Background
Baylis, Charles T. was born on April 17, 1869 in Liverpool, England. Son of Thomas and Louise (Dudley) Baylis.
Baylis, Charles T. was born on April 17, 1869 in Liverpool, England. Son of Thomas and Louise (Dudley) Baylis.
Brought to America in infancy. Educated in Canada and at Taylor University, Upland, Indiana, Master of Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy, Taylor, 1894. Post-graduate work Chicago Theological Seminary.
Ordained Congleton ministry, 1897. Pastor 1st Church, Brecksville, O., 1898, 99, Bushwick Avenue Church, 1900-1906, Church of the Open Door, Brooklyn, New York, 1906-1910. Travelogue and lyceum lecturer since 1910.
President National Sesqui-Centennial Committee Sent to Europe on special missions by Herbert Hoover during World War, and was on three boats that were sunk on return trips.
Delivered war lecture, One Thousand Miles over the Battlefields of Europe,” in many cities. Other lectures: Under Tropical Skies.
Making a Better America. The Kind of People We Meet.
Rifts in the Clouds; et cetera
Lectured in 46 states, 1921-1923, inclusive. Home: 170 Parkside Avenue, Brooklyn New York‡.
Married Elizabeth Dillingham Hovey, of Lowell, Massachusetts, May 24, 1898. Children: Marjorie Elizabeth, Gertrude Louise, Esther Victoria, Miriam Joy.