Background
Egar, John Hodson was born on March 15, 1832 in Upwell, Norfolk, England. Son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Hodson) Egar.
Egar, John Hodson was born on March 15, 1832 in Upwell, Norfolk, England. Son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Hodson) Egar.
Came to America, 1846. Bachelor of Divinity, Nashotah House, Nashotah, Wisconsin, 1856. Master of Arts, Racine (Wisconsin) College, 1858.
(Doctor of Divinity, Racine College, 1872).
Gilman and Maria (Murdock) Merrill, Warren, Pennsylvania, August 11, 1858 (died October, 1859). 2d, Laura Maria, d. Louis C. and Julia Ann Hyde, Beloit, Wisconsin, June 4, 1861 (golden wedding celebrated in Milwaukee, 1911). Deacon, 1856, priest, 1857, Protestant Episcopal Church.
Missionary, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, 1856-1857. Rector Waukesha, 1857-1858, Beloit, 1858-1860, Galena, Illinois, 1860-1863, Leavenworth, Kansas, 1863-1868, St. Peter’s Church, Pittsburgh, 1868-1872. Professor ecclesiastical history, Nashotah, 1872-1881.
Rector Zion Church, Rome, New York, 1881-1903, retired. Deputy to General Convention 8 times. Member coms. on Revision of Prayer Book, 1886, 1889.
Revision of the Constitution, 1895, 1898, and 1901. Change of the name of the church, since 1901. Author: The Threefold Grace of the Holy Trinity, 1871.
Christendom Ecclesiastical and Political from Constantine to the Reformation, 1887. Extensive contributor to religious press. Address: 644 Shepard Avenue, Milwaukee.
Member coms. on Revision of Prayer Book, 1886, 1889.
Married Abbie S., d.