It was unusually difficult for the people of the Diocese to realize that Bishop Cheshire would no longer be with them. He had possessed such a lovable and dynamic personality, had so largely molded the character of the Diocese, and had been its Bishop for so long that his people found it hard to associate the idea of death with him. He had baptized, confirmed, or married many of them, had entered sympathetically into the pleasures and problems of their secular as well as their spiritual lives, and thus endeared himself to them to an extent far beyond the capacity of most men. In the words of the Presiding Bishop, James DeWolf Perry: "It is impossible to foresee a time when his influence will not be felt, his penetrating mind will not be esteemed or when his name will cease to be held in grateful and loving remembrance." [Illustration: THE CHAPEL OF THE CROSS, CHAPEL HILL _From a drawing by Mary de B. Graves_] _Notes_ CHAPTER I. YOUTH AND MANHOOD 1. Joseph Blount Cheshire, "Some Account of My Life for My Children," _Carolina Churchman_, March, 1934. Hereafter, this work is cited simply as "Some Account of My Life." 2. This manuscript was written on February 12, 1866. It is owned by Mr. J. B. Cheshire, Jr., of Raleigh. 3. Cheshire, "Some Account of My Life," _Carolina Churchman_, May, 1934. 4. _Ibid._, December, 1934. 5. _Ibid._ 6. _Ibid._, February, 1935. 7. _Ibid._ CHAPTER II. DEACON AND PRIEST 8. Cheshire, "Some Account of My Life," _Carolina Churchman_, May, 1935. 9. _Ibid._, April, 1935. 10. The first child was born in March, 1878, but died only a few days after birth. 11. _Church Messenger_, August 4, 1881. 12. Joseph B. Cheshire, "Autobiography," pp. 229-230, a manuscript work owned by Mr. J. B. Cheshire, Jr. 13. _Ibid._, p. 230. 14. _Ibid._, pp. 231-232. 15. _Ibid._, p. 256. CHAPTER III. SAINT PETER'S PARISH 16. Cheshire to his wife, November 23, 1905, Cheshire Manuscripts, owned by Mr. J. B. Cheshire, Jr., Raleigh. 17. Cheshire, "Autobiography," p. 315. 18. _Ibid._, p. 322. 19. _Ibid._, p. 345. 20. Cheshire to Bishop Lyman, April 6, 1886, Joseph Blount Cheshire Papers, University of North Carolina Library. 21. Bishop Lyman to Cheshire, October 17, 1888, Joseph Blount Cheshire Papers, University of North Carolina Library. 22. A. W. Dodge to Cheshire, July 6, 1891, Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire Papers, North Carolina Historical Commission. 23. Cheshire, "Autobiography," p. 382. CHAPTER IV. ELECTION TO THE EPISCOPATE 24. Cheshire to Nannie C. Hoke, February 16, 1891, Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire Papers, North Carolina Historical Commission. 25. Rev. Robert B. Owens to L. F. London, July 8, 1938. Mr. Owens was a member of the adjourned convention of 1893. This letter contains a description of the proceedings of that convention. 26. Dr. Stephen B. Weeks was the friend Cheshire referred to. The wedding took place in Randolph County.