Background
Shinn, George Wolfe was born on December 14, 1839 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Hooton and Sarah (Wolfe) Shinn.
Shinn, George Wolfe was born on December 14, 1839 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Hooton and Sarah (Wolfe) Shinn.
Graduate Philadelphia Division School, 1863. (Doctor of Divinity, William and Mary, 1883).
Deacon, 1862, priest, 1863, Protestant Episcopal Church. Assistant Saint Paul’s, Philadelphia, 1862-1863. Rector Church of Our Savior, Philadelphia, 1863-1865, Trinity, Shamokin, Pennsylvania, 1865-1867, Saint Paul’s, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, 1867-1870, Saint Luke’s, Troy, New York, 1870-1873.
Head master Saint Paul’s School, Troy, 1873-1875.
Rector Grace Church, Newton, Massachusetts, 1875-1906. Honorary vice-president and president Boston Chapter Actors’ Church Alliance, 1903.
Author: Manual of the Prayer Book: Manual of Church History. Questions About Our Church.
Friendly Talks About Marriage.
Confirmation. The Episcopal Church. Stories for the Happy Days of Christmas-tide.
Foreign 25 years editor of the Whittaker Series of Sunday School Instructions, Teachers’ Assistants, et cetera
One of editors of America Church Sunday School Magazine. Editor of Temperance. Home: Summit, New Jersey.
Married Elizabeth Mills, 1863.