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McKinlay, Geo. Angus; b. Dec. 14, 1847, Pleasant Lake, Ind. ; s. Angus and Frances Forbes ; st. La Grange C., Aub. T. S. (2 yrs.) ; lic. Sept. '72, ord. April 9, '74, Pby. Platte; serv. Mirabile, Mo. (3 yrs.) ; Owasco Out- let, N. Y .; Carrollton, Forest City, Gallatin, Mo .; Sum- ner, Wash .; Eugene, Sellwood, Pendleton, Spring Val- ley, McCoy, Woodburn, Aurora, Ore .; Newark, Cal .; H. R. '04, Pby. Willamette ; pres. Sumner Acad., '83-86; prin. Pendleton Acad., '94-96; m. Dec. 24, '68, Julia Brace Patch, Ontario, Ind.
McNary, Wm. Pollock; b. Sept. 16, 1839, Canons- burg, Pa .; s. Wm. H. and Margaret Murray; gr. Jeff. C., '61, Xenia T. S. '65; lic. Mar. '65, Pby. Xenia; ord. Dec. 8, '66, Pby. Kansas ; p. Leavenworth, Kans., '66-69 ; Bloomington, Ind., '70-84; Jordan's Grove, Ill., '85-86 ; Tarkio, Mo., '86-99; Creston, Ia., '05-07; org. U. P. church, Torrington, Wyo., '07 ; pres. Board of Trustees, Tarkio College, 12 years, and fin. ag., '03-05; two and a half years in the Army of the Potomac and partici- pated in nine battles; D. D. Westm. C .; m. Sept. 27, 67, Elizabeth Graham, Wilkinsburg, Pa .; m. Mar. 26, '07, Margaret Wilson, Bloomington, Ind.
McNair, Lindsay Evander; b. Nov. 17, 1871, Jack- son, Tenn .; s. Evander and Jennie Stodghill ; gr. Wm.
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Jewell C., '89, (Un. T. S. (Va.) '92-4), Louisville, T. S., '95; lic. June 15, '94, ord. June 15, '95, Pby. Upper Missouri; serv. Barnesville, Platte City, Weston, Gow- er, Stewartsville, Pleasant Hill, Mo .; Victor, Colo .; '98-01; St. Joseph-Second, Mo., '01-07; Memphis-Ala- bama St., Tenn., '08 -; chan. Highland U., '07-8; D. D., High. U., '08; m. Dec. 31, '95, Emma C. Wilson, Louis- ville, Ky.
McNair, Evander; b. Robeson Co., N. C .; gr. Centre C., '57, Danv. T. S., '60; lic. April, '59, Pby. Transyl- vania; ord. June, '61, Pby. Louisiana ; ch. C. S. A., '62; p. Jackson, Tenn., '65-79; Liberty, '80-88; Lathrop, '88-90; Richmond, '90-93; Lawson, '94-96; Gallatin, Mo., '96-7; Independence, Colo. ; res. Monroe City, Mo .; M. A., '92; D. D., '95; Ph. D., '96, Centre College.
McPherson, Samuel A .; b. Mar. 20, 1849, Brazeau, Mo .; s. Archibald M. and S. Malvina Stevenson; st. Trinity U., '75, theol. Morgan Park ; lic. April, '74, Pby. Red Oak; ord. Sept., .'77, Pby. Oazrk (C. P.) ; hm. Barton, Dade and Vernon counties, '77-80; miss. to Choctaws and Chickasaws; hm. Bond and Montgomery Cos., Ill .; Franklin, Crawford, Randolph, Linn, Living- ston, Daviess Cos., Mo .; Ellis McLennan Cos., Tex .; m. Mar. 7, '76, Addie Brewer, Dade Co., Mo.
McRuer, Duncan (Sen.) ; b. Feb. 8, 1824, Lachute, Quebec; s. John and Mary McIntyre; gr. Knox C., Toronto; st. theol. Drs. Willis and Burnes, Knox. C .; ord. Pby. Brantford; serv. Paris, Ayr, Ont .; Knox, Martinsville, Akron, New Hampton, Mt. Zion, Mo .; org. several churches; m. 1854, Mary Torrance, Paris, Can .; d. Dec. 18, '86, Gentry, Mo.
McRuer, Duncan (Jr.) ; b. Sept. 13, 1864, Ayr, Ont .; s. Duncan and Mary Torrance; gr. Pk. C., '90, McC. T. S., '93; lic. April, ord. May 15, '94, Pby. Platte; p. Grant City, Mo., '93-99; Paul's Valley, Okla., '99-03; S. S. m., Pby. Ardmore, '03 -; m. July 10, '95, Retha Stalder, Grant City, Mo.
