Background
Winchester, James Ridout was born in 1852 in Annapolis, Maryland, March 15. Son of Jacob and Mary (Ridout) Winchester.
Winchester, James Ridout was born in 1852 in Annapolis, Maryland, March 15. Son of Jacob and Mary (Ridout) Winchester.
Descendant John Winchester, Kent Island, Maryland., 1644. Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Philosophy, Washington and Lee University, Virginia, 1874. P.E. Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Virginia, 1877.
Doctor of Divinity, University of the South, 1893, Washington and Lee University, 1894.
September 17, 1878 (died 1936). Children—Richard Henry Lee, Lucy Langhorne, James Ridout (all deceased), Evelyn Lee (Mistress James East. Montgomery), Cassius Lee, Florence West. (Mistress William
G. Mayburry, deceased).
Deacon, 1877, priest, 1878, Protestant Episcopal Church. Assistant, Saint James’ Church, Richmond, Virginia, 1877-1878.
Rector, Uniontown, Alabama, 1878-1880. Wytheville. Virginia, 1880-1882, Christ Church, Macon, Georgia, 1882-1890, Christ Church, Nashville, Tennessee, 1890-1898, Church Ascension, Saint Louis, 1898-1906, Calvary Church, Memphis, Tennessee, 1906-1911.
Consecrated coadjutor bishop of Arkansas, September 29, 1911, later became the diocesan in fact.
Retired, 1931. Chaplain 1st Tennessee Volumes, Spanish-American War. Chaplain Arkansas Society, South Carolina.V. Vice president 7th Province Protestant Episcopal Church.
Trustee University of the South.
Mason.
Married Eliza Atkinson Lee. Children: Richard Henry Lee, Lucy Langhorne, James Ridout (all deceased), Evelyn Lee (Mistress James