Edward Schofield Travers

Background

Travers, Edward Schofield was born on October 10, 1874 in Meriden, Connecticut, United States. Son of John and Eleanor (Howarth) Travers.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Trinity College, Connecticut, 1898, Master of Arts, 1901, S.T.D., 1918. Graduate Berkeley Division School Middletown, Connecticut, 1901. Doctor of Divinity, University of Pittsburgh, 1918.

Career

Deacon, June 5, 1901, priest, June 1, 1902, P.E. Church. Assistant minister Grace Chapel, New York, 1901-1902, Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1902-1904, on the Greene Foundation, Trinity Church, Boston, 1904-1906. Chaplain, United States Military Academy, December, 1905-1913. Rector Trinity Church, Pittsburgh, 1913-1922, St. Peter’s Church, St. Louis, 1922-1931, Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck, New York, since October 1931. Private 1st Connecticut Vol. Infantry, Spanish-American War. President Metropolitan Church Federal, St. Louis, 1925.

Membership

Member Psi Upsilon, Army and Navy Union, United Spanish War Veterans. Mason.; Clubs: Army and Navy (New York).

Connections

Married Louise Ellen Allderdice, November 18, 1913. Children: Jane, Eleanor, Edward Schoefield.

Father:

John Travers

Mother:

Eleanor (Howarth) Travers

Spouse:

Louise Ellen Allderdice

child:

Jane Travers

child:

Eleanor Travers

child:

Edward Schoefield Travers