Background
Washburn, Louis Cope was born on January 25, 1860 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Daniel and Sarah Stratton (Carpenter) Washburn.
Washburn, Louis Cope was born on January 25, 1860 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Daniel and Sarah Stratton (Carpenter) Washburn.
Student Saint Stephen’s College, Annandale, New New York Bachelor of Arts, Trinity College, Connecticut, 1881, Master of Arts, 1884. Berkeley Division School, Middletown, Connecticut.
South.T.D., Hobart, 1894.
University of Pennsylvania, 1920.
Deacon, 1884, priest, 1885, Protestant Episcopal Church. Rector Saint Peter’s Church, Hazleton, Pennsylvania, 1884-1888, Saint Paul’s Church, Rochester, New York, 1888-1895. Archdeacon of Rochester, 1895-1904.
Rector Christ Church, Philadelphia, 1907-1937.
Retired February 5, 1937. Deputy to General Convention Protestant Episcopal Church, 1904, 13.
Established numerous churches and religious enterprises. Administrator various philanthropies.
Director Neighborhood House, Philadelphia, 1911-1937.
Manager Episcopal Hospital, Standing Commission of Diocese of Pennsylvania, et cetera Chairman War Commission Diocese of Pennsylvania, 1917-1918.
Married Henrietta Saltonstall Mumford, April. Children: Henrietta Mumford, Helen Carpenter, Louis Mumford.