Edwin Gardner Weed

Background

Weed, Edwin Gardner was born on July 23, 1837 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Son of Henry Davis and Sarah Richards (Dunning) Weed.

Education

Educated University of Georgia, 1862-1864. Served in C.S.A., 1864-1865. Studied University of Berlin.

Graduate General Theological Seminary, 1870.

South.T.D., Racine College. Doctor of Divinity, University of the South.

Career

Colonel Thomas F. Foster, April 23, 1874. Deacon Protestant Episcopal Church, 1870. Traveled Europe, Egypt and Holy Land, 1870-1871.

Priest, 1871.

Rector Church of the Good Shepherd, Summerville, Georgia, 1871-1886. Consecrated 3d bishop of Florida, August 11, 1886.

Achievements

• Edwin Gardner Weed has been listed as a noteworthy bishop by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Julia McKinney, daughter

Father:

Henry Davis Weed

Mother:

Sarah Richards (Dunning) Weed

Spouse:

Julia McKinney