Background
Funsten, James Bowen was born on July 23, 1856 in Clarke Company, Virginia, United States. Son of Colonel Oliver Ridgeway and Mary (Bowen) Funsten.
bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Idaho
Funsten, James Bowen was born on July 23, 1856 in Clarke Company, Virginia, United States. Son of Colonel Oliver Ridgeway and Mary (Bowen) Funsten.
Graduate Virginia Military Institute, 1875. Bachelor of Laws, University of Virginia, 1878. Practiced law; graduate Virginia Theological Seminary, 1882.
(Doctor of Divinity, University of the South, 1902).
Deacon, 1882, priest, 1883, Protestant Episcopal Church. Minister Bristol, Tennessee, 1882-1884. Rector, Christ Church, Richmond, Virginia, 1884-1890.
General missionary in Virginia, 1890-1892.
Rector Portsmouth, Virginia, 1892-1899. Elected, 1898, consecrated, July 13, 1899, 1st missionary bishop of Boise.
Bishop in charge of Wyoming, 1907-1909. 1st bishop of Idaho, 1907.
President Saint Luke’s Hospital, 1900-1907, Saint Margaret’s Hall.
Chaplain 2d Regiment Idaho National Guard, 5 years Home: Boise, Idaho
Married Ida Vivian Pratt, 1886.