Background
Deems, Edward Mark was born on April 22, 1852 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Charles Force (Doctor of Divinity, Doctor of Laws) and Anna (Disosway) D.
Deems, Edward Mark was born on April 22, 1852 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Charles Force (Doctor of Divinity, Doctor of Laws) and Anna (Disosway) D.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1874, A.M., 1877. Graduate Princeton Theological Seminary, 1877. Doctor of Philosophy., New York University, 1893.
Doctor of Divinity, Alfred U., 1904.
Ordained by Presbytery of Denver, October 1877. Pastor Central Church, Longmont, Colorado, 1877-1879, Westminster Church, New York, 1880-1889, First Church, Hornellsville, New York, 1890-1909. Chaplain American Seamen’s Friend Society, New York, 1909-1913, Sailors’ Snug Harbor, New Brighton, New York, November 15, since 1913.
Moderator Presbytery of New York, 1885. Commissioner to General Assembly from New York Presbytery, 1887, from Steuben Presbytery, 1897. Stated clerk and treasurer Steuben Presbytery, 1898-1908.
Married Virginia Watkins Price, April. Children: Charles P., Elsie, Virginia, William H., Edward M., Robert D. (deceased).