History of Greene County Mississippi United States of America

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William Rufus Nicholson Biography

William Rufus Nicholson, R.E. bishop, was born in Green county, Miss., Jan. 8, 1822; son of Isaac Rogelle and America (Gilmer) Nicholson. He was graduated from La Grange college, Ala., in 1840; was ordained deacon and priest in the Protestant Episcopal church, and served as rector of Grace church, New Orleans, La.; St. John's, Cincinnati, Ohio; St. Paul's, Boston, Mass., and Trinity, Newark, N.J. He joined the Reformed Episcopal movement in 1874 and was rector of the Second R.E. (St. Paul's) church in Philadelphia, 1874-76. He was elected and consecrated bishop in 1876 and also assumed the duties of dean of the Reformed Episcopal Theological seminary in Philadelphia, Pa. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred on him by Kenyon college, Ohio, in 1857. He was twice married; first, on Nov. 27, 1845, to Jane, daughter of Dr. Franklin Shaw of Mobile, Ala., and secondly on Oct. 18, 1866, to Katharine Stanley, daughter of Charles Hamilton Parker of Boston, Mass. He is the author of: The Blessedness of Heaven (1874); Reasons why I am a Reformed Episcopalian (1875); The Real Presence in the Bread and Wine of the Lord's Supper (1877); The Call to the Ministry (1877), and The Bearing of Prophecy on Inspiration (1888). He died in Philadelphia, Pa., June 7, 1901.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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