Introduction

Biography

Julius was the son of Na­than­iel Wa­ter­bu­ry and Lou­isa Moore, and hus­band of Jane Re­becca Bran­ford (mar­ried 1856, Au­ro­ra, Il­li­nois).

He at­tend­ed the Thet­ford (Ver­mont) Aca­de­my, then Dart­mouth Col­lege, Han­ov­er, New Hamp­shire. Af­ter gra­du­at­ing from Dart­mouth in 1850, he was prin­ci­pal of a pri­vate school in Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia, for a year.

He at­tend­ed the Ge­ne­ral Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry of the Pro­test­ant Epis­co­pal Church, New York (1851–54). He was or­dained a dea­con in 1853, and pres­by­ter in 1855.

He served as rec­tor in:

• St. Charles, Il­li­nois (1853–56). Note: The start year con­flicts with his re­port­ed gra­du­a­tion from se­mi­na­ry in 1854.
• Sycamore, Il­li­nois (1856–57)
• Elgin, Il­li­nois (1857–59)
• Marengo, Il­li­nois (1859–62)
• St. Paul’s Church, Wi­no­na, Min­ne­so­ta (1862–66)
• Christ Church, Cu­ba, New York (1866–69)
• Le Roy, New York (1869–72)
• Greenfield, Mas­sa­chu­setts (1872–74)
• St. John’s Church, East Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts (1874–78)

He was chap­lain at the Mas­sa­chu­setts State Pri­son (1878–81), and rec­tor at St. Mat­thew’s Church, Wor­ces­ter, Mas­sa­chu­setts (1881 un­til his death).

Works

• Common Praise
• Choral Praise (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Ol­iv­er Dit­son, 1871)
• Children’s Praise (Ro­ches­ter, New York, and New York Ci­ty: D. M. Dew­ey and Pott, Young & Com­pa­ny, 1871)