Evan Malbone Johnson (June 6, 1791 - March 19, 1865) was a clergyman of the

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. Born in

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, he was ordained to the deaconate and priesthood by Bishop Alexander Viets Griswold. Often referred to as "

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" Johnson, he built Saint John's Church at 139 St Johns Place,

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, Brooklyn, New York in 1826, and served that parish for 21 years as its rector without pay. Saint John's Church was consecrated on July 10, 1827, by Bishop

John Henry Hobart John Henry Hobart (September 14, 1775 – September 12, 1830) was the third Episcopal bishop of New York (1816–1830). He vigorously promoted the extension of the Episcopal Church in upstate New York, as well as founded both the General T ...

. In 1847 Johnson established Saint Michael's Church, also in Brooklyn. He served that parish until his death. He was a prolific writer in the cautious pre-

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school of

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. Johnson baptized William Edmond Armitage, later second Bishop of Wisconsin (1870-1873). John CoE SJPl Park Slope cloudy jeh

Johnson was the American editor of the influential ''A History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America'', by

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, Bishop of Oxford. Johnson's grandson

Evan M. Johnson Evan M. Johnson (September 26, 1861 – October 13, 1923) was a career officer in the United States Army. A veteran of the Apache Wars, Spanish–American War, Philippine–American War, occupation of Veracruz, and World War I, he was most notab ...

(1861-1923) was a career officer in the

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who attained the rank of brigadier general.

References

External links

Documents by E.M. Johnson
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