Background
Joseph Talbot was born to Quaker parents in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1816, where he attended the Pierpont Academy in his childhood. In 1838 he married Anna M. Waris, daughter of Samuel Waris, a captain of the United States Army.
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Joseph Cruikshank Talbot
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Talbot studied for ordination under Benjamin B. Smith and became a candidate for holy orders in 1843.
Career
He was ordained deacon on September 5, 1846, and priest on September 6, 1848, both by Smith. While in deacon’s orders he organized a third church in Louisville, Saint John's Church, and became the rector there upon his ordination to the priesthood. In January, 1853 he moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, and became the rector of Christ Church where he served seven years.
He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from the Western University of Pennsylvania in 1854.
In 1867 while at the Lambeth Conference, he was conferred with the degree of Doctor of Laws by the University of Cambridge. Talbot was elected by the House of Bishops as Missionary (or North-West) in 1859 and consecrated on February 15, 1860, by Jackson Kemper, assisted by Benjamin B. Smith, Cicero South. Hawks, George Upfold, and Gregory T. Bedell.
The Missionary District of the Northwest included New Mexico, Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, Montana, and Idaho, covering nearly nine hundred thousand square miles. Talbot referred to himself as “Bishop of All Outdoors.” He served in this position for five years.
On August 23, 1865, Talbot was elected Assistant, where he began his duties that October.
Due to diocesan bishop George Upfold’s feeble health, he acted as the virtual executive head of the diocese until Upfold’s death in 1872. He took over as diocesan bishop on August 26, 1872. He served in this capacity until his death in 1883.
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January 15, 1883 (aged 66)