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Meyer, Wm .; b. Mar. 7, 1849, Iowa and Sac Mission, Kans .; s. Jolm and Mary Schorb; gr. Witt. C., '75, Un. T. S., '78; lic. and ord. May, '78, Pby. Dayton; org. and sup. Phoenix, Ariz., '78-81; Grant City and Knox, Mo., '81-5; Oelwein, Ia .; p. Edina (2 yrs.), Green City (3 yrs.), Mo .; org. and sup. Tecumseh, Okla., '91-9; hm. Bethesda, Herron, Rock Creek, Jones City, Okla .; p. m. Fby. Oklahoma.
Miller, George; b. Sept. 3, 1834, Chester, S. C .; s. Robert H. and Susanna McAliley; gr. Centre C., '57, Danv. T. S., '60; lic. April, '59, Pby. Transylvania ; ord. Nov. 2, '60, Pby. Lafayette; serv. Pleasant Hill, Mo., '60-62 and '65-67; Kansas City-First, 62-64; inv. 3 years; org. and sup. Raymore and Greenwood, '70-76; p. Oregon and New Point, '76-81; St. Joseph-Second, '81-83; Nevada, '83-88; Tarkio, '88-93; Chillicothe, '93-97 ; Cameron, Mo .; D. D., May, '92, High. U .; au. "Missouri's Memorable Decade"; m. '63, Mary Hocka- day, Pleasant Hill, Mo .; d. Jan. 11, 1900, Kansas City, Mo.
Mitchell, Geo. Albert; b. Benton, Ill .; s. James and Sarah Hurst : gr. Lake For. C., '86, McC. T. S., '89; lic. April, '89, Pby. Chicago; ord. '89, Pby. Freeport; st. Edinburgh and Berlin; ss. Hanover, Ill .; p. Chicago- Calvary ; ev. work three years; Albany, Mo., '08 -; m. Feb. 26, '02, Jessie M. Strang.
Moore, Jeremiah; b. Home, Tenn .; s. Anthony and Nancy Paxton Holt; gr. Gr. and Tusc. C., '71, Lane T. S., '74 ; lic. Sept. 3, '73, ord. Sept., '74, Pby. Holston ; hm. Elizabethton, Amity, Timber Ridge, Mt. Bethel, Oakland, Tenn .; Manchester, '02-05, Hyden, Ky., '05-07 : Maitland and Graham, Mo., '07 -; pres. Gr. and Tusculum C., May, '83-01 ; prin. Manchester Acad., '02-05; supt. mission work, Hyden, '05-07; Com. Gen. Ass., '78, '83, '92 and '01; D. D., Gr. and Tusc. C .; m. Dec. 10, '74, Belle R. Mathes, Washington, Tenn.
Moore, John Morrison; b. Washington Co., Pa .; s. Joseph and Eliza Glenn; gr. Jeff. C .; st. theol. Rev.
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Moses Allen; lic. Oct. 23, 1827, Pby. Pittsburg; ord. June 18, '28, Pby. Ohio ; serv. Cross Creek, Mt. Prospect, Pa .; Yellow Creek, O .; many feeble churches in O. and Pa .; Parkville, Mo., '67-70; D. D., Franklin C .; m. Jan. 10, '28, Rosanna Donnell, Allegheny Co., Pa .; m. Mar. 19, '60, Nancy Fraser, Wellsville, O .; d. Aug. 19, '70, Parkville, Mo.
Morrison, James McCalmont ; b. July 21, 1832, Cole- raine, Pa .; s. Alex. Wilson and Margaret McCalmont ; gr. Del. C., '56, Prin. T. S., '61; lic. June 4, '61, Pby. Donegal; ord. April 6, '76, Pby. Platte; serv. Upper West Nottingham, Pa .; Rockport, 69-72, Union and King City, Mo., '72-76; Shenandoah and Riverside, '77- 80, College Springs and Blanchard, Ia., '80-84; Weston, '84-86; Grass Valley, '86-93, Monkland and Moro, Ore., '93-00; ev. and H. R., Pby. Pendleton; org. Rockport, Mo., Monkland, Moro, Ore .; prin. Spring Run Acad., Pa., '64-66; prin. Female Sem., Newburg, Pa., '66-68 , tea. Oregon, Mo., '68-72; A. M., '59, Indiana State U .; m. Nov. 18, '62, Nancy Bailey, Baileyville, Pa.
