Robertson, Right Rev. Charles Franklin

S.T.D. (Columbia College, New-York City, 1868), D.D. (University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., 1883), LL.D. (University of Mi ouri, Columbia, Mo., 1883), Episcopalian, bishop of Mi ouri; b. in New-York City, March 2, 1835; graduated at Yale College, New Haven, Conn., 1859, and at the General Theological Seminary, New-York City, 1862; became rector of St. Mark's, Malone, N.Y., 1862; of St. James, Batavia, 1868; bishop, 1868; died in St. Louis, Mo., May 1, 1886. He was vice-president of the St. Louis Social Science A ociation, of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections; member of historical a ociations and societies. He was the author of papers on Historical Societies in Relation to Local Historical Effort, St. Louis, 1883; The American Revolution and the Mi i ippi Valley, 1884; The Attempt to separate the West from the American Union, 1885; The Purchase of the Louisiana Territory in its Influence on the American System, 1885; pamphlets, sermons, charges, etc.