Individual Details
The Rt. Rev. Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson
(June 5, 1830 - November 18, 1902)
1870 Waukesha County, Wisconsin census, Summit, page 433, taken 11 June 1870, Dwelling/Family #129/124: Hugh THOMPSON, 40, male, white, Prof. Theo. Seminary, Ireland, parents of foreign birth; Anna THOMPSON, 29, female, white, keeping house, New York; Anna THOMPSON, 16, female, white, at home, Kentucky; Frank THOMPSON, 13, male, white, at home, Wisconsin; Mary THOMPSON, 9, female, white, at home, Wisconsin; Graham THOMPSON, 3, male, white, at home, Wisconsin; Lena DAY, 20, female, white, domestic servant, New York, parents of foreign birth; Margaret EMBRETSON, 19, female, white, domestic servant, Norway, parents of foreign birth. (NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: Living next door was Louis A. Kemper, 40, Prof. Theo. Seminary, real estate $2500, personal estate #18,000, Pennsylvania; Anna C. KEMPER, 37, Maine; Jackson KEMPER, 54, Wisconsin; and 2 female servants from Norway. Louis A. Kemper was the son of Jackson Kemper, First Missionary Bishop in the United States, 1870, and founder of Nashotah House, Episcopal Seminary at Nashotah, Waukesha County, Wisconsin and Racine College. Jackson Kemper's father was Daniel Kemper (1749 New Jersey - 1847 New Jersey, whose father was John Jacob Kemper, 1707 Bacharach, Germany - 1794 New York, whose father was Johann von Kemper (abt 1656 - 1712 Stalich Castle, Bacharach, Germany). There does not appear to be a connection to the Roy Frank Kemper family.)
"Ann Thompson (Scotch Irish) married in the old country and had a son Hugh Miller Thompson, they moved to the states and the son was a Bishop of a Diocese in Jackson, Mississippi and has written many books." (Interview by Roy Kemper with Hope Elliott Kemper.)
Also Judia Terry has in her possession a letter from Willis P. Gerhart, long time priest at The Church of the Heavenly Rest in Abilene, Texas, to Mrs Charles Langford, 1959, "Thanks so much for your donation. I always valued your lovely mother and the friendship of her fine family. Would you be so kind as to forward the enclosed, by your distinguished ancestor to Miss Capitola." Enclosed was a booklet THE OFFERTORY - A LOST ACT OF WORSHIP by Hugh Miller Thompson, printed in New York in 1873.
"Bishop Thompson Dead - Episcopal Prelate had Suffered Long From a Cancer. Jackson, Mississippi, November 19 - Bishop Hugh ... (missing) ... York and elsewhere. He was appointed bishop of the diocese of Mississippi in ... and one of the most able minister in the South." (paritial obituary.)
"Hugh M. Thompson, born 1830, died 1902, consecrated 1883, American consecrated bishop number 129, Bishop of the Diocese of Mississippi from 1887 to 1902." (The Episcopal Church Annual, 1990.)
" ... Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson, the Second Episcopal Bishop of the State of Mississippi and a Madison resident, who hailed originally from the Wisconsin heartland." (Madison County, Mississippi website.)
THOMPSON, Hugh Miller, P. E. bishop, born in County Londonderry, Ireland, 5 June, 1830. While he was yet a child his parents removed to the United States and settled in Ohio. He received his academical education in the schools of Cleveland, and his theological course was taken at Nashotah House, Wisconsin. He was ordered deacon at Nashotah, 6 June, 1852, by Bishop Kemper, and priest, in St. John's church, Portage, Wisconsin, 31 August, 1856. During his diaconate he had charge of Grace church, Madison, Wisconsin. He removed in 1853 to Maysville, Kentucky, but remained only one year. In August, 1854, he took charge of mission work in Portage and Baraboo, Wisconsin, and immediately on his ordination to the priesthood he became rector of St. John's church, Portage. At Easter, 1857, he engaged in mission work in the city of Milwaukee, and organized the Church of the Atonement. In 1858 he was elected rector of St. Matthew's church, Kenosha, and after one year removed to Galena, Illinois, and became rector of Grace church. In 1860 he was made professor of ecclesiastical history at Nashotah, and founded Kemper hall. In the same year he became editor-in-chief of "The American Churchman" at Chicago, and he continued in this office until the paper was merged into " The Churchman" at Hartford, Connecticut In 1871 he became rector of St. James's church, Chicago, which was burned in the great fire. In January, 1872, he removed to New York and took the rectorship of Christ church and the editorship of "The Church Journal and Gospel Messenger." In 1875 he became rector of Trinity church, New Orleans, Louisiana, where he remained until he was consecrated assistant bishop of Mississippi, 24 February, 1883. Four years later, on the death of Bishop Green, he succeeded to his office. Bishop Thompson attended the third Pan-Anglican conference in London in 1888, and in August of that year delivered in Westminster Abbey the funeral sermon of Bishop Harris of Michigan. Hobart conferred upon him the degree of S. T. D. in 1863. He is the author of "Unity and its Restoration " (New York, 1860);" Sin and its Penalty" (1862); "First Principles" (1868); "Absolution" (1872) ; "Copy" (1872) ; "Is Romanism the Best Religion for the Republic?" (1873); "The Kingdom of God" (1873) ; "The World and the Logos," a volume of lectures (1885); and "The World and the Kingdom" (1888)." (Edited Appletons Encyclopedia.)
