Background
Eliot, Christopher Rhodes was born on January 20, 1856 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of William Greenleaf and Abby (Adams Cranch) Eliot.
Eliot, Christopher Rhodes was born on January 20, 1856 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of William Greenleaf and Abby (Adams Cranch) Eliot.
Graduate Smith Academy, 1872. Bachelor of Arts, Washington University, 1876, Master of Arts, 1881, Doctor of Laws, 1925. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Harvard, 1881.
Minister First Parish Unitarian Church, Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1882-1893. Associate minister Bulfinch Place Unitarian Church, Boston, Massachusetts, 1894-1896, minister, 1896-1927, minister emeritus since 1927. Minister at large, Benevolent Fraternity of Churches, Boston, 1927-1930.
President Lend a Hand Society, Unitarian Historical Society (emeritus).
Vice-president Boston Federation of Churches. Director Unitarian Temperance Society.
Director Children’s Mission to Children. Moderator Massachusetts Convention Congressional Ministers, 1935-1936.
Club: Twentieth Century.
Married Mary Jackson May, September 7, 1888 (died 1926). Children: Frederick May, Martha May, Abigail Adams.