Background
Perry, William Stevens was born on January 22, 1823 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Stephen and Katharine (Stevens) Perry.
Perry, William Stevens was born on January 22, 1823 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Stephen and Katharine (Stevens) Perry.
Graduated from Harvard, 1854. Attended theological seminary, Virginia.
Ordained deacon Protestant Episcopal Church, 1857, priest, 1858. Rector Saint Luke’s Church, Nashua, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1858-1861, Saint Stephen’s Church, Portland, Maine, 1861-1863, Saint Michael’s Church, Litchfield, Connecticut, 1864-1869, Trinity Church, Geneva, New York, 1869-1876. Professor of history Hobart College, Geneva, 1871-1874, president, 1876.
Served as either assistant secretary or secretary to General Convention of Episcopal Church, 1865-1876.
Appointed historiographer of Episcopal Church, 1868. Bishop of Iowa, 1876-1898.
Founder Saint Katharine’s Hall for Girls and Kemper Hall for Boys, Davenport, Iowa Author: Historical Collections Relating to the American Colonial Church, 5 volumes, 1870-1878. The History of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883, 2 volumes, 1885.
The Men and Measures of the Massachusetts Conventions of 1784-1785, 1885.
A Missionary Apostle, 1887. The Christian Character of George Washington, 1891. The Episcopate in America, 1895.
The Alleged “Toryism” of the Clergy of the United States at the Breaking out of the War of the Revolution, 1895.
The Faith of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, 1896.
Married Sarah Abbott Woods Smith, January 15, 1862.