Nicholson, Right Rev. William Rufus

D.D. (Theological Seminary of the Diocese of Ohio, Gambier, 1857), Reformed Episcopalian; b. in Green County, Mi ., Jan. 8, 1822; graduated at La Grange College, North Ala., 1840; became pastor of the Poydras-street Methodist-Episcopal Church, New Orleans, La., 1842; entered the Protestant- Episcopal Church, and became rector of St. John's, Cincinnati, O., 1849; of St. Paul's, Boston, 1859; of Trinity Church, Newark, N.J., 1872; of Second Reformed Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, 1874; was consecrated bishop in February, 1876. He is the author of some pamphlets and e ays, of which may be mentioned, James the Lord's Brother, and Jesus, were equally the Sons of Mary (in Protestant-Episcopal Quarterly Review, New York, 1860); Reasons why I became a Reformed Episcopalian, Philadelphia, 1875; Concerning Sanctification, 1875 The Priesthood of the Church of God, 1876; The Real Presence in the Lord's Supper, 1877; A Call to the Ministry, 1877.