him invaluable to that department, and it was only by threatening to resign that he was allowed to go into the battle at Perryville, where he was especially conspicuous on the firing line, and it was while leading the successful charge of a regiment, which he had rallied from disorder, that he was killed, a ball passing through his heart. Major Gailor was married, in 1855, at Jackson, Miss., to Charlotte Moffett, of a prominent Irish family, one of whom, a cousin, is Sir Thomas Moffett, president of Queen's college, Galway, Ireland. Of their four children, but one.
Bishop Gailor, survives the father. Bishop Gailor received his early education in Memphis, under such men as Dr. Richard Hines, Prof. A. G. Brown, T. M. S. Rhett and Prof. Carey Anderson. In 1873 he entered Racine college, Racine, Wis., where the then celebrated Dr. James DeKoven was president, and graduated with honors from that institution in 1876. The same year he entered the General Theological seminary of the Episcopal church, in New York City, and was graduated from there in 1879, having won the Greek prize and being awarded the degree of Bachelor of Sacred Theology. He was ordained deacon by Bishop Quintard at Columbia, Tenn., the same year, and took charge of the Church of Pulaski, where he remained three years. In 1882 he was elected professor of ecclesiastical history in the University of the South, at Sewanee, and was made chaplain of the university in the following year. In 1890 he was elected vice-chancellor and executive head of the institution, to succeed Dr. Telfair Hodgson. Although repeatedly given calls from parishes in New York, Chicago and Philadelphia, he felt that the cause of higher education in the South made it imperative upon him to remain in the field in which he has passed these years. In 1892 he was elected Bishop of Georgia, but declined to accept it on the ground that the university was passing through a crisis which made it impossible for him to leave his post. In 1893 he was elected coadjutor and successor to Bishop Quintard of Tennessee. His personal friendship and devotion to Bishop Quintard, and the unanimous vote by which he was chosen, decided him to accept, and he was consecrated bishop in July of that year. He moved to Memphis, the see-city of the diocese, and has since made that his home, though spending the summers at Sewanee, where he is near the institution he loves so well. Columbia college conferred the degree of D. D. upon him in 1892, and he has also received similar degrees from Trinity college, of Hartford, Conn., the General Theological seminary, New York, and the University of the South. Bishop Gailor married Miss Ellen Douglas Cunningham, daughter of George W. Cunningham, of Nashville, Tenn., a distinguished officer of the Confederate army, bearing the commission of major, and they have four children.
Third Bishop of Tennessee
First President of the National Council of the Church
Chancellor of the University of the South
Notable men of Tennessee: Personal and genealogical, with portratis, Volume 2, 1905
p. 66
edited by John Allison
RT. REV. THOMAS FRANK GAILOR. bishop of the diocese of Tennessee, with Memphis as his official residence, was born in Jackson, Miss., Sept. 17, 1856, and is the son of Maj. Frank M. and Charlotte (Moffett) Gailor.
His father was born in Western New York, Nov. 17, w 1833; moved to Mississippi when a boy; in 1854 became the editor of a paper in Jackson; three years later he accepted a position on the Memphis Avalanche, with which he was connected when the war broke out; enlisted in the Confederate service under his friend, Gen. William Carroll; was appointed captain and assistant quartermaster of the Seventh regiment in October, 1861; soon after was promoted to the rank of major and made quartermaster of Carroll's brigade of Crittenden's division. Upon Carroll's retirement, Major Gailor was made quartermaster of Wither's division, which position he held at the time of his death at the battle of Perry ville, Oct. 8. 1862. He declined at all times to avail himself of the exemption afforded by his position as quartermaster, and insisted on going into every fight. At Shiloh, Corinth and Munfordville he fought with distinguished gallantry. His executive ability made him invaluable to that department, and it was only by threatening to resign that he was allowed to go into the battle at Perryville, where he was especially conspicuous on the firing line, and it was while leading the successful charge of a regiment, which he had rallied from disorder, that he was killed, a ball passing through his heart. Major Gailor was married, in 1855, at Jackson, Miss., to Charlotte Moffett, of a prominent Irish family, one of whom, a cousin, is Sir Thomas Moffett, president of Queen's college, Galway, Ireland. Of their four children, but one.
Bishop Gailor, survives the father. Bishop Gailor received his early education in Memphis, under such men as Dr. Richard Hines, Prof. A. G. Brown, T. M. S. Rhett and Prof. Carey Anderson. In 1873 he entered Racine college, Racine, Wis., where the then celebrated Dr. James DeKoven was president, and graduated with honors from that institution in 1876. The same year he entered the General Theological seminary of the Episcopal church, in New York City, and was graduated from there in 1879, having won the Greek prize and being awarded the degree of Bachelor of Sacred Theology. He was ordained deacon by Bishop Quintard at Columbia, Tenn., the same year, and took charge of the Church of Pulaski, where he remained three years. In 1882 he was elected professor of ecclesiastical history in the University of the South, at Sewanee, and was made chaplain of the university in the following year. In 1890 he was elected vice-chancellor and executive head of the institution, to succeed Dr. Telfair Hodgson. Although repeatedly given calls from parishes in New York, Chicago and Philadelphia, he felt that the cause of higher education in the South made it imperative upon him to remain in the field in which he has passed these years. In 1892 he was elected Bishop of Georgia, but declined to accept it on the ground that the university was passing through a crisis which made it impossible for him to leave his post. In 1893 he was elected coadjutor and successor to Bishop Quintard of Tennessee. His personal friendship and devotion to Bishop Quintard, and the unanimous vote by which he was chosen, decided him to accept, and he was consecrated bishop in July of that year. He moved to Memphis, the see-city of the diocese, and has since made that his home, though spending the summers at Sewanee, where he is near the institution he loves so well. Columbia college conferred the degree of D. D. upon him in 1892, and he has also received similar degrees from Trinity college, of Hartford, Conn., the General Theological seminary, New York, and the University of the South. Bishop Gailor married Miss Ellen Douglas Cunningham, daughter of George W. Cunningham, of Nashville, Tenn., a distinguished officer of the Confederate army, bearing the commission of major, and they have four children.
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