Robert Ellis Jones

Background

Jones, Robert Ellis was born on March 18, 1858 in New York, United States. Son of Eleazer and Anna (Parry) Jones.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Williams College, 1879, Doctor of Divinity, 1897. Student Virginia Theological Seminary, 1879-1880, Berlin and Heidelberg, 1894-1895. Topographer United States Geological Survey, 1880-1882.

Career

Deacon, 1882, priest, 1884, Protestant Episcopal Church. Rector, Saint John's Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1882-1884, Saint Luke’s, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1884-1889, Trinity, Columbus, Ohio, 1889-1894. Senior curate Grace Church, New York, 1894-1897.

President Hobart College, Geneva, New York, 1897-1902.

Canon Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York, since 1905. Home: New York, New New York

Achievements

• Robert Ellis Jones has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Lattie Tilden Gill, December 4, 1900.

Father:

Eleazer Jones

Mother:

Anna (Parry) Jones

Spouse:

Lattie Tilden Gill