Background
Lay, Henry Champlin was born on December 6, 1823 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of John Olmstead and Lucy (May) Lay.
Lay, Henry Champlin was born on December 6, 1823 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of John Olmstead and Lucy (May) Lay.
Graduated from the University Virginia, 1842, theological seminary, Alexandria, Virginia, 1846.
Ordained to ministry Episcopal Church, 1848. Rector Church of the Nativity, Huntsville, Alabama, 1848-1859. Missionary bishop of Southwest in Protestant Episcopal Church, 1859.
Became bishop of Arkansas when Southern wing of Church split from Northern, 1860.
Resumed work as missionary bishop, worked for church unity, at end of Civil War. Became bishop of Easton, Eastern Shore area Maryland, 1869.
Author: Studies in the Church, 1872. The Church in the Nation, 1885.
Married Elizabeth Atkinson, May 13, 1847.