Background
Locke, Charles Edward was born on September 9, 1858 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Henry (Doctor of Divinity) and Margaret Ellen (Loor) L.
Locke, Charles Edward was born on September 9, 1858 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Henry (Doctor of Divinity) and Margaret Ellen (Loor) L.
Bachelor of Arts, Allegheny College, 1880, A.M., 1883, Doctor of Divinity, 1892. Doctor of Laws, University of Southern California, 1915.
Captain John A. Wood, December 27, 1882. Children—Lucile (Mistress Fletcher White), Ruth Wood (wife of Doctor W. B. Thompson), Lydia Margaret (Mistress Sidney C. Walker), Doctor Charles Edward (deceased). Ordained Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1882.
Pastor Smithfield St. Church, Pittsburgh, 1888-1892, Portland, Oregon, 1892-1897, San Francisco, 1897-1899, Delaware Avenue Church, Buffalo, 1899-1904, Hanson Place Church, Brooklyn, 1904-1908, First Church, Los Angeles, 1908-1920. Elected bishop, May 1920, and assigned to Philippine Islands. Assigned to St. Paul, Minnesota, May 1924.
Retired bishop of Mechanical Engineering Church, May 1932. Elected president of California Anti-Saloon League, 1933. Fraternal delegate to Centennial New Zealand Methodism, 1922.
Conducted funeral of President McKinley, Buffalo, September 1901.
Author: The Typical America, 1902. A Nineteenth Century Crusader, 1902. A Man’s Reach, 1914
First Christmas Story, 1915.Daybreak Everywhere, 1919. The Eternal Masculine, 1925. Pray, 1929
The Everlasting Sign, 1929.
Mason.
Married Mina J., d.; children: Lucile (Mistress.