Leffingwell, Charles Wesley

D.D. (Knox College, Galesburg, 111., 1875), Episcopalian; b. at Ellington, Conn., Dec. 5, 1840; studied at. Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., 1857-59; was principal of Galveston Academy, Tex., 1859-60; graduated at Knox College, Galesburg, 1862; was vice-principal of Poughkeepsie (N.Y.) Military Institute, 1862-65; graduated B.D. at Nashotah Theological Seminary, 1867; was tutor in Nashotah Seminary, and a istant at St. James's Church, Chicago, 1867-68; founder and rector of St. Mary's School, Knoxville, 111., since 1868; president of the standing committee of the diocese of Quincy; editor of the diocese and province, 1875-79; editor of The Living Church, 1879, sqq. He is a High Churchman. He is the compiler of Reading Boot of English Cla ics for Young Piqrils, New York, 1879.