Background
Conner, Benjamin Coulbourn was born on January 5, 1850 in Marion, Maryland, United States. Son of Nathan C. and Sallie (Coulbourn) Conner.
Conner, Benjamin Coulbourn was born on January 5, 1850 in Marion, Maryland, United States. Son of Nathan C. and Sallie (Coulbourn) Conner.
Educated Williamsport-Dickinson Seminary, Pennsylvania, 1867-1871. Bachelor of Arts, Wesleyan University, Connecticut, 1876, Master of Arts, 1879 (Doctor of Divinity, 1911). Psi Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa.
Professor natural sciences. Dickinson Seminary, 1876-1879. Joined Central Pennsylvania Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1878.
Pastor, Sinnemahoning, 1880, Grace Church, Williamsport, 1881-1883, Ridge Avenue Church, Harrisburg, 1884-1886, 1st Church, York, 1887-1891, Mulberry Saint Church, Williamsport, 1892-1894, 1st Church, Bloomsburg, 1895-1899, Ridge Avenue Church, Harrisburg, 1900-1902, 1st Church, Altoona, 1903-1905.
Superintendent Altoona District, 1906-1911. Appointed superintendent Danville District, March 1912.
President Dickinson Seminary, July, since 1912.
Member General Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church, Chicago, 1900, Baltimore, 1908, Minneapolis, 1912. Member of board of managers Foreign Missions, 1900-1912.
Married Bettie South. Tyler, August 16, 1877.
