Background
Ernest Milmore Stires was born on May 20, 1866 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. He was a son of Van Rensselaer W. and Lettie M. (Milmore) Stires.
Ernest Milmore Stires was born on May 20, 1866 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. He was a son of Van Rensselaer W. and Lettie M. (Milmore) Stires.
He was a graduate of the Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia, Virginia Theological Seminary, and the University of Virginia where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and the Virginia Glee Club.
Stires later served as Phi Kappa Psi"s seventh national President. He was the third Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, New York (1925-1942) and a rector of St. Thomas Church, New York City (1901-1925).
On January 11, 1894 he married Sarah McK. Hardwick. They had three children: Ernest, Hardwick, Arthur.