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Christopher Edwards Gadsden

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In 1840, after the death of Bishop Bowen, a dispute arose in the diocese over who would succeed him. Gadsden was elected, and was consecrated bishop in
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Annals of the American Pulpit Or Commemorative Notices of Distinguished American Clergymen of Various Denominations (Vol. 5: Episcopalian, Part Two)
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Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College with Annals of the College History: With Annals of the College History
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He married Eliza Bowman in 1816. She died in 1826, and Gadsden remarried in 1830 to Jane Dewees, the youngest daughter of
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in 1785, the son of Philip Gadsden and his wife, Catherine Edwards. He was a grandson of
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As a youth, he attended both the Episcopal Church of his father and his mother's
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in Charleston, the oldest congregation in the diocese. He received a
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Soon thereafter, he became rector of St. John's Church in
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St. Philip's Episcopal Church (Charleston, South Carolina)
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Bishop of South Carolina

Charles Fraser
Episcopal Church
South Carolina
Nathaniel Bowen
Thomas F. Davis
James Madison
Alexander Viets Griswold
Charleston, South Carolina
United States
Charleston, South Carolina
United States
St. Philip's Episcopal Church (Charleston, South Carolina)
Anglican
Christopher Gadsden
James Gadsden
John Gadsden
Episcopal
Bishop of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Christopher Gadsden
South Carolina
Revolutionary
John Gadsden
Mayor of Charleston
James Gadsden
Gadsden Purchase
Congregational Church
Yale University

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