Background
BURTON, Lewis William was born on November 9, 1852 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. 0. son of Reverend Lewis Burton, Doctor of Divinity, and Agnes Jane Wallace.
BURTON, Lewis William was born on November 9, 1852 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. 0. son of Reverend Lewis Burton, Doctor of Divinity, and Agnes Jane Wallace.
Bachelor of Arts, Kenyon, 1st honors, 1873, A.M., 1886. Graduate Philadelphia Division School, 1877. Doctor of Divinity, Kenyon, 1896, University of South, 1896.
Doctor of Laws, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 1917, Transylvania College, 1930.
Deacon, 1877; Priest, 1878. Assistant Minister, All Saints’, Cleveland, Ohio, 1877-1878. Rector of same, 1878-1880.
Assistant Minister, St. Mark’s, Cleveland, Ohio, 1881. Rector of same, 1882-1884. Rector, St John’s, Richmond, Virginia, 1884-1893.
St. Andrew's, Louisville, Kentucky, 1893-1896. Member Phi Beta Kappa Society. Member Society of Colonial Wars.
Honourable Member Lexington Country Club. Bishop of Lexington since 1896.
Married Georgie Hendree Ball, January 15, 1883 (died 1931). Children: Lewis James Hendree (deceased), Sarah Louise (Mistress Henry Kavanaugh Milward), Cornelia Paine Wallace (Mistress Thomas Gresham Machen).