Background
Thomas, Nathaniel Seymour was born on June 20, 1867 in Faribault, Minnesota, United States. Son of Rt. Review Elisha Smith and Georgine Mary (Brown) Thomas.
Thomas, Nathaniel Seymour was born on June 20, 1867 in Faribault, Minnesota, United States. Son of Rt. Review Elisha Smith and Georgine Mary (Brown) Thomas.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Minnesota, 1890. Bachelor of Divinity, Kansas Theological School, 1891. Special student Fitzwilliam Hall, Cambridge, England, 1891.
Doctor of Divinity, Philadelphia Division School, 1909.
Doctor of Laws, Colorado College.
Colonel Edward Prince, of Quincy, Illinois, June 4, 1896. Deacon, 1891, priest, 1893, Protestant Episcopal Church. Rector Grace Church, Ottawa, Kansas, 1891-1892.
Professor of ethics and chaplain, Bethany College, Topeka, Kansas, 1892-1893.
Professor New Testament, Kansas Theological School, 1893-1895. Rector Saint Paul’s Church, Leavenworth, Kansas, and chaplain United States Penitentiary, 1895-1897.
Rector of Saint Matthew’s Church, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1897-1899, Holy Apostles, Philadelphia, 1899-1909. Elected to the bishopric of Salina, 1902, declined, of Delaware, declined.
Consecrated bishop of Wyoming, May 6, 1909.
Resigned bishopric of Wyoming, 1927. Lecturer on pastoral care, Philadelphia Division School, 1902-1905, 1927, 29, 30. Served as bishop in charge American Church in Europe, Paris.
Rector Bethesda by the Sea, Palm Beach, Florida.
Member Peace Centenary Commission.
Married Edith Ellsworth, daughter