Mediator's early rectors
Biographical
Sketches of Early
Rectors
Potter,
Eliphalet Nott – Born Sept.
20, 1836; Ordained June 22, 1862, Bp. A. Potter of PA; P. March 19,
1865, same Bp.; Died Feb. 16, 1901 in Mexico City.
Was the father of six children.
Brother of Edward C. Potter, architect of Nativity Cathedral.
Son of Bp. Alonzo Potter of PA.
Brother of Bp. Henry (?) Codman Potter of
New York
. Nephew of Bp. Horatio
Potter of
New York
. Grandfather of Phileman F.
Sturges, Rector,
St.
Martin-in-the Fields, Phila.
Geneva
,
NY
–
Columbia
Univ.
, D.D.; Wms., LL.D;
Trinity
College
,
Toronto
, Univ. of the South, DCL;
St.
Stephan’s College, Annandale, NY, LHD; Pres. Hobart College
(1884-1897) Prof. of Ethics
at Lehigh Univ., 1966 - ; Prof. at Union College, Schenectady, NY.
(Lloyd’s Clerical
Directory, 1898, pg. 301. Parish
Annals pg. 5-6, 11, 41, 43, 198-200.
Portrait facing page
10)
Griffith, Charles Edward
Davis – Ordained, Jan. 22,
1867, Bp. Vail; P. July 17, 1868; same Bp.; Died March 19, 1889 or May
12, 1889.
Murphy, Joseph Wiggins
– Ordained April 25, 1851, Bp. Ives; P. Nov. 4, 1855, Bp. Atkinson;
Died Oct. 17, 1900 at age 71. 927
M Street NW,
Washington
,
DC
– B. Ireland. Non. Par. Dio. NC 1892.
F. Elizabeth City, NC 1851-52; Morganton, NC, 1852-53;
Scuppernong, NC, 1853-62; Chapl, CSA, 1862-63; Henderson NC, 1863-67;
Allentown, PA, 1867-68; Elizabeth City, NC, 1868-70; Mahanoy City, PA,
1870-75; Leonardtown, MD, 1875-81; Hillsboro, NC 1891-92.
(Lloyd’s Clerical
Directory, 1898, pg. 284)
May, James Bowman – Born June 20, 1863; Ordained March 29, 1896, Bp. Rulison; P. Sept.
20, 1896, same Bp.; Died Nov. 24, 1930.
(BE.), Lansford PA-Retired, Nov. 1927.
Born Shenkels,
Chester County
,
PA.
Son of Robert May, MD and
Elizabeth (Laver).
Ursinus
College
, GS, 1895. Married Mary E.
Kern Feb. 18, 1890. F.
Asst.
Trinity
Church
,
Pottsville
,
PA
, 1986; Reading PA, 1902; R. S. Steph. Church,
Catasauqua
,
PA
, 1905;
Rector
Trinity
Church
, Lansford, PA, 1914-27.
Stowe’s Clerical
Directory, 1929, pg. 222 (See
Diocesan History by Miller, Vol. I, pg. 273)
Karcher, Jeremiah – Ordained Oct. 1866, Bp. Payne; P. Aug. 1, 1869, Bp. Stevens; Died
Nov. 1, 1903 at age 76.
759 N. 38th Street
,
Philadelphia
,
PA
(
Del.
). (Lloyd’s
Clerical Directory, 1898, pg. 249)
Keith,
Ormes B. – Ordained April 3,
1858, Bp. Hopkins for PA; P. Dec. 19, 1858, Bp. Bowman; Died Sept. 4,
1906 at age 88.
44 Stuyvesant Street
,
New York
.
Asst.
Church
of the Holy Communion,
New York City
. (The
American
Church
Clergy and Parish Directory, 1905, pg. 166)
Kline,
Robert H. – Born Sept. 5, 1844; Ordained June 17, 1875, Bp. Stevens; P. Dec. 5,
1975, Bp. Whittaker; Died March 26, 1921.
Allentown
,
PA
– Rector Emer., Grace Church,
Allentown
PA.
Penn.
College
,
MA
, 1871;
Union
Divinity
School
, 1875; Chr.
Ch.
, Pioche, NV, 1877-79; Chr. Ch., Napa, CA, 1879-90; St. John’s Church
(Member), Ashland, PA, 1881-85 and P. O. Wilkes-Barre, PA.
Stowe’s Clerical
Directory, 1920-21, pg. 156-57. (Diocesan History, Vol I, pg. 271)
Bartlett,
Franklin Weston, DD – Born
Aug. 30, 1843; Ordained July 18, 1869, Bp. Stevens; P. March 6, 1870,
same Bp., Died Dec. 17, 1915. Rockport,
MA – Un., BA, 1865, MA, 1868, DD, 1889; Wms., MA, 1896, St. Mary,
Rockport, MA, 1898, F. Church of the Mediator, Allentown, PA, 1869-71;
Asst. Trinity, Pottsville, PA, 1871-74; Head M. Uy. Sc.,
Philadelphia
,
PA
, 1874-76;
St.
Mary, Northfield, VT, 1877-83; Trinity Church, Seneca Falls, NY,
1884-85; Rector of St. John’s, Williamstown, MA, 1886-93; Instr.
Hebrew, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, 1887-94; St. John, Bangor,
ME, 1895-96; Rector St. Paul, Peabody, MA, 1897-98.
Author of Hymns and Odes No. 226 in Hymnal, American Missionary
Hymn, etc. (Lloyd’s
Clerical Directory, 1913, pg. 35)
Bonnell,
Charles Russell – Born May
26, 1827; Ordained May 31, 1857, Bp. A. Potter of PA; P. May 22, 1858,
Bp. Hopkins; Died Dec. 26, 1890.
Scott,
Hugh Roy – Born Jan. 3, 1823
Amherst, VA; Ordained July 16, 1852, Bp. Meade; P. Aug. 31, 1853, Bp.
Payne; Died Dec. 24, 1878,
Philadelphia
. Rector Grace Church,
Allentown
,
PA.
(Diocesan
History Vol. I, pg. 306)
