Background
Seymour, George Franklin was born on January 5, 1829 in New York, United States. Son of Isaac Newton and Elvira (Belknap) Seymour.
Seymour, George Franklin was born on January 5, 1829 in New York, United States. Son of Isaac Newton and Elvira (Belknap) Seymour.
Graduate Columbia, 1850 (Doctor of Laws, 1878. South.T.D., Racine College, Wisconsin, 1867). Graduate General Theological Seminary, 1854.
Ordered deacon, December 17, 1854.
Ordained priest, September 23, 1855.
Was pastor in charge of a mission at Annandale on the Hudson, New York, from 1854, and founded there, 1855, Saint Stephen’s College, being its first warden, 1855-1861. Rector Saint Mary's Church, Manhattanville, New York, 1861-1862. Rector Christ Church, Hudson, Columbia County, New York, 1862-1863.
Saint John's, Brooklyn, 1863-1867.
Professor ecclesiastical history, General Theological Seminary, 1865-1879. Dean of same, 1875-1879.
Chaplain of the House of Mercy, New York, 1867-1879. Superintendent Society for Promoting Religion and Learning, New York, 1871-1879.
First P.E. bishop of Springfield, consecrated June 11, 1878.
Author: What Is Modern Romanism?, 1885. Amusements in Their Relation to Religion, 1890. Marriage and Divorce, 1893.
The Church Idea of the Family, 1899.
“Money, What lieutenant Really Is,” 1896. Sacraments and Principles of the Church, 1 volunteer, 1903.
Etc. Home: Springfield.
Married Mistress.