Background
GAILOR, Thomas Frank was born on September 17, 1856 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Son of Frank M. Gailor and Charlotte Moffett.
GAILOR, Thomas Frank was born on September 17, 1856 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Son of Frank M. Gailor and Charlotte Moffett.
Bachelor of Arts, Racine (Wisconsin) College, 1876, A.M., 1879. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, General Theological Seminary, New York, 1879, S.T.D. 1893; S.T.D., Columbia, 1891.
Doctor of Divinity, Trinity College, 1892, University of the South, 1894, Oxford, England, 1920. Doctor of Laws, Oglethorpe, 1921.
G. W. Cunningham, of Nashville, Tennessee, November 11, 1885. Children—Nannie Cunningham (Mistress R. W. Daniel, deceased), Charlotte Moffett, Frank Hoyt, Ellen Douglas (Mistress Richard F. Cleveland). Deacon, 1879, priest, 1880, Protestant Episcopal Church.
Rector Church of the Messiah, Pulaski, Tennessee, 1879-1882. Professor ecclesiastical history, 1882-1890, chaplain, 1883-1890, v.-chancellor, 1890-1893, University of the South. Coadjutor bishop, 1893-1898, succeeding to bishopric on death of Bishop Quintard, February 1898.
Declined bishopric of Georgia, 1890. Chancellor and president of the board of trustees, University of the South, since 1908. Chairman of House of Bishops, P.E. Church, 1916-1922.
Presiding Bishop and Council, 1919-1925. President of National Council, 1922-1925. Author: The Christian Church and Education (Bedell lectures), 1910.
The Episcopal Church, 1914. Home: Memphis, Tenn.
Married Ellen Douglas, d. Children: Nannie Cunningham (Mistress R. W. Daniel, deceased), Charlotte Moffett, Frank Hoyt, Ellen Douglas (Mistress Richard F. Cleveland).