Background
Cleland, Charles S. was born on December 17, 1863 in Owatonna, Minnesota, United States. Son of William J. and Judith A. (Wilson) Cleland.
Cleland, Charles S. was born on December 17, 1863 in Owatonna, Minnesota, United States. Son of William J. and Judith A. (Wilson) Cleland.
Bachelor of Arts, Monmouth (Illinois) College, 1887. Graduate Xenia (Ohio) Theological Seminary, 1890. Doctor of Divinity, Cooper College, Sterling, Kansas, 1906.
Ordained ministry United Presbyterian Church, 1890. Pastor Le Claire Prairie, Iowa, 1890-1894, 2d Church, Philadelphia, 1894-1935, now pastor emeritus. Recording secretary Board Foreign Missions United Presbyterian Church of North.A. since 1896.
Was member War Time Committee of Inter Church Federation of Philadelphia.
Member National Service Commission United Presbyterian Church. Moderator, General Assembly, United Presbyterian Church, 1932-1933. home: 802 North. 17th Saint, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Member War Time Committee of Inter Church Member National Service Commission
Married Edith Elinor Collins, of Xenia, May 14, 1891. Children: Ralph Erskine, David Collins, James Wallace, Helen.