Background
Farber, Benjamin Franklin was born on July 13, 1882 in Thorntown, Indiana, United States. Son of John Charles and Ruth Margaret (Sims) Farber.
Farber, Benjamin Franklin was born on July 13, 1882 in Thorntown, Indiana, United States. Son of John Charles and Ruth Margaret (Sims) Farber.
Bachelor of Arts, Hanover (Indiana) College, 1905. Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1908. Graduate Princeton Theological Seminary, 1909.
Doctor of Divinity, from Washington and Jefferson College and Grove City College, 1921.
One son, Charles Welty. Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1909. Assistant pastor, Germantown, Pennsylvania, 1909-1910.
Pastor, Plymouth, Michigan, 1910-1917.
Assistant minister of Woodward Avenue Church, Detroit, Michigan, 1917-1919. Pastor Sixth Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1919-1926, Fourth Church, New York City, 1926-1954.
Retired Moderator Presbytery of New York, 1938-1940. Secretary board of trustees Princeton Theological Seminary 1944-1958.
Young Men's Christian Association Welfare Service in France, 1918.
Member Beta Theta Pi. Mason (32 degree).; Club: Chi Alpha.
Married Willie Mitchusson, June 27, 1911 (died April. Married second, Helen Welty, August, 1927. Children: William Edward, Benjamin Franklin (killed in plane crash in Pacific, February.