David Claiborne Garrett

Background

Garrett, David Claiborne was born on December 23, 1857 in Burlington, Iowa, United States. Son of William and Martha (Rorer) Garrett.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Griswold College, Davenport, Iowa, 1880, Master of Arts, 1881. European correspondent Living Church, 1880. Special student Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1881-1882.

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1882.

Bachelor of Divinity, Griswold Theological Seminary, 1883.

Career

Deacon, 1880, priest, 1883, Protestant Episcopal Church. Rector united parishes Trinity and Christ Church, Davenport, Iowa, 1883-1890, Saint Mark’s Church, Seattle, Washington, 1890-1897, Trinity Church, Portland, Oregon, 1897-1899, Saint Luke’s Church, San Francisco, 1899-1900, Zion Church, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, 1900-1903, Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 1903-1906, Saint Peter’s Church, Saint Louis, 1906-1912, Trinity Church, and student-pastor Episcopal Church University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1913-1917. Special preacher Saint Michael’s Church, Marblehead, Massachusetts, February 1, 1918-May 1, 1919, Saint Peter’s Church, Cambridge, May-November 1919, Department General Convention Protestant Episcopal Church, 1895, 98, 1910.

Member General Committee of Church Congress.

Protestant Episcopal Church, since 1907. Chaplain 1st Regiment Oregon National Guard, 1897-1898.

Veterinary National Guard rank of captain Organizer, and president bureau of Charities, Seattle, 1891-1897. Member Public Library Commission, Seattle, 1895-1896 (chairman 1897).

President Dickens.

Achievements

• David Claiborne Garrett has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member General Committee of Church Congress. Protestant Episcopal Church, since 1907. Chaplain 1st Regiment Oregon National Guard, 1897-1898.

Member Public Library Commission, Seattle, 1895-1896 (chairman 1897).

Connections

Married Lily Selmes, September 1, 1883. Children: Lucy May, Claiborne Mauro, Jackson Russell.

Father:

William Garrett

Mother:

Martha (Rorer) Garrett

Spouse:

Lily Selmes

child:

Claiborne Mauro Garrett

child:

Jackson Russell Garrett

child:

Lucy May Garrett