Background
Wooddy, Claiborne Alphonso was born on February 8, 1856 in Brownsville, Oregon, United States. Son of Reuben Burrow and Sydney Ann (Hill) Wooddy.
Wooddy, Claiborne Alphonso was born on February 8, 1856 in Brownsville, Oregon, United States. Son of Reuben Burrow and Sydney Ann (Hill) Wooddy.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Oregon, 1881, Master of Arts, 1884. Bachelor of Divinity, Rochester Theological Seminary, 1884. Doctor of Divinity, California College, Oakland, 1898.
Doctor of Laws, McMinnville College, Oregon, 1914.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1884. Pastor Pendleton, Oregon, 1884-1886, Weston, 1886-1887. Principal Indian Industrial School, Chemawa, 1887-1888.
Pastor, Amity, 1888-1890.
Editor Pacific Baptist, 1890-1902. General superintendent home missions, for Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah, for American Baptist Home Mission Society Chairman board of trustees, Baptist Theological Seminary, Berkeley, California.
Member National War communications of Northern Baptist Convention.
Married Martha J. Kirby, June 30, 1879.