Edward M. Jefferys obituary

Evening Times, Cumberland, Md.
August 29, 1946

The Rev. Dr. E. M. Jeffreys

Services for the Rev. Dr. Edward Miller Jeffreys, 81, rector of Emmanuel Episcopal church here from 1902 to 1906, who died Tuesday at his home in Erdenheim, near Philadelphia, will be conducted at noon tomorrow in
Philadelphia by Bishop Oliver J. Hart, assisted by the Rev. Frederick Blatz.
Burial will be there.
Dr. Jefferys, who in 1905 was appointed archdeacon of Cumberland, retired from parish work in 1937 after 31 years as rector of historic St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Philadelphia where he was called after leaving here.
Born in Philadelphia, Dr. Jefferys was educated at Hastings' and Rugby academies and was graduated in 1886 from the University of Pennsylvania and from Berkeley Divinity School, now in New Haven, in 1889.
Following his ordination in 1889, he became curate of St. Peter's, serving there for a few months before becoming assistant rector of St. John's Church in Detroit. After a tour of the Near East, and Palestine he became rector of St. Paul's in Doylestown, Pa.
Dr. Jefferys served as a chaplain in France for both the British and American Expeditionary Forces in the World War I, and was one of the first American chaplains to reach France in 1917.
He was a former president of the standing committee of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, a trustee of the diocese and of the Episcopoal Hospital, a member of the board of the Council of City Missions, and warden, chaplain and instructor of the Church Training and Deaconess House in Philadelphia.
He also belonged to the Philadelphia club and served as fleet chaplain of the Corinthian Yacht club.
Besides his widow, Amy Faulconer Jefferys, survivors include a son, C. P. B. Jefferys, a teacher at St. George's School, Newport, R. I. and a brother, Harry L. Jefferys, of Ardmore, Pa.

Edward Miller Jefferys' family

Father, Charles P. B. Jefferys :

His father, the Hon. Peter Jefferys, a lieutenant-colonel in the English Army, was born in the island of Nevis, British West Indies, where he was an extensive planter and landed proprietor. Peter Jefferys studied at the University of Edinburgh, where he was graduated a physician, returning to the West Indies at the completion of his professional studies. He was Lieutenant-Governor of the island; his official title being, " President of the Council of Nevis." Colonel Jefferys had four. One of these, was born in 1831 at Hal in Belgium.

Charles P. B. Jefferys pursued his early studies in Antwerp, later entering the University of Liège where he took the course in Mining Engineering, at the same time taking a liberal course in the Classics. At the early age of eighteen years he came to America, where his father had many friends and considerable property.

After some time spent in travel, Charles P. B. Jefferys entered upon his professional career as civil engineer on the Pennsylvania Rail. road, where he held several positions in the engineer corps. Mr. Jefferys also built the Sand-patch tunnel on the line of tile Pittsburg & Conneilsville Railroad, which was one of tile important railroad constructions of that period.In 1857 he became connected with the Missouri Pacific Railroad which he located from the Lainine River west, as principal assistant engineer. His chief was the distinguished civil engineer, Edward Miller.

In 1857 Charles P. B. Jefferys married his chief's eldest daughter, Miss Elizabeth Miller, a member of one of the oldest and best families in Philadelphia, and went abroad for a time. There were born to them eight children, five sons, including Edward and Harry (head of the City Mission) and three daughters, two of the daughters were born in Europe.

Source:

The Jefferys Family At Blithedale
Nine-page manuscript of speech given before the Old Settlers Club about the Jefferys family of the Hickman Mills area from the early to mid-1800s, including tales of border warfare. Information written by the author (Charles Jefferys II) about his grandfather, Charles Peter Beauchamp Jefferys I, or Charles Jefferys I, born in Belgium about 1831 and settling in Jackson County about 1858 in the "Blithedale" house until moving to Philadelphia during border warfare troubles during the Civil War.
Author: Charles P. B. Jefferys , Date: 1969 Location: Manuscript File: Jefferys, Charles P. Illustrations: No Subjects: Hickman Mills, Missouri, Jefferys Family, Order Number 11, Jefferys, Charles P. B., Item Type: ManuscriptItem ID: 101068