Mullendore, Geo. Decatur; b. Dec. 26, 1860, Leaven- worth Co., Kans .; s. Jerome and Kathryne Wurtz; gr. S. W. State Normal, Pa., '91, Lebanon T. S., '93; lic. Sept., '88, Pby. Platte (C. P.) ; ord. April 9, '93, Pby. Lebanon; serv. Coffeen, Palmer, Ill .; Cayuga, Ind .; Lerna, Ill .; Kansas City-First C. P., Kans., (5 yrs.) ; Oak Grove, Mo .; Pleasant Valley, Kans .; West Union, Harmony, Coal Center, Pa. ; p. Frankford; m. April 12, 06, Miss Blanche McVay, Prosperity, Pa.
Newell, Geo. Edwards; b. Mar. 23, 1877, Chester, Pa .; s. Wm. and Kate Edwards; gr. Pk. C., '04, Aub. T. S., '07 ; lic. May 29, '06, Pby. Platte ; ord. June, '07, Pby. St. Joseph ; p. King City, Mo., '07 -; m. Aug. 22, wo '06, Agnes Lasley, Raymore, Mo.
Palmer, Edmund Marion; b. May 2, 1832, Mason Co., Ky .; s. Philip and Ann A. Ivens; st. Westm. C .; tea. Fulton, Mo .; ord. Sept. 19, '68, Pby. Palmyra; p. La Belle, Philadelphia, Olivet, Mo .; helper Park College
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Family, '79 -; serv. Parkville, Platte City, Weston, Dawn, Mo .; ev. and colporteur ; m. Sept. 11, '56, Miss Eliza Bailey, Mexico, Mo .; d. Feb. 1, '92, Parkville, Mo.
Perry, Wm. O. H .; b. Feb. 11, 1838, Lake Co., O .; s. Wm. C. and Eliza Brown; gr. McGee C., '60; lic. Oct. 1, '59, ord. Oct. 1, '64, Pby. Platte (C. P.) ; serv. Concord, Stewartsville, Weatherby, Osborn, Easton, Mo .; Union, Dunbar, Nebr .; Columbus, Lexington, Ir- win, Preston, Mo .; Palmyra, Nebr., '08 -; pres. Stew- artsville C., '63-87, Odessa C., '87-88; A. M., '65, McGee C .; m. Mar. 2, '62, Lizzie Ozenberger, Clinton Co., Mo.
Pringle, Alex .; b. July 1, 1869, Co. Meath, Ireland ; s. Joseph and Miss. Rountree; gr. Pk. C., '97, Prin. T. S., '00; lic. May 11, ord. May 13, '00, Pby. Platte; hm. San Coulee, p. Kalispell, Mont., '01-06 ; Juneau, Alaska, '06-08; Leadville, Colo., '08 -; M. A., '00, Prin. U .; m. June 8, '04, Effie B. James, Warsaw, Ind.
Reed, James; b. Nov. 27, 1834, Buffalo, Pa .; s. Sam- uel and Mary Ann Vincent; gr. Wash. C., '61, Wn. T. S., '67 ; lic. Oct. 3, '66, Pby. Washington; ord. April 5, '72, Pby. Palmyra; serv. Millwood and Mt. Pleasant, O., '67-70; Coloma, Ebenezer, Laclede (10 yrs.), Grants- ville, Bethel, Avalon and Dawn (3 yrs.), Savannah (6 yrs.), Rosendale, Hackberry, Craig and Fairfax (3 yrs.), Union Star, Union and Barnard (4 yrs.), Cow- gill, Polo and Dawn (4 yrs.), New Hampton, Martins- ville and Akron (4 yrs.), Mo .; H. R., '05, Pby. Platte; . Com. Gen. Ass., twice; tea., '61-64; org. Bethel and Wheeling churches; m. May 20, '68, Eliza J. Mc- Williams, Monroe, Pa. ; m. Feb. 22, '93, Mrs. Laura V. Compton, Savannah, Mo.
Reynolds, Albert Melville; b. Feb. 19, 1844, Rich- mond Co., Va .; s. James and Elsie Davis; st. Blkb. U., '69-72, Blkb. T. S., '72-74, Lane T. S., '75; lic. April, ord. Nov. 2, '75, Pby. Dayton ; ss. Easton, Willow Brook, Mo., '73, '74; p. Blue Ball, O. (4 yrs.) ; Spring Hill (5 yrs.), Oskaloosa, Columbus (2 yrs.), Kans .; La Grande, Ore; Maryville, Mo. (4 yrs.) ; Denison, Tex .;
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Oskaloosa (2 yrs.), Topeka-Wesminster, Kans., '97-05; St. Joseph-Third St., Mo., '05-07; inv. '07 -; member Sixth Kans. Vol. Cavalry; m. Aug. 3, '75, dau. Logan Maxwell, Oak Grove, Mo.
