Background
Voss, Carl August was born on August 17, 1876 in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States. Son of Review Edward and Anna (Diedrich) Voss.
Voss, Carl August was born on August 17, 1876 in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States. Son of Review Edward and Anna (Diedrich) Voss.
G.g.s. Johann Heinrich Voss, German poet. Preparatory education, high school, Cincinnati, O. Student Elmhurst (Illinois) College.
Graduate Meadville Theological School, 1896. Post-graduate work, Lane Theological Seminary and University of Cincinnati.
Doctor of Divinity, University of Pittsburgh, 1909.
Ordained ministry Evangelical Protestant Church, 1896, pastor Immanuel Church, Fairmount, Cincinnati, 1897-1905. Pastor German Evangelical Protestant (Smithfield) Church, Pittsburgh, since 1905.
Member Congressional National Commision on Missions. Member of advisory board Chicago Theological School. Member Pi Gamma Museum.
Mason (Knight of the Order of the Thistle, 32°, Shriner).
Clubs: Hungry, Agora, Rotary.
Married Lucy Wilms, April. Children: Edward Wilms, Victor Emanuel, Carl Hermann, Dorothy C. Casselman.