Background
Kinsolving, George Herbert was born on April 28, 1849 in Bedford Company, Virginia, United States. Son of Review Ovid A. and Julia Heiskell (Krauth) Kinsolving.
Kinsolving, George Herbert was born on April 28, 1849 in Bedford Company, Virginia, United States. Son of Review Ovid A. and Julia Heiskell (Krauth) Kinsolving.
Educated University of Virginia, 1867-1869. Graduate P.E. Theological Seminary, Virginia, 1874. (Doctor of Divinity, University of the South.
South.T.D., Griswold College, 1892).
Deacon, 1874, priest, 1875, Protestant Episcopal Church. Assistant at Christ Church, Baltimore, 1874-1875. Rector Saint Mark’s, Baltimore, 1875-1878, Saint John's, Cincinnati, 1878-1881, Church of the Epiphany, Philadelphia, 1881-1892.
Elected assistant bishop of Texas, 1892, and succeeded late Bishop Gregg as bishop of Texas, July 11, 1893.
Was member Standing Committee Diocese of Pennsylvania. Overseer P.E. Division School, Philadelphia Home: Austin, Texas
Member Standing Committee Diocese of Pennsylvania
Married Grace Jaggar, sister Bishop T. A. Jaggar, October 8, 1879.