Roberts, Thomas D .; b. July 7, 1844, Carrollton, O .; s. James and Mary J. Mclain; st. Lenox C., High. U., Pk. C .; theol. Rev. John A. McAfee; lic. April, '76, ord. April 25, '77, Pby. Platte; p. St. Joseph-Third St. (4 yrs.), Savannah (2 yrs.), Oregon and New Point (11 yrs.), St. Joseph-Third St. (7 yrs.), New Point, Mo., '06 -; ev. '01-05; volunteer U. S. Army, '62-66; m. May 19, '71, Miss Emma Mathes, Leon, Ia.
Rogers, Henry Martyn; b. Oct. 3, 1852, Rockville, Ind .; s. James S. and Jane Snodgrass; gr. Wab. C., '75, Dant. T. S., '80; lic. April, '78, Pby. Austin; ord. April 25, '81, Pby. Ebenezer ; serv. Valley Creek, Tex., '78-9; p. Mt. Sterling, Ky., '80-2; Lockland, O., '82-3; Hamilton, Mo:, '93-7; Dayton, Ind., '87-98; Frankfort, O., '98-00 ; Norman, Okla., '01-03; Rossville, '03-07, Vin- cennes, Ind., '07 -; m. Oct. 3, '82, Miss Alma G. Smith, Richmond, Ky.
Sawyers, Henry A .; b. Feb. 22, 1859, New Castle, O .; s. Wm. O. and Agnes Kirker; gr. Frank. C., '93, Lane T. S., '86; lic. April 29, '85, Pby. St. Clairsville ; ord. Sept. 27, '86, Pby. Ft. Wayne; p. Auburn and Waterloo, Ind., '86-90; Cameron, '90-94, Oregon, '94-03, St. Joseph-Hope, Mo., '03 -; au. "Series of Sermons on Baptism"; m. Sept. 2, '86, Miss Martha E. Scott, Mary- ville, Mo.
Schell, Ulysses Grant; b. Jan. 12, 1864, Deer Creek, Ind., s. Jacob and Eliz. Zeller; gr. Pars. C., '89, McC. T. S., '92; lic. May. 21, '91, Pby. Platte ; ord. June 24. '92, Pby. Waterloo ; p. Greene, Ia., '92; Unionville, Mo., '92-98; Marysville, Kans., '98-00; White, S. D., '00-03; St. Joseph-Third St., '03-04; Union Star and Empire Prairie, Mo., '04-08; Raymond, Nebr., '08 -; Com. Gen. Ass., '96; D. D., York C., '99, Ph. D., Woos. U., '00; m. Sept. 14, '98, Hattie Orr, Mt. Vernon, Mo.
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Schock, Lafayette Henry; b. July 24, 1872, Tiffin,O .; s. Henry M. and Sarah Dryfuse; gr. Woos. U., '92 (Prin. T. S. 2 yrs.), McC. T. S., '95; lic. May 14, '94, Pby. Philadelphia; ord. Sept. 27, '95, Pby. Platte ; serv. Breckenridge and New York Settlement (2 yrs.), St. Louis-Covenant, Lathrop, Mo. ; Virden (5 yrs.), Tolono, Ill., '08 -; m. June 6, '00, Miss Stella Beardslee, Car- linville, Ill.
Scott, Winfield Thacker; b. April 18, 1852, New Bos- ton, O .; s. Joseph and Maria Thacker; gr. Pk. C., '79, Lane T. S., '82; lic. April, '82, ord. April 12, '83, Pby. Platte; serv. Mirabile, Lincoln, Kingston, Lathrop, Laclede, Bethel, Grantsville, Trinity, Mo., '82-85; Ben- nington, Kans., '85-89; hm. Weston, Athena, Milton, IIelix, Zena, McCoy, Oak Grove, Cleone-Smith Mem- orial (17 yrs.), Bridalveil Falls, Latourell Falls, Spring Valley, Whiteson, Ore., '90 -; m. June 21, '82, Mary B. Higgins, Kingston, Mo.
Sherwood, Elisha Barber; b. April 15, 1810, Fair- field, Vt .; s. John and Lucy Barber; st. Lane T. S. (1 yr.), gr. Oberlin T. S., '36; ord. Sept. 18, '36, W: Reserve Cong. Assn .; p. Wilson, N. Y., (4 yrs.) ; p. m. Pby. Niagara (5 yrs.); p. Liverpool, Pitcher, N. Y .; Edwardsburg, Cassopolis, Mich. ; p. m. Pby. Platte, '65 -; D. D., Pk. C. and High. U .; au. "Fifty Years on the Skirmish Line"; m. Jan. 3, '37, Miss Aurelia M. Bald- win, Darien, N. Y .; m. July 25, '84, Mrs. Susan B. Butler, Youngstown, N. Y .; d. Aug. 15, 1905.
