William Loyall Gravatt

Background

Gravatt, William Loyall was born on December 15, 1858 in Portuguese Royal, Virginia, United States. Son of Doctor John James and Mary Eliza (Smith) Gravatt.

Education

Educated Blacksburg Military College. Graduate Virginia Theological Seminary, 1884. Doctor of Divinity, Washington and Lee University, 1904, University of the South, 1907.

Career

Deacon, 1884, priest, 1885, Protestant Episcopal Church. Assistant rector Saint Paul’s, Richmond, Virginia, 1885-1887. Rector Saint Peter’s Norfolk, Virginia, 1887-1893, Zion Church, Charles Town, West Virginia, 1893-1899.

Elected, July 26, 1899, consecrated, November 10, 1899, coadjutor bishop of West Virginia, and bishop of West Virginia, 1916.

Home: 1583 Virginia Saint, Charleston, West Virginia.

Achievements

• William Loyall Gravatt has been listed as a noteworthy bishop. by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Sidney South. Peyton, October 13, 1887. Children: Thomas Peyton (deceased), William Loyall, Anne Cary, Mary Elizabeth.

Father:

Doctor John James Gravatt

Mother:

Mary Eliza (Smith) Gravatt

Spouse:

Sidney South. Peyton

child:

William Loyall Gravatt

child:

Anne Cary Gravatt

child:

Thomas Peyton Gravatt (deceased)

child:

Mary Elizabeth Gravatt