De Loss Monroe Tompkins

Background

Tompkins, De Loss Monroe was born on January 7, 1849 in Ashland, New York, United States. Son of Nathaniel and Lucina (Frayer) Tompkins.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Northwestern University, 1877, Master of Arts, 1880 (Doctor of Divinity, 1895).

Career

Ordained Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1879. Principal Boys’ High School, Mussori, India, 1883-1884. President Naini Tal College, Naini Tal, India, 1884-1888.

Pastor Wheaton, Illinois, 1894-1899, Belvidere, Illinois, 1899-1902, De Kalb, Illinois, 1902-1907, Rogers Park, Chicago, 1908-1914.

Delaware to General Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church, 1900. Author: Best Hundred Books for Pastor’s Library, 1895.

Vest Pocket Commentary on International Sunday School Lessons, 1898. Browning as a Spiritual Teacher, 1899.

Now lecturing. Address: Clear Lake, Wisconsin.

Achievements

• De Loss Monroe Tompkins has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman. by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Ida M. Foote, of Catskill, New York, September 27, 1877.