Shields, James H .; b. Freeport, Pa .; s. James and Abigail Redick; gr. W. & J. C., '69, Wn. T. S., '72; lic. May 21, '71, Pby. Butler; ord. June 8, '72, Pby. Belle- fontaine ; p. Crestline, O. (4 yrs.) ; St. Louis-Carondelet (5 yrs.), St. Louis-Cote Brilliant (5 yrs.), Mo .; Ogden, Utah, '90-91; Madisonville, Concord, O., '91-97; Deca- tur, Mich., '97-8; Chillicothe, Cameron, Mo., '98-04 ; Spokane-Fifth, Wash., '04 -; D. D., Westm. C. and Mi. U.
Smith, Arnold; b. July 19, 1876, Edzell, Scotland ; s. Rev. Christopher and Mary Cudworth; gr. Pk. C., '03,
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Aub. T. S., 06; lic. and ord. June 17, '06, Pby. Platte ; fm. Anasco, Aguadilla, Porto Rico, '06 -; m. Aug. 3, '06, Bertha Isabel Leland, Seneca Falls, N. Y.
Smith, Henry (Hal) Franklin ; b. Oct. 15, 1853, Col- linsville, Ala. ; s. James W. L. and Nancy L. McNairon ; gr. North Ala. C., '81; B. D., '87; lic. '77, ord. '79, Pby. Talladega; tea. in Georgia, '82-86; serv. New- burgh, Ind., '87-91; Kansas City-Westport Ave. (C. P.), '91-93; Gallatin, Mo. (10 yrs.) ; Topeka, Kans. (3 yrs.); Tyler, Tex., '07 -.
Smith, James Aikin ; b. Oct. 5, 1870, Garnett, Kans .; s. John A. and Margaret A. Aikin; gr. Ohio Normal U., '94, McC. T. S., '97 ; ord. April 14, '97, Pby. Lima ; hm. Reading, Bloomington, Streator, Ansable Grove, Ill., '97-00; p. Kirksville, Parkville, Mo., '00-02; Cincinnati- Sixth, O., '02-08 ; Marion, Ia., '08 -; m. Oct. 20, '97, Miss Clara .Timmons, Clarksburg, O.
Smith, Jesse S .; b. Aug. 28, 1876, Coffeyville, Kans. ; s. Rev. Benj. F. Smith; gr. Pk. C., '00, McC. T. S., '03; lic. and ord. April 15, '03, Pby. Platte; fm Copiapo, Chile, '03 -; m. '03, Miss Bessie May Chambers, Hope- ville, Ia.
Sproule, Geo. B .; b. Jefferson, Co., O .; st. High. U., McC. T. S., Lane T. S .; serv. Plainville, Kans .; '86-90; Creighton, Appleton City, Brownington, Deepwater (5 yrs.), Sharon, Drexel (5 yrs.), Mo .; Mammoth Springs, Ark .; McFall (3 yrs.), Lock Spring, Mo., '08 -.
Strange, Ferdinand Gresham; b. Sept. 28, 1848, Chattanooga Co.,Ga .; s. John A. and Fidella Gresham; gr. Blkb. U., '72 ; st. Blkb. T. S. and Lane T. S., '73-75; lic. April 11, ord. Nov. 15, '74, Pby. Alton ; p. Carlyle, Ill. (3 yrs.) ; King City and Empire Prairie (3 yrs.), Mo .; Hiawatha; Kans. (3 yrs.) ; Seattle-First, Wash. (4 yrs.) ; Ashland, Ore. (15 yrs.) ; hm. Marshfield, Ore., Kent, Renton, Sedro-Woolley, Wash., '06 -; D. D. Whit-
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worth C., '04, A. M. Blkb. U., '76; m. June 15, '71, Sarah A. Robinson, Reno, Ill .; m. Nov. 7, '77, Sarah Naomi Van der Veer, King City, Mo.
Sutcliffe, Bernard Bliss; b. Nov. 6, 1872, Halifax, N. S .; s. Edward Walton and Mary Ann Miller ; electrical engineer for years; gr. McGill C .; st. Moody's Bible Institute ; lic. April 24, ord. May 9, '06, Pby. Upper Mis- souri ; p. St. Joseph-Hyde Park, Mo., '06 -; m. June 1, '06, Miss E. Franc Anderson, Inwood, Ia.
