History of Walterboro, (Colleton County) South Carolina United States of America

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William Jones Boone, 1st bishop of the China mission and 45th in succession in the American episcopate, was born at Walter-borough, S.C., July 1, 1811. He was graduated at the College of South Carolina, 1829; studied law under Chancellor de Saussure, and was admitted to the bar in 1833, but his inclination turning to the church he began a theological course at the Seminary of Virginia, and, as a further preparation for missionary work, he pursued a medical course at the College of South Carolina. He was admitted to the diaconate in 1836, and consecrated to the priesthood by Bishop Bowen, March 3, 1837. He was immediately elected as missionary to China, and sailed for that country in July of the same year. He was elected missionary bishop of China by the general convention in October, 1844, and was consecrated in St. Peter's, Philadelphia, Oct. 26, 1844. He returned to China in December of the same year, where he labored until his death. He visited America in 1852, and again in 1857, for the recuperation of his health. Bishop Boone secured an accurate translation of the Holy Bible and the prayer-book into Chinese, in which language and literature his scholarship was eminent. He died at Shanghai, China, July 17, 1864.

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

History of Walterboro, (Colleton County) South Carolina

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