Background
Ewer, Ferdinand Cartwright was born on May 22, 1826 in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Peter Folger and Mary (Cartwright) Ewer.
Ewer, Ferdinand Cartwright was born on May 22, 1826 in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Peter Folger and Mary (Cartwright) Ewer.
Attended Harvard (did not graduate), Bachelor of Arts (honorary), 1848, A.M. (honorary), 1868. S.T.D., Columbia, 1867.
A pioneer editor, vigilante, member San Francisco Board Education: member Episcopal Church, 1843. Reporter. editor Pacific News, 1849. Part owner, editor The Sacramento Transcript.
Founded The Pioneer (earliest California literature magazine), 1854. Ordained deacon Episcopal Church, 1857, priest 1858: assistant pastor St. Ann’s Church, New York City, circa 1860, Christ Church, New York City. Founded parish of St. Ignatius.
Published Sermons on the Failure of Protestantism and on Catholicity, 1869. Author: Manual of Instruction for Classes Preparing First Communion, 1878: Catholicity in its Relationship to Protestantism and Romantism, 1878. The Operation of the Holy Spirit, 1880.
Grammar of Theology, 1880. What Is the Anglican Church, 1883.
Member San Francisco Board Education. Member Episcopal Ch.
Married Sophia Mandell Congdon, December 9, 1854, 6 children.