Background
Williams, Edward Franklin was born on July 22, 1832 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George and Delilah (Morse) Williams.
Williams, Edward Franklin was born on July 22, 1832 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George and Delilah (Morse) Williams.
Revolutionary ancestry. Descendant of John Williams. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1856, Master of Arts, 1859.
Bachelor of Divinity, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1861.
Doctor of Divinity, Illinois College, 1882. Doctor of Laws, Wheaton, 1899, Adrian, 1909.
Field agent of the United States Christian Commission, 2½ years in armies of the Potomac and the James. Was with the 5th Army Corps during its march through the Wilderness. Ordained Congleton ministry, October 17, 1866.
Principal Lookout Mountain Ednl.
Institutions, 1866-1867, Normal Department, Howard University, Washington, 1867. Pastor Saint Charles, 1869, Tabernacle Church, Chicago, 1869-1873, South Church (formerly Forty-Seventh Saint Church), Chicago, 1873-1891.
In Europe and the East traveling, and in University of Berlin, 1891-1893. Literature work and preaching as supply, 1893-1901.
Pastor, Evanston Avenue Church, Chicago, 1901-1911.
Pastor emeritus Wellington Avenue Church, Chicago. Western representative of Congregationalist 28 years. President Washingtonian Home, Chicago, 5 years.
Director Chicago City Missionary Society Author: Christian Life in Germany.
Life of Doctor Doctorate. K. Pearsons, the Philanthropist, 1911. Also many articles in Bibliotheca Sacra, Popular Science Monthly, and in various religious papers.
President Chicago Tract Society Home: Winnetka, Illinois.
Married Janes Clarissa Pitkin, October 24, 1886 (died 1908).