Charles Clingman, Episcopal Bishop of Kentucky, 1936-1954
Third Cousin, twice removed of Josephine Grover Jayne

528. (Bishop) Charles Clingman was born on 19 January 1883 in Covington, Kenton Co., Kentucky. He graduated in 1905 at Kenyon College. He was ordained as an Epsicopal priest in 1907. Charles died on 2 November 1971 in Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Johns Co., Florida. He was an Episcopal minister. He served as Bishop of Kentucky, 1936-1954. From Time Magazine, May 4, 1936:

Episcopal Bishops claim to belong to the same apostolic succession as Catholics. In Louisville last week presiding Bishop James De Wolf Perry of the Episcopal Church laid two hands on the grey head of Dr. Charles Clingman, who thus became Bishop of Kentucky. Dr. Clingman was born in Covington 53 years ago, went to Birmingham's Church of the Advent in 1924, declined the Bishopric of Louisiana in 1930.

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From "Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the Traditions and History of Episcopate in the Diocese of Kentucky," available online at http://s3.amazonaws.com/dfc_attachments/public/documents/814/FAQ_Traditions_and_History_of_Episcopate_in_the_Diocese_of_Kentucky.pdf

Our fourth bishop, Charles Clingman, came to us in 1936 and served for 18 years, retiring in 1954. Bishop Clingman served during the tumultuous years of the 1937 Flood, the Great Depression, and the Second World War. Much of his work went toward sustaining and rebuilding economically hard hit Episcopal institutions. Some new parishes were established, and others were relocated due to flood damage and to meet the needs of populations in the expanding post-war suburbs. Under his administrative care, the ailing Norton Hospital was revitalized and rescued from the brink of financial ruin. Bishop Clingman was a “low” churchman who forbad churches to hold “raffles, bingo parties and the like,” declaring them “undignified and unworthy.” He was a supporter of the merger between the Episcopal Church and the Northern Presbyterian Church, a movement that ended on the national level in 1943. Bishop Clingman also began the practice of holding diocesan conventions outside Louisville, which did much to unify the Diocese.

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Besides being an Episcopal bishop, Charles Clingman was a freemason, initiated in Ft. Thomas Lodge No. 808, Fort Thomas, Kentucky, in April 1910. He was the first chaplain of Washington Lodge No. 1117, Dallas, Texas.
(10,000 Famous Freemasons from A to J, Part 1, Volume 1; William R. Denslow and Harry S. Truman.

(Bishop) Charles Clingman and Elizabeth F. Core were married about 1909. They lived with his in-laws at 1015 Holman Avenue in Houston, Harris Co., Texas in January 1920. Charles was pastor of the Church of the Incarnation. They lived in Birmingham, Jefferson Co., Alabama in April 1930. He served as Rector of the Cathedral Church of the Advent. Elizabeth F. Core was born on 22 January 1883. She died on 27 September 1971.

(Bishop) Charles Clingman and Elizabeth F. Core had the following children:

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(Rev) Robert Core Clingman.