Welles, Right Rev. Edward Randolph

S.T.D. (Racine College, Wis., 1874), Episcopalian, bishop of Wisconsin; b. at Waterloo, Seneca County, N.Y., Jan. 10, 1830; graduated at Hobart College, Geneva, N.Y., 1850; studied theology with Rev. Dr. Wilson of Geneva, under direction of Bishop De Lancey, by whom he was ordered deacon, and ordained priest; was tutor of De Veaux College, Suspension Bridge, N.Y., with Sunday services at Lewiston, Lock port, and this town, 1857-58; rector of Christ Church, Red Wing, Minn., 1858-74; dean of the Southern Convocation in Minnesota; member of standing committee; trustee of Bishop Seabury University, Minnesota; deputy to General Convention from diocese of Minnesota; consecrated bishop, 1874.