Background
Francis, Joseph Marshall was born on April 6, 1862 in Eaglesmere, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James B. and Charlotte A. (Marshall) Francis.
Francis, Joseph Marshall was born on April 6, 1862 in Eaglesmere, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James B. and Charlotte A. (Marshall) Francis.
Educated Racine College and University of Oxford, England. Doctor of Divinity, Nashotah, 1899, Hobart College, 1901.
Deacon, 1884, priest, 1886, Protestant Episcopal Church. Pastorates at Milwaukee and Greenfield, Wisconsin, 1884-1885. Canon of Cathedral, Milwaukee, 1886-1887.
Rector, Whitewater, Wisconsin, 1887-1888.
Went to Japan as missionary and became priest in charge of cathedral at Tokyo, and professor in Trinity Divinity School there. Returned from Japan, 1897.
Rector Saint Paul’s Church, Evansville, Indiana, January 1898. Consecrated bishop of Indiana, September 21, 1899.
Chaplain, Base Hospital Northern 32, in France, 1917.
Member Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (now the National Council), 1904-1934.
Spouse 1887, Kate Stevens, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.