Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Samuel BENEDICT
He graduated with honors from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1847. Of Congregational ancestry, he was confirmed in the Episcopal Church when a freshman at College, and was ordained as a Clergyman in the Episcopal Church in 1850. Was Tutor and Adjunct Professor of Ancient Languages at Trinity College. Headmaster of the Episcopal Academy at Cheshire, Connecticut, and then studied Theology at the Berkley Divinity School. He was ordained Deacon, 1850; and Priest, 1853; Was Rector of St. James Church, Hartford, Connecticut, 1852-56. Assistant Minister in Trinity Parish, New Haven, 1856-58. Rector of St. James Church, Marietta, Georgia, 1858-1868. Was a Chaplain in the Confederate Army in the War Between the States 1861-1862. (See Confederate Record). Was Curate eighteen months of St. Andrews Church, Grimsey, Canada, 1864.
In 1868, he removed to Savannah, Georgia, as Rector of St. John's Church; in 1876, he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio; was Rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church
at that place. October 6, 1891, he was killed in an elevator accident in
Cincinnati, Ohio. Was buried by the side of his first wife in Marietta, Georgia.
The Honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by William and Mary College, Virginia, in 1870. In 1888, he was nominated for Assistant Bishop of the Diocese of Southern Ohio. In all Dioscean Conventions, he bore a prominent and influential part.
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