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He was born on January 22, 1832 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States, the son of Stephen and Katharine Whittemore (Stevens) Perry.
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He was born on January 22, 1832 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States, the son of Stephen and Katharine Whittemore (Stevens) Perry.
He attended the Providence High School and entered Brown University, but later joined as a sophomore the Harvard class of 1854, with which he graduated. He attended the Theological Seminary in Virginia for a time and continued his studies under the special guidance of the Rev. Alexander H. Vinton, of Boston.
He was made deacon in Newton, March 29, 1857, and ordained priest, April 7, 1858. He served as rector of St. Luke's Church, Nashua, New Hampshire, 1858-61; St. Stephen's, Portland, Maine, 1861-63; St. Michael's, Litchfield, Connecticut, 1864-69; Trinity Church, Geneva, New York, 1869-76. From 1871 to 1874 he was professor of history in Hobart College, Geneva, and served for a short time as president of the college (April-September 1876). In 1868 he was appointed by the General Convention, historiographer of the Episcopal Church, and from 1865 to 1876 he was assistant secretary or secretary to the General Convention.
He was consecrated bishop of Iowa in 1876, and continued until his death to administer the affairs of his growing diocese. In his work showed clear judgment, seizing upon the important facts in relation to the development of the institution. A student and investigator of early colonial sources, he made many visits to England, and in the archives of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, Fulham Palace Library, and the Public Record Office in London discovered valuable manuscripts relating to the origin and development of the Episcopal Church in America. These were published in five volumes (1870 - 78) under the general title: Historical Collections Relating to the American Colonial Church. He also published in two volumes The History of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 (1885), and The Episcopate in America (1895), a collection of biographical sketches.
He was in demand as a special preacher and speaker on many historical occasions and many of his addresses and sermons were printed in permanent form.
He died in 1898.
William Stevens Perry was the second bishop of the Diocese of Iowa, he helped found Grace Church, Newton, Massachussets. He also founded two church schools at Davenport, Iowa: St. Katharine's Hall for girls and Kemper Hall for boys. Perry's most distinctive contribution to his period was as a historical writer. He stimulated the historical consciousness of the Episcopal Church in America, and preserved material which otherwise might have been lost. His literary activity is indicated by the fact that a list of his separate publications includes 125 titles. A few of these: The Christian Character of George Washington (1891), A Missionary Apostle (1887), The Faith of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence (1896).
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He was an hereditary member of the Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati, a founding member of The Sons of the Revolution in Iowa and also member of the Massachusetts Commandery of the Naval Order of the United States.
He was accurate.
On January 15, 1862, he married Sara Abbott Woods Smith, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Mather Smith.
