Background
Vandewater, George Roe was born on April 25, 1854 in Flushing, Long Island, New York, United States. Son of John Titus and Ellen Bernetta (Fowler) Vandewater.
Vandewater, George Roe was born on April 25, 1854 in Flushing, Long Island, New York, United States. Son of John Titus and Ellen Bernetta (Fowler) Vandewater.
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1874. Graduate General Theological Seminary, 1879. (Doctor of Divinity, Nashotah, 1886).
Deacon, 1876, priest, 1879, Protestant Episcopal Church. Rector Oyster Bay, Long Island, 1878-1880, Saint Luke’s, Brooklyn, 1880. Organized church and congregation of Saint Bartholomew.
Active in mission revival of 1885, and in organizing the Parochial Mission Society, of which became general secretary and later general missionary.
Rector Saint Andrew’s Church, Harlem, 1888-1920. Rector Church of the Beloved Disciple, New York, since 1920.
Chaplain Columbia University, 1892-1905. Chaplain 71st New York Volumes, and with 5th A.C. (before Christ) in its campaign in Cuba.
Trustee New York City Missions Society.
Mason.
Married Cornelia Townsend Youngs, 1879.