Background
Whitaker, Ozi William was born on May 10, 1830 in New Salem, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ira and Chloe (Wood) Whitaker.
Whitaker, Ozi William was born on May 10, 1830 in New Salem, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ira and Chloe (Wood) Whitaker.
Bachelor of Arts, Middlebury College, 1856. Graduate General Theological Seminary, 1863. Doctor of Divinity, Kenyon, 1869.
Doctor of Laws, University of Pennsylvania, 1898.
Deacon and priest Protestant Episcopal Church, 1863. Rector St. John’s, Gold Hill, Nevada, 1863-1865, St. Paul’s, Englewood, New Jersey, 1865-1867, St. Paul’s, Virginia City, Nevada, 1867-1869. Consecrated missionary bishop of Nevada, 1869.
Became assistant bishop of Pennsylvania, 1886-1887, and bishop upon death of Bishop Stevens, 1887.
Married Elizabeth A. Richardson, November 25, 1857. Married second, Julia Chester, August 31, 1865 (died 1908).