Background
Riker, Albert Burdsall was born on October 19, 1852 in New Albany, Ohio, United States. Son of Review Samuel Clark and Amanda (Snider) Riker.
Riker, Albert Burdsall was born on October 19, 1852 in New Albany, Ohio, United States. Son of Review Samuel Clark and Amanda (Snider) Riker.
Bachelor of Arts, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, O., 1879, Master of Arts, 1884. Doctor of Divinity, Ohio University, 1888, Phi Beta Kappa from same, 1908.
B.), August 18, 1881. Children—Charles Ross, Samuel Clark, Olive Marie, Albert Joyce. Licensed to preach, 1872.
Pastor Worthington, O., 1879-1881, Columbus, 1881-1884, Athens, O., 1884-1887, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1887-1891, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1891-1896, Charleston, West Virginia, 1896-1898.
President Mount Union College, 1898-1908. Pastor Moundsville, West Virginia, 1908-1911, Oakland, Maryland., 1911-1913, Parkersburg, West Virginia, October 1913-1916, Columbus, Ohio, 1916-1923, Chillicothe, O., 1923-1927, Columbus, since 1927.
Member General Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church, 1900, Chaplain Insane Hospital, Athens, O., 1884-1887, West Virginia Penitentiary, 1909-1911. Chairman Columbus Vice Commission, 1918. Member Rotary International, 1924.
Married Mary Edith Davis (Museum. Children: Charles Ross, Samuel Clark, Olive Marie, Albert Joyce.