KNOX COUNTY OHIO 
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March 1999
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Historical Collections of ohio
Henry Howe LL.D.
Knox County

Charles Petitit McIlvaine,  son of Joseph McIlvaine,  US Senator from
New jersey,  was born in Burlington, N.J.,  January 18,  1799; 
graduated at Princeton in 1816;  was made priest in the Episcopal
Church,  march 20,  1821.  He was five years rector of Christ Church, 
Georgetown, D.C.  In 1825 was appointed chaplain and professor of ethics
at West Point.  Settled over St. Ann's Church,  Brooklyn,  in 1827; 
four years later was chosen Professor in the University of the City of
new york.  Was elected Bishop of Ohio and consecrated in New York, 
October 31, 1832.  Before settling in Ohio Bishop McIlvaine raised among
his friends in Eastern Cities nearly $30,000 for Kenyon College and the
theological seminary at Gambier,  of which institutions he became
president.
He received the degrees of D.D. from Princeton and Brown in 1832, 
D.C.L. from Oxford in 1853,  and LL.D. from Cambridge in 1858.  During
the war he was a member of the Sanitary Commission and on a visit to
England at this period he was of great service to the united States
government in creating favorable sentiment for the Union.  As Bishop of
Ohio and President of Kenyon College he was a great power in the
development of religion,  morals and education.
"Born in the same year in which George washington died,  he bore a close
resemblance to the Father of his Country,  both in appearance and
character.  He looked a king among men;  he was great, also,  as a
thinker and orator."
The first by-law under his administration at Kenyon is characteristic:
"It shall duty of every student of the college and grammar school on
meeting or passing the President or Vice-president,  any Professor,  or
other officer of the institution,  to salute him by touching the hat, 
or uncovering the head,  and it is equally required of each officer to
return the salutation."
Bishop MvIlvaine died in Florence,  Italy, march 13, 1873,  while abroad
for his health.  He was the author of many valuable religious works. 
His "Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity" (New York, 1832) has had
very extensive circulation.