Background
Fraser, Abel Mciver was born on June 14, 1856 in Sumter, South Carolina, United States. Son of Thomas Boone and Sarah Margaret (McIver) Fraser.
Fraser, Abel Mciver was born on June 14, 1856 in Sumter, South Carolina, United States. Son of Thomas Boone and Sarah Margaret (McIver) Fraser.
Bachelor of Arts, Davidson (North Carolina) College, 1876. Graduated from Columbia (South Carolina.) Theological Seminary, 1880. Doctor of Divinity, Davidson, and Central University of Kentucky, 1896.
Doctor of Laws, Hampden-Sydney College, 1921.
Ordained ministry Presbyterian Church in the United States, 1881. Pastor of successively Mount Horeb Church. President of Mary Baldwin College, 1923-1929.
Elected as a president of Columbia Theological Seminary 3 times (declined). Chairman of Committee of Presbyterian Church in the United States on Closer Relations with Other Churches, 1919-1922.
Chairman of Conference of Committees of Presbyterian Churches on Closer Relations, 1919-1922.
Married Octavia Blanding, July 14, 1881. Children: Nora Blanding (deceased), Margaret McIver, Thomas Boone (deceased), Douglas de Saussure, Abel McIver (deceased), Jean Blanding (wife of Professor.