Background
Petty, Carl Wallace was born on August 23, 1884 in Topeka, Kansas, United States. Son of Alonzo M. (Doctor of Divinity) and Ida V. (King) P.
Petty, Carl Wallace was born on August 23, 1884 in Topeka, Kansas, United States. Son of Alonzo M. (Doctor of Divinity) and Ida V. (King) P.
Bachelor of Laws, Occidental College, 1906, Doctor of Divinity, 1920. Doctor of Divinity, Denison, 1923. Bachelor of Divinity, Rochester Theological Seminary, 1909.
Doctor of Laws, University of Pittsburgh, 1926.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1909. Pastor First Church, New Brighton, New York, 1909-1910, Creston Avenue Church, New York City, 1910-1920, Mount Morris Church, New York City, 1920-1922, First Church, Pittsburgh, since 1922.
Member of board of managers American Baptist Home Mission Society University preacher at Cornell Univercity, University of Chicago, Wells, Illinois, Minnesota.
Married Eloise Wells, May 12, 1910. Children: Barbara Wells, Jessie Eloise.