Vail, Thomas Hubbard, 1812-1889
Thomas Hubbard Vail (1812-1889) was the first Episcopal bishop of Kansas. He founded the Episcopal Seminary in Topeka in 1865, an institution of higher education for women that was renamed the College of the Sisters of Bethany and was absorbed into Washburn College in the 1930s. Bishop Vail's wife, Ellen Ledlie Bowman Vail (1828-1894), served as Matron of the college. Bishop Vail moved to Lawrence in 1870, where he lived with his wife at 505 Ohio Street. He earned a Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Kansas in 1875.
From the guide to the Bishop Vail house (Lawrence, Kansas) papers, 1870; 1951-1954, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kansas Collection)
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