Sydenstricker, Hiram Mason; b. Sept. 26, 1848, Lewisburg, W. Va .; s. Andrew and Frances Coffman ; gr. Wash. and Lee U., '77, Un. T. S. (Va.), '80; lic. June, '79, Pby. Greenbrier ; ord. April 12, '81, Pby. St. Louis (U. S.) ; p. Water Valley, Miss. (4 yrs.) ; Pleasant Hill (2 yrs.), Hamilton, Mo. (3 yrs.) ; syn. ev. Synod, Texas; syn. ev. Syn. Nashville; p. Brownwood, Tex .; Corinth, West Point, Miss .; prof. philosophy and Mol. Lang., Daniel Baker C .; A. M. and Ph. D., Woos. U.
Symonds, Earnest W .; b. Jan. 1, 1858, England; s. Matthew and Elizabeth Jenman ; st. '78-81; tea. in Iowa 13 years; gr. Oma. T. S., '94; lic. April 24, ord. May 3, '94, Pby. Platte ; serv. Barnard, Graham, Hopkins, Mo., '90 -- 92; Marne, Ia., '92-94; p. St. Joseph-Hope, Mo., (8 yrs.) ; Chicago-Immanuel, '02 -; m. Nov. 27, '88, Miss Martha Mary Wilson, Massena, Ia.
Tatum, Nuburn McAdow; b. Mar. 27, 1876, Wood- bury, Tenn .; s. Rev. A. C. and- McAdow ; tea. Woodville, Milan, Tenn .; gr. Southern Normal U., '00; lic. '01, Pby. Obion; ord. '02, Pby. Hopewell; serv. Flippin, Davidson's Chapel, Medina, Tenn .: Newman, Cal .; Memphis-Central, Tenn .; Hopewell, Lockspring (3 yrs.), Prairie Valley, Centerview, Mo .; m. June 30, '05, Miss Edna Sweet, Stanton, Tenn.
Taylor, Hugh; b. Aug. 9, 1862, Iowa City, Ia .; s. Hugh and Jane Windrem; gr. Pk, C., '85, Prin. T. S., '88; lic. July 10, ord. Aug. 5, '88, Pby. Platte; fm. Laos, Siam, '88 -; A. M., '88, D. D., '01, Park C .; m. July 26, '88, Dora Belle Martin, Crawfordsville, Ind.
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Teis, Edward Barth; b. Oct. 17, 1866, Buffalo, N. Y .; s. Peter George and Rosina Barth; st. Pk. C., gr. Prin. T. S., '93 (p. g. '94-5) ; lic. Oct. 14, ord. Oct. 15, '93, Pby. Kendall; serv. Soda Springs, Ida .; Joplin (Cong. ch.), Platte City and Weston (2 yrs.), Mo .; Columbus, Kans .; Anadarko, Okla .; p. ev. Pby. El Reno, '08 -; m. June 30, '96, Mary Alma Hunter, Gallatin, Mo.
Terhune, Thomas Barnett; b. Mar. 16, 1870, Perry- ville, Ky .; s. Barnett and Sarah E. Ewing (niece of Finis Ewing) ; gr. Centre C., '90, McC. T. S., '93; lic. and ord. June 24, '92, Pby. Rock River ; ss. Beulah, Ill., '91-2; p. Moberly-First (3 yrs.), Lathrop (3 yrs.), Mo .; hm. North Jellico, Boyle, Pittsburg, Barboursville, Bradfordsville, Ky. (6 yrs.) ; p. Huntington, Ind. '05 -; m. May 24, '92, Miss Abigail E. Prine, Lebanon, Ky.
Tharp, James Henry ; b. Jan. 4, 1847, Linn Co., Mo .; s. James and Hughes; gr. McGee C., '70; st. theol. Dr .J. B. Mitchell (pres. McGee C.) ; lic. Mar .. '68, ord. Oct. 2, '70, Pby. Chillicothe; tea. and hm., '70-75; p. Gallatin (8 yrs.), Albany (4 yrs.), King City (7 yrs.), Odessa (4 yrs.), Mo .; syn. m. Synod Missouri (5 yrs.) ; hm. near Odessa (3 yrs.), near St. Joseph (2 yrs.) ; p. Gallatin, Mo., '70 -; m. July 5, '71, Mary F. Jeter, Chillicothe, Mo.
