Elisha Smith Thomas

1834 - 1895  (61 years)

• Name	Elisha Smith Thomas  [1]
  Birth	2 Mar 1834	Wickham, , Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Bishop of Kansas  [3]
  	Inscription on tombstone indicates he was the second bishop of Kansas
  _UID	15EC174C72624776BE46B4C355A0B47A93B3
  Death	9 Mar 1895  [1]
  Burial	North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA, Cem. NK026 - Elm Grove Cemetery
  Person ID	I5572	Larry and Jane's Family Tree
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2005

  
  

  Father	Allen Mason Thomas,   b. 1806   d. 1887 (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Charlotte Proctor Smith,   b. 1811   d. 1872 (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	1833  [4]
  Family ID	F2001	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Georgine Mary Brown,   b. 13 Jul 1833   d. 17 Dec 1918, North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA (Age 85 years)
  Children	1. Aiine Edwards Thomas,   b. 1865   d. 1865 (Age 0 years)   2. Nathaniel Seymour Thomas,   b. 20 Jun 1867, Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota, USA d. Yes, date unknown   3. George Ogden Thomas,   b. 1870   d. 1 Aug 1930 (Age 60 years)   4. Mary Phillips Thomas,   b. 1873   d. 1874 (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F2000	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA, Cem. NK026 - Elm Grove Cemetery  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  THOMAS, Elisha Smith, P. E. Bishop, born in Wickham, Massachusetts, 2 March, 1834. He was graduated at Yale in 1858, and at Berkeley divinity-school, Middletown, Connecticut, in 1861, was ordered deacon in June, 1861, and priest soon afterward. He was at once put in charge of St. Paul's church, New Haven, where he remained three years. In 1864 he was elected rector of Seabury Hall, Faribault, Minnesota, and professor of Old and New Testament exegesis there. On the resignation and removal of Dr. James L. Breck, he succeeded him in the secretaryship of the Seabury mission. He spent the year 1869 abroad, studying the Semitic languages and attending lectures on New Testament exegesis. On his return he was elected rector of St. Mark's church, Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he remained five years. On 1 July, 1876, he became rector of St. Paul's church, St. Paul, Minnesota He was deputy from the diocese to three successive general conventions, and also a member, and for several years president, of the diocesan standing committee, trustee of the Bishop Seabury mission, and of St Mary's Hall and the Breck mission and farm. He was instrumental in founding two missions in connection with his own parish, and built mission churches at Warsaw and Morris-town. He was consecrated assistant bishop of Kansas, in St. Paul's church, St. Paul, Minnesota, 4 May, 1887, and received the degree of D.D. from Yale the same year [5]

  
  

• Sources

  [S660] Althea H. McAleer, Elm Grove Cemetery Inscriptions, (Special Publication No. 4, Rhode Geneology Society, 2000.), 18 Jun 2005 (Reliability: 3). [S843] Famous American Biographies, (http://www.famousamericans.net/elishasmiththomas/), 18 Jun 2005 (Reliability: 3). [S660] Althea H. McAleer, Elm Grove Cemetery Inscriptions, (Special Publication No. 4, Rhode Geneology Society, 2000.), 18 Jun 2005, Larry Wilson viewed headstone on 15 Jun 2005 (Reliability: 3). [S245] Ronald Joseph Robert Baril, Sr., RootsWeb WorldConnect Database Bullfrog, "The House of Jean Baril", (Updated 5 Jun 2005), 18 Jun 2005 (Reliability: 3). [S843] Famous American Biographies, (http://www.famousamericans.net/elishasmiththomas/).