Reverend James Ellsworth Scott Stratton

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Reverend Stratton with the congregation of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Tulsa. Reverend James E. Stratton grew up as an orphan in Pennsylvania. He graduated from Howard University and attended law school for one year. After leaving law school, he was a professor at West Virginia State College before attending seminary. Rt. Reverend Thomas Casady ordained Reverend Stratton at Trinity Episcopal Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1930. Sadly, Reverend Stratton died at the age of 38, one year into his ministry at St. Thomas. He died the day before Palm Sunday after playing basketball with the young men of his church. His … continued below

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Reverend Stratton with the congregation of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Tulsa. Reverend James E. Stratton grew up as an orphan in Pennsylvania. He graduated from Howard University and attended law school for one year. After leaving law school, he was a professor at West Virginia State College before attending seminary. Rt. Reverend Thomas Casady ordained Reverend Stratton at Trinity Episcopal Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1930. Sadly, Reverend Stratton died at the age of 38, one year into his ministry at St. Thomas. He died the day before Palm Sunday after playing basketball with the young men of his church. His body lay in state at St. Thomas Episcopal Church before his funeral service at Trinity Episcopal Church, Tulsa. He is buried in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

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Reverend James Ellsworth Scott Stratton, photograph, Date Unknown; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2098809/: accessed February 14, 2025), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma.

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