Born: January 20, 1830, Wilmington, Delaware
Parents: Joseph Howland and Harriet Jane Coit
Education: St. Paul’s College at College Point, Flushing, Long Island
University of Pennsylvania
St. James College, Maryland, B.A., M.A., 1852
Studies for the ministry in Philadelphia, early 1850s
Honorary degrees:
Trinity College, Doctor of Divinity, 1863
Columbia University, Doctor of Divinity, 1887
Yale University, Doctor of Laws, 1891
Married: Mary Bowman Wheeler, March 27, 1856
Family: Four children: Charles, Mary, Joseph, and Eleanor
Career: January 1854 – Ordained Deacon in the Episcopal Church at
Lancaster, Pa. and teaches in the parish school there
December 1854 – Ordained Priest by Bishop Alonzo Potter
in St. James’s Church, Philadelphia
1854-1856 – Performs missionary work in western New York
State, preaching and establishing several new congregations
1856-1895 – Rector of St. Paul’ s School
Died: February 5, 1895