Background
Shippen, Rush Rhees was born on January 18, 1828 in Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Judge Henry and Elizabeth Wallis (Evans) Shippen.
Shippen, Rush Rhees was born on January 18, 1828 in Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Judge Henry and Elizabeth Wallis (Evans) Shippen.
Brother of Joseph South. Bachelor of Arts, Allegheny College, Pennsylvania, 1843, Master of Arts, 1856. Graduate Meadville Theological School, 1849.
Ordained Unitarian ministry, 1849. Pastor First Church, Chicago, 1849-1857, Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1857-1858, Unity Church, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1858-1871. Secretary American Unitarian Association, Boston, 1871-1881.
Pastor All Souls’ Church, Washington, 1881-1895, Unity Church, Brockton, Massachusetts, 1895-1905, in Italy, 1905-1906.
Pastor, Atlanta, Georgia., 1906-1907. Home: Brockton, Massachusetts Deceased.
Married Zoe Rodman, October 10, 1855.