, 1874-09-27
OBITUARY..

The Rt- Rev. Henry " Lee, first Ep;serti
Bishop of Iowa, died in Davenport At odo1
yesterday morning. of traumatic orysipelaa5 III
SO years.
Henry Washington Lee wns born 1t SeT
H2mpden, Conn. in the year 1915. He Ht rs
son OF Col. Roswell Lee. Superintendent of To
Armory ar Springfield, Mass. and bis ances'os
Of English extraction, had been inhabitants O
New England for several generations, He VI
taken during infancy from New dsnpr
den to Springfield, whero his earliest 5s'"
were passed. HIS education commenced Il
the common school, aud was contla1ed u
the Nestfield Academy. Massachusetts A'e'
leaving the Academy be became te1cde' l.
New Bedford. While acting in this caFsc't3 ne
labo1ed earnestly to fit himself for the rn'nazH'
and. without any regular collcge-course, w
found so efficient that ho Was ordained by Bssho7
Griswold AZ Rector Of Christ Church. spE1ns'
field, Mass, which pariah he organized, 1enat7'
ing in charge OF that congregation Tor nls
years. From this he uas called 70 s47
Kectorsbip Of St. 1uIe's Church, Koche'e4'
NY, which. under his efficient care, oeesc'
one Of the largest, zs it ia one OF the oloe77
Episcopal parishes outside OF New 4off e''.'
After having sole charge Of this e1tenn7e p1
ish for seven years, he was chosen Blehop
Iowa, at Convention hold in Davenport 3ea'
!, 1851. His conservation to the EpiscopA os
nifty took place in St. Luke's Church, Rocnesse,
Oct. IS, 1851 The sermon nas pfescoe4
by the Rt. Rev. Hanton Eastburn H. ~
Bishop of Massachusetts, from the Toro':
"Woe in unto me II preach w.
the Gospel" Bishop Hopkins performer W.
act Of conservation; after rhich the ne1i5'1'1
Bishop received the Holy Communion. IN o01e
pany with upwards Of fony clareymen anu A-
merous body OF the laity.
Coming to Iowa IN 1855, he took up ns 's.
dence at Davenport, and at once comns.4
those earnest and undagging lhbors "h'ch 1,~ nn
given Gnch prosperity to The Church N tha' ~.
cese- B,shop Lees first effort ras ~ =, =.
an endowment for the Episcopate, sna ~, 4
he did chiefly by occurring subscpp1..
in the East to the amount Of *',oo9, "1
sum was invested in wild lands, from tp' -
tial sale of which the Episcopal reslnea ~.
valued at 320, 900, nas erected,-leA'1ng n- "a
and securities worth to-d1{ probably e"'Ds.
During the War, the Confederate prisoners oFa
Rock Island were objects Of especial cnsn@..
luLblESk ~ A|41ADp AE0 ALL 49, A -
among them until he succeeded in ootAnnt
appointment of Chaplain fot -
It is hardly necessary to re1s, "a
the magnificent church be causen -
be built, which remains as nob}s monun'u =, y
the indefatigable Probate who brongn. T,.r
completion, thus giving to the State o' ..nd.
and the City OF Davenport one Of the ~ !,
soonest piecea Of occleAiastical arch':ee'o''
the NortLweHt- ,.n.o4
Bishop Ice Was married to Lydia, daogn' Il
ex-Gor. Morton. OF Massachusetts p7 W., 49, IN
leavos three children:-Henrv H., res'oLs tT,,.
Eangas City; Caroline, At homo With ta@ w.
md Will:1m, living IN Salt Like City" . ~.
1t Wa in the litter part Of june lass III. -.
Bishop 1t night, fell down the stslls .. o.,.f,.
Episcopal residence in Davenport: .hgotg ,t b,u,
ing bis hand. Although tho wound pane. p..dts
ha took but slight nosice Of It, and as&eu1A ss,nA
h,a daily dnans u bszoxa. WhAn ~ 1'