Background
Jolly, Austin Howell was born on December 14, 1852 in Venango Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas and Jane (Young) Jolly.
Jolly, Austin Howell was born on December 14, 1852 in Venango Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas and Jane (Young) Jolly.
Bachelor of Arts, Waynesburg (Pennsylvania) College, 1877, Master of Arts, 1880, Doctor of Divinity, 1899, Doctor of Laws, 1927;graduate Western Theological Seminary, 1880.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1880. Pastor Marion Centre Pennsylvania, 1880-1885, Alexandria, 1886-1892, McCandless Avenue Church, Pittsburgh, 1892-1894, Concord Church, Pittsburgh, 1894-1902. President Mary Holmes Seminary, West Point, Mississippi, 1902-1906, Presbyterian College of Florida, Eustis, 1906-1909.
Superintendent missions, Presbytery of Blairsville, Pennsylvania, since 1911.
Moderator Synod of Alabama, 1908, Synod of Pennsylvania, 1926-1927. Progressive. Visited Palestine and Egypt, 1903.
Lectures on the Holy Land, et cetera Home: Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania.
Married Ella Hays, of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, 1880.