Background
Patton, Cornelius Howard was born on December 25, 1860 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William Weston (Doctor of Divinity, Doctor of Laws) and Mary Boardman (Smith) P.
Patton, Cornelius Howard was born on December 25, 1860 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William Weston (Doctor of Divinity, Doctor of Laws) and Mary Boardman (Smith) P.
Bachelor of Arts, Amherst, 1883. Bachelor of Divinity, Yale, 1886. Doctor of Divinity, Amherst, 1899, Williams, 1921.
Ordained Congleton ministry, 1887. Pastor Westfield, New Jersey, 1887-1895, Duluth, Minnesota, 1895-1898, First Church, Saint Louis, 1898-1904. Home secretary American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 1904-1929, emeritus.
Trustee Amherst College Author: The Lure of Africa.
World Facts and America’s Responsibility. The Business of Missions.
Eight O’Clock Chapel (with World Trade Field). The Rosary; Foreign Missions Under Fire.
God’s World; The Rediscovery of Wordsworth.
The Amherst Wordsworth Collection—A Descriptive Bibliography. Donor of large collection of Wordsworthiana to Amherst College Home: West Hartford, Connecticut Deceased.
Married Pauline Whittlesey, June 5, 1889. Children: Augusta, Catharine.