History of Waddington, (Saint Lawrence County) New York United States of America

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James Dow Morrison, first missionary bishop of Duluth and 182d in succession in the American espiscopate, was born in Waddington, N.Y., Oct. 16, 1844; son of the Rev. John and Mary (Dow) Morrison; grandson of James Morison of Glasgow, and a descendant of the Morisons of Stirling, Scotland. He was graduated from McGill university, Montreal, A.B., 1865, A.M., 1868, and was married in 1869 to Harriet, youngest daughter of the Rev. Mr. Townsend, canon of Christ Church cathedral, Montreal, and rector of Clarenceville. He was ordained deacon, 1869; in charge of a church at Hemmingford, Canada, 1869-70; was ordained priest in 1870, and was rector of Christ church, Herkimer, N.Y., 1871-75, and of St. John's, Ogdensburg, N.Y., 1875-97. He was arch-deacon of Ogdensburg, 1881-97; a delegate to the general conventions of the P. E. church, 1883-95, and was consecrated missionary bishop of Duluth, Feb. 2, 1897, by Bishops Doane, Huntington, Scarborough, Starkey, Walker, Gilbert, Wells, Lawrence and Cheshire, and Hamilton of Ottawa. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred on him by Union college, N.Y., in 1879, and the degree of LL.D. after examination, by McGill university in 1880. In 1898 he was appointed Paddock lecturer to the General Theological seminary, New York, and the lectures were published under the title "Fundamental Church Principles."

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

History of Waddington, (Saint Lawrence County) New York

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