Thompson, Francis E .; b. May 3, 1849, New Wil- mington, Pa .; s. James M. and Sarah J. Porter; gr. Westm. C. (U. P.), '70, Wn. T. S., '73; lic. April 4. '72, Pby. Shenango; ord. June 25, '73, Pby. Kittanning; p. Concord and Mahoning (4 yrs.), Pa .; inv. one year; Fairmount (1 yr.), Marysville, Kans. (3 yrs.) ; King City, Empire Prairie, Gallatin, Bethel, Jameson, Mo., '82-86; Cawker City (7 yrs.), Mankato (4 yrs.), Wilson (4 yrs.), Kans .; St. Edwards (4 yrs.), Niobrara and Anoka, Nebr., '05 -; m. June 6, '70, Margaret E. Steen, New Wilmington, Pa.
Townsend, Richard Cameron; b. June 13, 1854, North Washington, Pa .; s. Wm. H. and Hannah E. Van Sant; st. Pk. C., '81 and '82; gr. Aub. T. S., '85; tea.
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' Pa. and Kans., '71-81; lic. April 16, '85, Pby. Cayuga ; ord. Sept. 30, '85, Pby. Alton; p. Staunton (3 yrs.), Raymond, Ill .; Tipton, Ia. (4 yrs.) ; Maryville-Second, Mo., '92-3; Stillwater, Okla. (2 yrs) ; p. m. Pby. Okla- homa; Dunlap and Alta (8 yrs.), Oswego (2 yrs.), Car- terville and Herrin, Ill .; Middle Sandy and Hanover- ton, O., '07 -; m. June 14, '87, Miss Rebekah E. Jacke, Lawrence, Kans.
Waits, Edward Wallace; b. 1855, Cambridge, Eng .; s. Edward and Suzanna Wallace; gr. Jesus C., Cam- bridge; st. Edinburg U. and Berlin ; theol. Free Church Theological Hall, Glasgow, and Theo. Hall, Can .; gr. '73; lic. May, ord. June 13, '73, Pby. Hamilton, Ont .; p. Waterdown, '73-77, Stratford, Ont., '77-81; Mira- michi-St. Andrews, N. B., '81-88; Owen Sound, Ont., '88-02; Glasgow and Frazerborough, Scotland, '02-05; Cameron, 05-08, Mound City, Mo .; Granite City, Ill., '09; B. Sc. Berlin, U., D. Sc., Chicago, U .; m. Mary Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland; m. Nellie Grant, Glen- garry, Ont.
Walton, James M. ; b. Barboursville, Ky. ; s. William Isaac and Rhoda Hudson; gr. Centre C., '88 (A. M., '93), Danv. T. S., '90; lic. April 8, ord. May 24, '90, Pby. Transylvania; p. Greensburg (6 yrs.), Livingston (2 yrs.), Hyden (4 yrs.), Ky .; Salem (2 yrs.), Shannon- dale, Tenn. (2 yrs) ; syn. ev. Syn. Kentucky; p. Ore- gon, Mo., '07 -; prin. Coll. Institute, Mt. Vernon, and Hyden Acad., Ky .; A. M., '92, Centre C .; m. Oct. 12, '96, Miss Nellie Sambrook.
Ware, Samuel Miller; b. Aug. 28, 1852, Richmond, Ky .; s. Samuel C. and Sarah A. Miller; gr. Ill. Wesl. U., '79 (A. M., '82), McC. T. S., '84; tea. Tuscola, Ill., '79-81; ord. May 6, '84, Pby. St. Louis; p. Ferguson (3 yrs.), Clinton (3 yrs.), Mo .; Omaha-Second (8 yrs), Nebr .; Maryville, Mo., '98-02; Spokane-Fourth, Wash., 02 -; memb. Board Trustees Omaha U. and T. S .; D. D., '92, Oma. U.
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Watson, Robert A .; b. Athens, N. Y .; gr. Scio C., '71 (M. A., '80);, Wn. T. S., '74; lic. '73, Pby. Steuben- ville; ord. '74, Pby. Wooster; p. Shreve (3 yrs.), West, Rushville (7 yrs.), Radnor (3 yrs.), Eckmansville and Mt. Leigh (6 yrs.), Montgomery, O., '96-7; Fairfax, Mo., '02-05; ev. and hm., '97 -; D. D., 1891; m. Miss Jennie Shields, Blairsville, Pa.
Weaver, James Henry; b. Dec. 15, 1848, Hardiman Co., Tenn .; s. John Henson and Matilda Collie; gr. S. W. Pbn. U., '76, Un. T. S. (Va.), '79; lic. April and ord. Oct., '79, Pby. Memphis; p. Atoka and Big Creek (6 yrs.), Mason and Center (3 yrs.), Tenn .; Jefferson- town, and Beulah (4 yrs.), Campbellsville and Bethel (6 yrs.), Ky .; hm. Smyrna, Graham, Monroe, '98-04, p. Brownstown (4 yrs.), Ind .; Breckenridge and N. Y. Settlement, '08 -; m. June, '76, Tipton Co., Tenn.
