found: Institute of Historical Survey Foundation Web site, viewed Sept. 15, 2010(Joseph Cruickshank Talbot; b. in Alexandria, Va., Sept. 5, 1816, and educated at Pierpont Academy, Alexandria; moved to Louisville, Ky., in 1835, where he was engaged in business for several years; baptized in Christ Church, Louisville in 1837, and was confirmed by the Bishop of Kentucky the same year; in 1841 he became a candidate for Holy Orders, and studied under the Bishop's direction; he was ordered deacon in Christ Church, Louisville, Sept., 1846, by the Rt. Rev. Benjamin B. Smith, and ordered Priest by Bishop Smith at Christ Church, Sept. 6, 1848; while in deacon's orders, he organized St. John's Church, Louisville, and became its rector when advanced to the priesthood; in 1853, he moved to Indiana and became the rector of Christ Church, Indianapolis; in 1859, he was elected by the House of Bishops as Bishop of the Diocese of the Northwest, a new jurisdition, including Nebraska, the Dakotas, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Montana and Idaho, an area of about 900,000 square miles; he was consecrated in Christ Church, Indianapolis, Feb. 15, 1860.; in 1865, he was elected Assistant Bishop of Indiana, and was translated in October of that year; he became diocesan in 1872; he died on Jan. 15, 1883, in Indianapolis)
