Background
Gesner, Anthon Temple was born on July 20, 1865 in Le Roy, New York, United States. Son of Review Abraham Herbert and Helen Catlin (Dickinson) Gesner.
Gesner, Anthon Temple was born on July 20, 1865 in Le Roy, New York, United States. Son of Review Abraham Herbert and Helen Catlin (Dickinson) Gesner.
Educated Saint Stephen’s College, Annandale, New New York Bachelor of Arts, Trinity College, Connecticut, 1890, Master of Arts, 1894. Graduate Brekeley Division School, Middletown, Connecticut, 1893.
Deacon, 1893, priest, 1894, Protestant Episcopal Church. Rector Saint Luke’s Church, Detroit, Minnesota, 1893-1895, Saint Peter’s Church, Saint Paul, 1895-1897, Saint Paul’s Church, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1897-1900, Saint Luke’s Church, Billings, Montana, 1900-1902. V.-rector Shattuck Military School, Faribault, Minnesota, 1902-1907.
Professor ethics and apologetics, Seabury Division School, and chaplain Saint Mary's Hall, Faribault, 1904-1910.
Professor ethics and evidences of Christianity, Berkeley Division School, 1910-1917. Rector All Souls Church, Waterbury, Connecticut, 1917-1930, Christ Church, Roxbury, Connecticut, 1931-1933.
Author: The Gesner Family of New York and Nova Scotia, 1912. The Dickinson Family of Milton and Litchfield, 1913.
Home: Roxbury, Connecticut
Married Blanche Louise Pinniger, of Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, June 14, 1893. Children: Helen Sargent, Dorothy Dickinson, Conrad Herbert, Harriett Davis.