He was born in Spring Valley, New York, on January 3, 1871,[1] to clergyman Romaine Stiles Mansfield (1843–1916) and Amelia (Шаблон:Nee Moore) Mansfield (1837–1914).[2] He attended St. John's School in Ossining, graduating in 1888,[1] and graduated from St. Stephen's in Annandale with a bachelor's degree in 1892, and from seminary in 1896. He became a deacon in 1896 and an Episcopal priest in 1897.[2]
In 1895 he was persuaded by Benoni Lockwood, one of the managers of a seamen's mission in Sailortown in New York, to become a chaplain for Lockwood's mission.[1]
Along with Edmund Lincoln Baylies,[3] he helped establish the Seaman's Church Institute at 25 South Street in New York. He created MEDICO, a service for providing medical advice to ships by radio.[2][4] He served as the first Superintendent of the Institute.[5][6]
Personal life
Mansfield married Ella Louise Huntington (1875–1952) in 1899 and they had three sons and two daughters.[2]
He died of a heart attack at his home in Manhattan on February 11, 1934.[2] Two years after his death, his widow served as chairman of the Central Council of Associations of the Seamen's Church Institute, succeeding Mrs. H. Schuyler Cammann.[7]
Legacy
Following his death, a campaign for $100,000 was established to create a permanent memorial to Rev. Mansfield, in honor of his thirty-eight years with the Institute. The campaign was sponsored by a special committee headed by Rear AdmiralReginald R. Belknap.[8]