"Mississippi's first cathedral was St. Peter's in Oxford. It was designated a cathedral because the diocese's second bishop, Hugh Miller Thompson, settled in Oxford after becoming bishop. Bishop Thompson settled in Oxford because, as home to the state's premier public university, it was an intellectual and cultural center of the state. This qualified Oxford to serve as the see city of the diocese. Later, however, Bishop Thompson moved to Jackson, the state's political capital and largest city. Though St. Peter's remained the diocesan cathedral for a few years after Bishop Thompson moved to Jackson, the bishop felt very strongly that the cathedral ought to be located in the city of his residence. Therefore, much of Bishop Thompson's efforts as bishop revolved around the establishment of a cathedral in Jackson. St. Columb's Church was established for this very reason and replaced St. Peter's as the diocese's cathedral. For the remainder of Bishop Thompson's life, St. Columb's bore the designation as Mississippi's Episcopal cathedral. However, this designation did not survive very long after the bishop's death." (The Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi.)
The Chapel of the Cross Cemetery is located on Old Mannsdale Road , west of Madison, Mississippi about 7 miles, at 674 Mannsdale Road. The Chapel of the Cross Church was built in 1849-52, near the site of Annandale, plantation home of John T. Johnstone. It is considered one of the most beautiful examples of Gothic Church architecture in America. The restoration of the Chapel is now a national project of the Children of the American Revolution. Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson, second bishop of the Episcopal diocese in Mississippi and Hugh Graeme Thompson are among some of the people buried in this cemetery.
"Ann Thompson (Scotch Irish) married in the old country and had a son Hugh Miller Thompson, they moved to the states and the son was a Bishop of a Diocese in Jackson, Mississippi and has written many books." (Interview by Roy Kemper with Hope Elliott Kemper.)
Also Judia Terry has in her possession a letter from Willis P. Gerhart, long time priest at The Church of the Heavenly Rest in Abilene, Texas, to Mrs Charles Langford, 1959, "Thanks so much for your donation. I always valued your lovely mother and the friendship of her fine family. Would you be so kind as to forward the enclosed, by your distinguished ancestor to Miss Capitola." Enclosed was a booklet THE OFFERTORY - A LOST ACT OF WORSHIP by Hugh Miller Thompson, printed in New York in 1873.
"Bishop Thompson Dead - Episcopal Prelate had Suffered Long From a Cancer. Jackson, Mississippi, November 19 - Bishop Hugh ... (missing) ... York and elsewhere. He was appointed bishop of the diocese of Mississippi in ... and one of the most able minister in the South." (paritial obituary.)
"Hugh M. Thompson, born 1830, died 1902, consecrated 1883, American consecrated bishop number 129, Bishop of the Diocese of Mississippi from 1887 to 1902." (The Episcopal Church Annual, 1990.)
" ... Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson, the Second Episcopal Bishop of the State of Mississippi and a Madison resident, who hailed originally from the Wisconsin heartland." (Madison County, Mississippi website.)
