Background
Trelease, Richard Mitchell was born on July 22, 1886 in Torquay, England, United Kingdom. Son of Richard and Jessie (Hoadly) Trelease.
Trelease, Richard Mitchell was born on July 22, 1886 in Torquay, England, United Kingdom. Son of Richard and Jessie (Hoadly) Trelease.
Public schools and Westminster Abbey School (chorister), England. Bachelor of Arts, Univercity California. Graduate Church Division School of Pacific, 1918, Doctor of Divinity, 1944.
Came to the United States, 1907, naturalized, 1918. Deacon, 1918, priest, 1918, Protestant Episcopal Church. Director religious education St. Mark’s Parish, Berkeley, California, 1918-1920.
Vicar All Soul’s Church, Berkeley, 1920-1926, rector, 1926-1927. General field secretary National Council Protestant Episcopal Church, 1927-1930. Rector St. Paul’s Church, Kansas City, Missoury, since 1930.
Director St. Francis Boys Homes, Salina and Ellsworth, Kansas, Andrew Drum Institute for Boys (Kansas City). Home: 430 W. 57th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Married Ruth Benjamin Walker, June 14, 1919. Children: Richard Mitchell, Benjamin Walker, Rosemary Little, Murray Lincoln.