1838 .
GEORGE WASHINGTON SILL, son of Isaac W. and Mary (Beckwith) Sill, was born in the parish of Hamburg, Lyme, Conn., Feb. 26, 1812, and died at Pass Christian, Mississippi, Aug. 22, 1866, aged 54 years. Having previously engaged in business, at the age of 21 he began preparation for College, and entered at the beginning of the course, from Hebron, Conn. ; before his graduation his father removed to Andover, Conn., where he still resides. On leaving College, he taught for three years in a private family at Holly Springs, Miss. He then entered the Theological Seminary at Andover, Mass., where he remained but a short time, finding the climate too severe for his feeble health. On returning to the South, he was taken ill at St. Louis, Mo., where he was induced to accept, on his recovery, the Professorship of Mathematics in Kemper College. He entered on his duties, January 1, 1842. While there he became a communicant in the Episcopal Church, and having been ordained to the Diaconate, took charge of the Churches at Hannibal and Palmyra, Mo., still performing the duties of his Professorship. Three years after, being admitted to the Priesthood, he removed to Holly Springs, Miss., where for several years he had charge of the Church, and, as his salary was small, conducted a Female Seminary. He next became Rector of Trinity Church, Pass Christian, Miss.; and Associate Principal of Trinity Female Seminary, where he remained until 1860 At this time his voice failed in an attack of bronchitis, from which he never recovered. During the late war, he resided in Louisiana, and with the return of peace returned to Pass Christian, where he was able for a few months to teach in Trinity High School, until compelled by the progress of disease to resign.
He married Miss Angeline S. Branch, of Holly Springs, Miss, Sept., 1842, and had five children.
