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His Lnbors of Eighteen Years In
the Dioce So of Missouri.

the DiOCe So OIL MlSSOuIIs
[From the St. Louis Republican, Sunday. May
., 1851
Rt. Rev. Charles Franklin Robert
son. bishop of the Missouri diocese OF
the Protestant Episcopal Church,
breathed his last at 10 minutes before
8 o'clock yesterday morning at the
Episcopal residence, 2727 Chestn ut
street. The immediate cause OF MS
deathwas Bright's disease of thekldneys'
which was superinduced by an attack
of apoplexy, which he received ON
March 2, when about to take train to
visit neighboring town. The attack
deyeloped into partial paralysis ana
finally into the kidney ailment which
eventually caused his death.
| About week ago his mother, MRS
Mary Ann Garfield Robertson, lady
past IS years of age, arrived IN the
city from her New York home, and re-
mained at her sons bedside until the
last moment. Everything known to
the medical profession was tried III
vain to stem the death tide, which was
fast closing around its victim. HIS
physicians, Drs. Hughes, Goodman
and others, were constantly at his bed
side, and applied restOratives with the
only effect of postpOning the lnevita-
BILE.
I About 2 O'Clock yesterday morning
the death struggle began, and lasted
until few moments before O'Clock,
when he passed away with short
quick gasp. His brother, Mr.. James
II, Robertson of New York, had arriv-
ed only a half hour before The las
moment, and. together with his moth
er. the wife and four children OF the
prelate, Mrs. A. 7. Morse, Mrs. Rober
M. Wilson, his sisters, Revs.Dr. Schuy
/, ler and F.. B Scheetz, Il. K. Reed ant
, Messrs. John X. Triplett, and Capt
Silas Bent and several sisters. OF th'
church, formed the group around the
;, bedside. The widow of the deceased
;, who had been up during night and da'
;, since the beginning of the bishops ill
o ness, was consoled by the bishop
mother and two sisters, who Witnesses
'. the closing scene.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Bishop Robertson was born March
r 1885, in New York city, where his fam
ilv had resided for several generations
3 For several years he was engaged wit
3, his father in mercantile pursuits, afte
n receiving thorough private schot
IS education. But becoming dissatlsile
g with mercantile life when about 2
years of age he entered Yale college
l. prepare himself for holy orders in tt
IS church. He graduated with honor
es 1859, and Immediately entered IL
as Theological seminary of the Protestal
10 Episcopal church Of New York, frol
n. which lie graduated three years late
j. After completing theological cOur'
he at once assumed the rectorship
II. St. Marks church, Malone, N. Y
where he remained until Septembe
at 1868. At that time he entered upo
a the rectorship of st. James churc
Batavia, N. Y, and tour days later IL
\ convention of the diocese of Nilsson
ns chose him to its vacant episcoIate.
few weeks later he was consecrated
Grace church, New York. He was
81 that time one of the youngest of I
ala diocesan bishops in the church.
lid DR.. Robertson
ARRIVED IN ST. LOUIS
'at in November, and on the day after
'ef arrival preached morning sermon
Christ church, an afternoon sermon
lat Trinity church and an evening serm
"a i'm St. Georges church. During
administration of the Missouri dioct
pa, the grow tn of the church has been We
On, derful. There were eighteen clerg
no men in the diocese at the time OF
election, and that number has in
>. meantime been swelled to over six
:. The parishes that were deeply in d
IN ten wears ago are now entirely 4
from debt, and more than seventy II
ION churches have been constructed III
diocese. When DR.. Robertson ca
SIX to St. Louis there were only five p
ler, ishes in the city. Now there are
lDy teen. He was the second bishop OF
MIA diocese of Missouri.
He was married three years bel
Dy coming to St. Louis to Miss Rebe
.. Duane, whose great t-grandfather
ilss the first mayor of New York after
revolution, and one of the lay meml
Hiss of the convention which organized
Episcopal church i'm this country.
loh' Bishop Robertson was presiden
the board of trustees of NashC
Dy Theological seminary in Wisconsin.
'eh. was also corresponding secretary
las Missouri of the national conference
charities and corrections, and IN
KIN. ber of the Missouri Historical Soc
, Dy and the Social Science Association,
sides being at the head of the CHART
GA and educational institutions of
diocese.
ma The bishops father, Mr.. James
ertsOn, also of New York, has
. Dy graphed that he will be in the city
day. OF the ten children, of which
by bishop was the eldest, there are Sc
49,: now living, Mrs. Joseph Dickson,
hoh' died in this city about two years
being one of the youngest. 1t is
una peclcd that five of the children, in
dition to the bishops venerable
h'Dy ents, will be present at the funeral.
:. Throughout hls ministerial life |
KIN. op Robertson manifested Il deep in
ister est in diary to which he contrib
from day to day. The last entry
J, by terring to the leaving of Father |
Aauh for his new field at Louisville, W,
follows: "Father Belts called TO
MISS good -by-in tears-pOor fellow
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