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 Alexander Viets Griswold (April 22, 1766 – February 15, 1843) was the 5th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States from 1836 until 1843. He was also the Bishop of the Eastern Diocese, which included all of New Englan ...

. Often referred to as "

Dominie Dominie ( Wiktionary definition) is a Scots language and Scottish English term for a Scottish schoolmaster usually of the Church of Scotland and also a term used in the US for a minister or pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church. Origin It comes fr ...

" 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 Church in the United States of America, Episcopal bishop of New York (1816–1830). He vigorously promoted the extension of the Episcopal Church in upstate ...

. 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- ritualist

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school of Anglicanism. 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

Samuel Wilberforce Samuel Wilberforce, FRS (7 September 1805 – 19 July 1873) was an English bishop in the Church of England, and the third son of William Wilberforce. Known as "Soapy Sam", Wilberforce was one of the greatest public speakers of his day. Natural ...

, 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

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References

External links

Documents by E.M. Johnson
from

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