KERFOOT

John Barrett . b. Dublin 1 March 1816; taken to U.S. America 1819; ordained protestant episcopal minister 1837; master of St. James’ hall, Maryland and then of the college of St. James 1842–64; president of Trinity coll.; first bishop of Pittsburg, consecrated 25 Jany. 1866; attended first and second conferences at Lambeth 1875, and the Old Catholic conference Bonn 1875; D.D. of Columbia coll. 1850, and of Trinity 1865; LLD. of Camb. 1867. d. Meyersdale, Pennsylvania 10 July 1881. Applet on’s American Biog. iii 524 (1887), portrait ; H. G. Batters on’s Sketch book of American episcopate (1878) 219.