Background
Medbury, Charles Sanderson was born on November 19, 1865 in Warren, Ohio, United States. Son of Sheldon and Melinda (Sanderson) Medbury.
Medbury, Charles Sanderson was born on November 19, 1865 in Warren, Ohio, United States. Son of Sheldon and Melinda (Sanderson) Medbury.
Educational public schools, and Eureka (Illinois) College. (Doctor of Divinity, Drake University, 1910).
In insurance business, Cleveland, Erie, Pennsylvania, and Chicago, 1883-1888. With Christian Oracle, Chicago, and preaching at Crystal Lake, Illinois, 1889-1890. Ordained Church of Christ (Disciples) ministry, 1894.
Pastor, El Paso, Illinois, 1893-1896, Angola, Indiana, 1897-1903, University Church, Des Moines, Iowa, since 1904.
Chautauqua and lyceum lecturer. Convention speaker Men and Religion Forward Movement.
Chaplain of 157th Regiment Indiana Volumes, Spanish-American War. Trustee Drake U. (chaplain 1905-1917).
Lecturer in army camps for League to Enforce Peace and Young Men's Christian Association, 1917-1918.
President Christian Endeavor Union of Indiana, 1901-1903. Member board directors Christian Board of Publication, Saint Louis. President American Christian Missionary Society, Centennial Convention, Pittsburgh, October 1909.
Member board directors Christian Board of Publication, Saint Louis. Member state board of Iowa Christian Missionary Society, 1915-1925. Member Executive Committee United Christian Missionary Society, 1922-1925.
Married Anna Laura Pickrell, December 30, 1890. Children: Margaret (Mistress James C. Blackburn), Sheldon Pickrell.