THOMPSON, Hugh Miller, P. E. bishop, born in County Londonderry, Ireland, 5 June, 1830. While he was yet a child his parents removed to the United States and settled in Ohio. He received his academical education in the schools of Cleveland, and his theological course was taken at Nashotah House, Wisconsin. He was ordered deacon at Nashotah, 6 June, 1852, by Bishop Kemper, and priest, in St. John's church, Portage, Wisconsin, 31 August, 1856. During his diaconate he had charge of Grace church, Madison, Wisconsin. He removed in 1853 to Maysville, Kentucky, but remained only one year. In August, 1854, he took charge of mission work in Portage and Baraboo, Wisconsin, and immediately on his ordination to the priesthood he became rector of St. John's church, Portage. At Easter, 1857, he engaged in mission work in the city of Milwaukee, and organized the Church of the Atonement. In 1858 he was elected rector of St. Matthew's church, Kenosha, and after one year removed to Galena, Illinois, and became rector of Grace church. In 1860 he was made professor of ecclesiastical history at Nashotah, and founded Kemper hall. In the same year he became editor-in-chief of "The American Churchman" at Chicago, and he continued in this office until the paper was merged into " The Churchman" at Hartford, Connecticut In 1871 he became rector of St. James's church, Chicago, which was burned in the great fire. In January, 1872, he removed to New York and took the rectorship of Christ church and the editorship of "The Church Journal and Gospel Messenger." In 1875 he became rector of Trinity church, New Orleans, Louisiana, where he remained until he was consecrated assistant bishop of Mississippi, 24 February, 1883. Four years later, on the death of Bishop Green, he succeeded to his office. Bishop Thompson attended the third Pan-Anglican conference in London in 1888, and in August of that year delivered in Westminster Abbey the funeral sermon of Bishop Harris of Michigan. Hobart conferred upon him the degree of S. T. D. in 1863. He is the author of "Unity and its Restoration " (New York, 1860);" Sin and its Penalty" (1862); "First Principles" (1868); "Absolution" (1872) ; "Copy" (1872) ; "Is Romanism the Best Religion for the Republic?" (1873); "The Kingdom of God" (1873) ; "The World and the Logos," a volume of lectures (1885); and "The World and the Kingdom" (1888)." (Edited Appletons Encyclopedia.)
"Mississippi's first cathedral was St. Peter's in Oxford. It was designated a cathedral because the diocese's second bishop, Hugh Miller Thompson, settled in Oxford after becoming bishop. Bishop Thompson settled in Oxford because, as home to the state's premier public university, it was an intellectual and cultural center of the state. This qualified Oxford to serve as the see city of the diocese. Later, however, Bishop Thompson moved to Jackson, the state's political capital and largest city. Though St. Peter's remained the diocesan cathedral for a few years after Bishop Thompson moved to Jackson, the bishop felt very strongly that the cathedral ought to be located in the city of his residence. Therefore, much of Bishop Thompson's efforts as bishop revolved around the establishment of a cathedral in Jackson. St. Columb's Church was established for this very reason and replaced St. Peter's as the diocese's cathedral. For the remainder of Bishop Thompson's life, St. Columb's bore the designation as Mississippi's Episcopal cathedral. However, this designation did not survive very long after the bishop's death." (The Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi.)
The Chapel of the Cross Cemetery is located on Old Mannsdale Road , west of Madison, Mississippi about 7 miles, at 674 Mannsdale Road. The Chapel of the Cross Church was built in 1849-52, near the site of Annandale, plantation home of John T. Johnstone. It is considered one of the most beautiful examples of Gothic Church architecture in America. The restoration of the Chapel is now a national project of the Children of the American Revolution. Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson, second bishop of the Episcopal diocese in Mississippi and Hugh Graeme Thompson are among some of the people buried in this cemetery.
Events
| Birth | June 5, 1830 | Londonderry, Ireland | |||
| Death | November 18, 1902 | Madison County, Mississippi | |||
| Marriage | Anna Weatherburn Hinsdale | ||||
| Burial | Chapel of the Cross Cemetery, Madison, Madison County, Mississippi |
Families
| Spouse | Anna Weatherburn Hinsdale (1840 - 1924) |
| Child | Anna Thompson (1854 - ) |
| Child | Frank Thompson (1857 - ) |
| Child | Mary Thompson (1861 - ) |
| Child | Hugh Graham Thompson (1867 - ) |
| Father | John Thompson (1798 - ) |
| Mother | Ann Miller (1802 - ) |