Background
Higley, Adelbert Pankey was born on January 2, 1872 in Rutland, Meigs County, Ohio, United States. Son of Milo Harvey and Mary P. (Pankey) Higley.
Higley, Adelbert Pankey was born on January 2, 1872 in Rutland, Meigs County, Ohio, United States. Son of Milo Harvey and Mary P. (Pankey) Higley.
Bachelor of Arts, College of Wooster, 1898. Graduate McCormick Theological Seminary, 1901. Doctor of Divinity, Wooster, 1915, Illinois College, 1918.
Doctor of Laws, Tusculum College, Greenville, Tennessee.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1901. Pastor Knox Church, Cincinnati, 1901-1904, 1st Church, Sandusky, O., 1904-1906, 2d Church, Springfield, Illinois, 1906-1911, 1st Church, Troy, 1911-1914, Calvary Church, Cleveland, Ohio, since 1914. Trustee College of Wooster, Pikeville (Kentucky) College.
Member board directors McCormick Theological Seminary Moderator of Synod of Ohio, 1931, of Cleveland Presbytery, 1921-1924 (3 terms).
Chaplain Illinois State Senate, 2 terms.
Member Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, Associated Charities of Cleveland (life). Member Sons of the American Revolution, North.E. Society, Abraham Lincoln Association (Springfield, Illinois), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Elizabeth Parker, September 8, 1904. Children: John Parker, Mary Graham.