Background
Coit, Henry Augustus was born on January 20, 1830 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Joseph Howland and Harriet Jane (Hard) Coit.
Coit, Henry Augustus was born on January 20, 1830 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Joseph Howland and Harriet Jane (Hard) Coit.
Educated University of Pennsylvania. Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Trinity College, 1863. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Yale.
Ordained deacon Episcopal Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1854. Ordained priest, Philadelphia, 1854. 1st rector Saint Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1856-1895.
Married Mary Bowman Wheeler, March 27, 1856.