Background
Smith, John Cotton was born on August 4, 1826 in Andover, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas Mather and Mary (Woods) Smith.
Smith, John Cotton was born on August 4, 1826 in Andover, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas Mather and Mary (Woods) Smith.
Graduate Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. Graduate Bowdoin College, 1847. Studied theology Kenyon College, Gambier, O., 1848.
Ordained priest Episcopal Church by bishop of Maine, 1850. Rector Saint John's Church, Bangor, Maine, 1850-1852. Became assistant minister Trinity Church, Boston, 1852.
Rector Church of the Ascension, New York City, 1860-1882.
Member foreign committee of board of missions Episcopal Church, circa 1860-1880. Became associate editor The Protestant Churchman, 1867.
Advocate of tenement house reform, pioneered construction of model houses, New York City. Exponent of unification of America Protestant Christianity.
Member General Convention of Episcopal Church, 1880.
Author: A Plea for Liberty in the Church, 1865. Limits of Legislation as to Doctrine and Ritual, 1874. Improvements of the Tenement House System of New York, 1879.
The Church’s Mission of Reconciliation, 1880.
Member foreign committee of board of missions Episcopal Church, circa 1860-1880. Member General Convention of Episcopal Church, 1880.
Married Harriet Appleton, December 19, 1849, 6 children.