Background
Perry, James De Wolf was born on December 22, 1839 in Bristol, Rhode Island, United States. Son of James De Wolf and Julia Bourn (Jones) Perry.
Perry, James De Wolf was born on December 22, 1839 in Bristol, Rhode Island, United States. Son of James De Wolf and Julia Bourn (Jones) Perry.
Master of Arts, Brown University, 1860. Student Berkeley Division School, Connecticut. Graduate P.E. Division School, Philadelphia, 1864.
Doctor of Divinity Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1886.
Deacon, 1861, priest, 1864, Protestant Episcopal Church. Assistant minister Grace Church, Providence, 1861-1862, Saint Luke’s, Philadelphia, 1862-1864. Associate rector Saint Paul’s, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 1864-1866.
Rector Calvary Church, Germantown (Philadelphia), since 1866.
President Convocation of Germantown, 1886-1902. Warden Vice-President Church Training and Deaconess House, Philadelphia, since 1896.
President Standing Committee Diocese of Pennsylvania, since 1900. Delegate General Convention, 1892, 98.
Member General Board of Missions, 1898-1910.
Home: Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Member General Board of Missions, 1898-1910.
Married Elisabeth Russell Tyson, November 2, 1866. Married second, Marian Frazer Harris, October 29, 1914. Children: Robert South., Julia Bourn, James De Wolf, Elizabeth Russell, Emily Tyson.