Background
Kynett, Alpha Gilruth was born on August 3, 1858 in Davenport, Iowa, United States. Son of Review Alpha Jefferson and Althea Pauline (Gilruth) Kynett.
Kynett, Alpha Gilruth was born on August 3, 1858 in Davenport, Iowa, United States. Son of Review Alpha Jefferson and Althea Pauline (Gilruth) Kynett.
Bachelor of Arts, Wesleyan University, 1878, Master of Arts, 1881. Taught in Rugby Academy and studied law, 1878-1882. Bachelor of Divinity, Drew Theological Seminary, 1884.
Master of Arts, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1893.
Doctor of Divinity, Cornell College, Iowa, 1897. South.T.D., Wesleyan University, 1918.
Ordained Methodist Episcopal ministry, 1886. Pastor in Philadelphia Conference at Darby, 1884-1887, Oxford, 1887-1889, Pine Grove, 1889-1890, Pottstown, 1890-1892, Saint Stephen’s Church, Philadelphia, 1892-1897, Central Church, Frankford, Philadelphia, 1897-1899, Forty-third Saint Church, Philadelphia, 1899-1901. Presiding elder, South. District Philadelphia Annual Conference, 1901-1907.
Recording and field secretary, 1907-1916, centenary representative and assistant treasurer, 1916-1919, assistant in church extension, since 1919, Board of Home Missions and Church Extension of Methodist Episcopal Church.
Retired 1929.
Member Board Church Extension Methodist Episcopal Church, 1896-1916, Board Missions, 1904-1912, National Board Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals, 1916-1924.
Married Elizabeth H. Hardy, 1884 (deceased). Married second, Catharine A. Hardy, 1910 (deceased). Children: Elizabeth Hardy, Alpha Hardy (deceased), Eleanor Gilruth, Dorothy Dale, Alpha Gilruth (deceased), Katharine Hardy (deceased), Gerald Penfield, Olivia Sterner (deceased), Willard Carpenter.