THOMAS, Elisha Smith, P. E. Bishop, born in Wickham, Massachusetts, 2 March, 1834. He was graduated at Yale in 1858, and at Berkeley divinity-school, Middletown, Connecticut, in 1861, was ordered deacon in June, 1861, and priest soon afterward. He was at once put in charge of St. Paul's church, New Haven, where he remained three years. In 1864 he was elected rector of Seabury Hall, Faribault, Minnesota, and professor of Old and New Testament exegesis there. On the resignation and removal of Dr. James L. Breck, he succeeded him in the secretaryship of the Seabury mission. He spent the year 1869 abroad, studying the Semitic languages and attending lectures on New Testament exegesis. On his return he was elected rector of St. Mark's church, Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he remained five years. On 1 July, 1876, ha became rector of St. Paul's church, St. Paul, Minnesota He was deputy from the diocese to three successive general conventions, and also a member, and for several years president, of the diocesan standing committee, trustee of the Bishop Seabury mission, and of St Mary's Hall and the Breck mission and farm. He was instrumental in founding two missions in connection with his own parish, and built mission churches at Warsaw and Morris-town. He was consecrated assistant bishop of Kansas, in St. Paul's church, St. Paul, Minnesota, 4 May, 1887, and received the degree of D.D. from Yale the same year.