Simeon Arthur Huston

The Right Reverend

S. Arthur Huston
The Right Reverend; S. Arthur Huston
Anglican
Parents	Simeon Atchley Huston & Matilda Bogen
Spouse	Dorothea J. Brotherton (m. 1911)
Children	4

Simeon Arthur Huston (called Arthur; December 10, 1876 – December 11, 1963) was the

foreclosed on the cathedral church of the diocese

, but he led a successful effort to pay off the indebtedness.

Early life and education

Bishop Huston was born in

Cincinnati, Ohio, the younger son of Simeon Atchley Huston (1845 – 1883) and the former Matilda Bogen (1848 – 1927). His mother was a daughter of Peter Bogen, a prominent pork-packer in Cincinnati, and a younger sister of Louise Bogen, the wife of General Godfrey Weitzel. His father was a partner in the Bogen pork-packing firm; after his father's early death, his mother became postmaster of the Cincinnati suburb

of Hartwell.

In 1900 Huston received a

Phi Beta Kappa Society from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. Remaining in Gambier, he next attended Bexley Theological Seminary from which he graduated in 1903.^[1]

Priest

Ordained a

St. Paul's Cathedral in Detroit, Michigan, from 1907 to 1913.^[2]

From 1913 to 1919 Huston was

San Antonio, Texas

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Episcopacy

On February 3, 1925, Huston was elected bishop of Olympia and was consecrated on May 15. His consecrators were:

The Right Reverend George H. Kinsolving, Bishop of Texas
The Right Reverend William T. Capers, Bishop of West Texas
The Right Reverend William Bertrand Stevens, Bishop of Los Angeles

In 1926 plans were drawn up for building

financing. In May 1940 the bank foreclosed and began charging rent

of $500 per month. A year later, the rent not having been paid, the bank took possession of the cathedral.

In 1944 Bishop Huston traveled to

mortgage was "burned" before the altar

; the St. Louis bankers had contributed the last $5,000 of the debt.

In June 1947 Bishop Huston retired to

Winslow on Bainbridge Island. He died on December 11, 193 and is buried at Lake View Cemetery in Seattle.^[3]

Recognition

Bishop Huston was the recipient of two

LL.D. from the College of Puget Sound in 1931. The Huston Camp and Conference Center in Gold Bar, Washington

was named for him.

Family

On October 4, 1911, Bishop Huston had married Dorothea Josephine Brotherton (1885 – 1968) of Detroit. Her father was Wilber Brotherton (1858 – 1949), the manager of Detroit operations for the Jerome B. Rice Seed Company, and her mother was Belle Brotherton (1857 – 1934), a leader in the women's suffrage movement. Bishop Huston and his wife were the parents of four children, three of whom survived to adulthood. Their first child was Wilber B. Huston, who won the 1929 Edison scholarship contest and went on to have a long career with NASA.

References

^ "Huston, Simeon Arthur". The Clerical Directory of the Protestant Episcopal Church: 202. 1956.
^ "HUSTON, Rt. Rev. Simeon Arthur". Stowe's Clerical Directory of the American Episcopal Church: 165. 1950.
^ "Bishop Huston". The Living Church. 147: 5. December 22, 1963.

External links

"Cathedral for Rent," Time, May 12, 1941

Episcopal Church (USA) titles
Preceded by Frederic W. Keator	2nd Bishop of Olympia 1925 – 1947	Succeeded by Stephen F. Bayne, Jr.

[1] "Huston, Simeon Arthur". The Clerical Directory of the Protestant Episcopal Church: 202. 1956.

[2] "HUSTON, Rt. Rev. Simeon Arthur". Stowe's Clerical Directory of the American Episcopal Church: 165. 1950.

[3] "Bishop Huston". The Living Church. 147: 5. December 22, 1963.

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