Background
Wills, David was born on January 7, 1825 in in Adams Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of David and Mary (Patterson) Wills.
Wills, David was born on January 7, 1825 in in Adams Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of David and Mary (Patterson) Wills.
Bachelor of Arts, Greenville and Tusculum College, Tennessee, 1847. Graduate Columbia Theological Seminary, South Carolina., 1850. (Doctor of Divinity, Oglethorpe University, 1865.
Doctor of Laws, Washington College, Tennessee, 1870).
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1850. Pastor Laurensville, South Carolina., 1850-1860, Macon, Georgia, 1860-1870. President Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia., 1870-1874.
Pastor Western Church, Washington, 1874-1879.
Chaplain U. South America, 1879-1886. Pastor North Tenth Street Church, Philadelphia, 1886-1888, resigning to visit Europe.
Pastor Disston Memorial Church, Philadelphia, 1890-1901, now pastor emeritus. Address: The Cecil, Washington.
Married Rebecca Frances Watt, of Fairfield District, South Carolina., July, 1849.