Background
Benton, Angelo Ames was born on July 3, 1837 in Canea, Crete. Son of Review George and Caroline (Spencer) Benton.
Benton, Angelo Ames was born on July 3, 1837 in Canea, Crete. Son of Review George and Caroline (Spencer) Benton.
Bachelor of Arts, Trinity College, 1856, Master of Arts, 1860 (South.T.D., 1888). Graduate General Theological Seminary, New York, 1860.
Deacon, 1860, priest, 1863, Protestant Episcopal Church. Rector Scotland Neck, North Carolina, 1860-1861, Wilson, North Carolina, 1861-1863, Rockfish, North Carolina, 1863-1865, Wilson, North Carolina, 1865-1872, Edenton, North Carolina, 1872-1878, Rockfish, 1878-1883. Professor Latin and Greek, Delaware College, Newark, Delaware, 1883-1887.
Professor dogmatic theology, University of the South, 1887-1894.
Rector Albion, Illinois, 1895. Author: The Church Cyclopædia, 1884.
Vergil, Bingham series, 1887. The Tome of Saint Leo, 1890.
Married Elizabeth H. Hall, 1863.