Samuel Cook Edsall
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Samuel Cook Edsall was a bishop of North Dakota and Minnesota in The Episcopal Church.
1899 photo of Samuel Cook Edsall with his signature
Henry Benjamin Whipple
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Henry Benjamin Whipple was an American religious leader and activist. He was the first Episcopal bishop of Minnesota and gained a reputation as a humanitarian and an advocate for Native Americans.
Samuel Cook Edsall
…and he was consecrated in Chicago on January 25, 1899. On June 6, 1901, he was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Minnesota, and upon the death of bishop Henry Whipple, he succeeded as diocesan. He was installed on October 3, 1901. He then moved to Minneapolis and made it the new headquarters of the Diocese of Minnesota…
1898 studio portrait by George Prince
Photograph taken by Mathew Brady about 1860
Funeral program for Whipple
Henry and Evangeline Whipple