The Right Reverend Franklin Spencer Spalding was the third Episcopalian bishop of Utah from 1904-1914. He was killed in an auto accident in 1914. In 1904 he was an avowed socialist who spoke up regularly against the need for such a large military in our country. The night before his death in 1914, he spoke in Provo calling the U.S. military nothing more than a "standing committee for war."
He was born March 16th 1865 in Erie Pennsylvania. His father was the late John Franklin Spalding, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Colorado, 1868-1902. His mother Lavinia Deborah Spencer Spalding. His brothers are John and William Spalding and sisters Elisabeth and Sarah Spalding. He died September 25th 1914. He was 49 years old.
He was born March 16th 1865 in Erie Pennsylvania. His father was the late John Franklin Spalding, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Colorado, 1868-1902. His mother Lavinia Deborah Spencer Spalding. His brothers are John and William Spalding and sisters Elisabeth and Sarah Spalding. He died September 25th 1914. He was 49 years old.
The Right Reverend Franklin Spencer Spalding was the third Episcopalian bishop of Utah from 1904-1914. He was killed in an auto accident in 1914. In 1904 he was an avowed socialist who spoke up regularly against the need for such a large military in our country. The night before his death in 1914, he spoke in Provo calling the U.S. military nothing more than a "standing committee for war."
He was born March 16th 1865 in Erie Pennsylvania. His father was the late John Franklin Spalding, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Colorado, 1868-1902. His mother Lavinia Deborah Spencer Spalding. His brothers are John and William Spalding and sisters Elisabeth and Sarah Spalding. He died September 25th 1914. He was 49 years old.
He was born March 16th 1865 in Erie Pennsylvania. His father was the late John Franklin Spalding, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Colorado, 1868-1902. His mother Lavinia Deborah Spencer Spalding. His brothers are John and William Spalding and sisters Elisabeth and Sarah Spalding. He died September 25th 1914. He was 49 years old.
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To Me To Live Is Christ
To Die Is Gain
Franklin Spencer Spalding
Born at Erie PA
March 13, 1865
Died at Salt Lake City Sep 25, 1914
Bishop of Utah from 1904 to 1914
We Know That We Have Passed Out Of Death Into Life Because We Love The Brethren.
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