West, Donald Sloan; b. June 15, 1873, Wanganui, New Zealand; s. Rev. William and Elizabeth Wales; st. Canterbury C. and Otego U .; Theological Hall, Dunedin, '01; tea. for several years previous; hm. Dannevirke, '95-6, Wellington-St. Andrews (asst.), summer '96 and '97, Patea, '98-9, Cheviot, '00-01; Cav- ersham, N. Z., '01-02; Fairfax, Mo., '02-05; hm. Am- berg, Athelstane, Pembina, Wis .; m. Dec. 31, '03, Miss Magdeline Haven, Neenah, Wis.
West, Richard Bruce ; b. July 8, 1871, New Zealand ; s. Rev. William and Elizabeth Wales; st. in N. Z. till '92, and Moody Bible Inst., '96; ord. Nov. 2, '97, Cong. Council in Vt .; serv. Cong. ch. Bridgewater, Vt., '97-00; St. Joseph-Faith (2 yrs.), Craig (6 yrs.), Mo .; Ham- burg, Ia., '08 -; m. June 10, '96, Jessie M. Kirkland.
Williams, Henry F .; b. Nov. 4, 1847, Hannibal, Mo .; s. Henry M. and Amanda M. Bird; st. while teaching; theol. Dr. James H. Brookes; lic. '79, Pby. West Texas ; ord. Sept. 15, '80, Pby. Platte; ev.and Y. W. C. A. Sec., 3 years; International Sec. Y. M. C. A., N. Y. City, 12 years; p. St. Louis-Ch. of Covenant (7 yrs.),
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Mo .; Editor publications For. Miss. Executive Com. (U. S.), Nashville, Tenn. ; m. Nov. 26, '68, Miss Mary E. Harpham, Havana, Ill.
Williamson, George H .; b. July 11, 1840, Bedford, N. Y .; s. Francis A. and Cornelia ; st. Amenia Sem., Troy U., N. Y. U. (8 yrs.), Burlington T. S .; ord. Sept. 5, '69, Bp. Geo. F. Pierce (P. E.), St. Louis, Mo .; miss. among Cherokees, supt. Orphan Asylum, pres. Tahlequah C. (4 yrs.), and other school work ; recd. by Pby. Ozark, 'S1; hm. and p., Ash Grove, Cameron, Carthage, Fairplay, Fordland, Green City, Greenfield (3 yrs.), Golden City, Hamilton (twice), Ir- win, Jefferson City (2 yrs.), Joplin (twice), Kirksville, Lockwood, Millard, Monett (twice), Mt. Vernon (2 yrs.), Ozark Prairie (8 yrs.), St. Joseph-Third St., St. Louis-McCansland Ave., Trenton-Hodge, West Plains (2 yrs.), White Oak, Mo .; built ten churches in Mo., besides manses.
Willis, William James; b. April, 1871, Wayland Springs, Tenn .; s. J. V. and E. A. Williams; st. Cum- berland U .; gr. C. U. V., '01; lic. Sept. 15,, '94, Pby. Richland; ord. Mar. 6, '01, Pby. Lebanon ; p. Nashville- Watkins Park, Tenn .; Sheffield, Ala .; Bethany, Mo .; Siloam Springs-First, Ark. ; Huntingdon and Trezevant, Tenn., '09 -; S. C. and treas. Pby. Arkansas.
Wilson, John ; b. June 26, 1843, Bridgenorth, Shrop- shire, Eng .; s. Daniel and Elizabeth Collins; gr. High. U., '72; theol. Dr. John A. McAfee; lic. April 3, '73, ord. April 15, '74, Pby. Highland; hm. and p. Frank- fort (3 yrs.), Vermillion, Irving and Beloit (3 yrs.), Glen Elder, Oberlin (11 yrs.), Norton, Clayton, Colby, Oakley, Phillipsburg, Kans., '73-91; Lathrop and Mira- bile (2 yrs.), Mo .; p. m. Pby. Platte, '93-98; hm. Hunt- ington, Nephi, Payson, Utah, '98-02; Osceola, Vista, Raymore, Willow Springs, Mo., '02-08; Garden Grove and Leroy, Ia., '08 -; org. 4 chs. in Kans .; S. C., Pby. Osborne, '83-91, Pby. Utah, '99-02, Syn. Utah, '01-02; Mod. Syn. Kansas, '87; U. S. Army, '61-65; m. Oct. 30, '66, Miss Rachel S. Whitehead, Macon, Mo.
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