John Scully (priest)
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Rev. John Scully, S. J. was a Roman Catholic priest of the Jesuit Order and president of Fordham University
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Father Scully was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1844. He was ordained in 1879 and worked as Treasurer of Woodstock College in Woodstock, Maryland. Father Scully was the president of Fordham University from 1888 to 1892. He was appointed pastor of St. Joseph’s Church in Philadelphia in 1892 and worked there until 1901. On May 13, 1900 Father Scully related to his parishioners the story told by the former Confederate spy Olivia Floyd
about how her mother Sarah Semmes Floyd witnessed a boat that was sent from Mt. Vernon to pick up Father Leonard Neale one night in December 1799 so that he could visit with George Washington before the former president died. Father Scully worked as an assistant pastor at St. Francis Xavier’s Church until he became ill and died on December 25, 1917 at St. Vincent’s Hospital.
Fordham University
Fordham University is a private, nonprofit, coeducational research university in the United States, with three campuses in and around New York City. It was founded by the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841 as St...
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Father Scully was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1844. He was ordained in 1879 and worked as Treasurer of Woodstock College in Woodstock, Maryland. Father Scully was the president of Fordham University from 1888 to 1892. He was appointed pastor of St. Joseph’s Church in Philadelphia in 1892 and worked there until 1901. On May 13, 1900 Father Scully related to his parishioners the story told by the former Confederate spy Olivia Floyd
Olivia Floyd
Annie Olivia Floyd was a Confederacy spy during the American Civil War. She was the daughter of David L. and Sarah Floyd. Her "disloyal" activities during the war led to an arrest warrant being sworn out for her capture.Olivia Floyd lived at Rose Hill in Charles County, Maryland...
about how her mother Sarah Semmes Floyd witnessed a boat that was sent from Mt. Vernon to pick up Father Leonard Neale one night in December 1799 so that he could visit with George Washington before the former president died. Father Scully worked as an assistant pastor at St. Francis Xavier’s Church until he became ill and died on December 25, 1917 at St. Vincent’s Hospital.