Background
Palmquist, Elim Arthur Eugene was born on August 16, 1873 in Oakland, Nebraska, United States. Son of Andrew and Ellen (Olson) Palmquist.
Palmquist, Elim Arthur Eugene was born on August 16, 1873 in Oakland, Nebraska, United States. Son of Andrew and Ellen (Olson) Palmquist.
Student Morgan Park Academy, 1892-1895. Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago, 1899. Doctorate.B. Graduate School Theological (University of Chicago), 1903, Post Graduate Theological (U. Of Chicago), 1905.
Doctor of Divinity, Bucknell University, 1926.
2d; Susie Homes Welles, October 9, 1907. Children—Mary Estelle (Mistress Guy Constant Holbrook, Junior), Charles Welles. Ordained to ministry of Baptist Church, 1900.
Pastor First Baptist Church, Momence, Illinois, 1900-1907, Connellsville, Pennsylvania, 1907-1911, North Avenue Baptist Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1912-1918.
Director New England Area Interchurch World Movement, 1919-1920. Executive secretary Philadelphia Federation of Churches, 1920-1945.
Pastor Woodland Baptist Church, Philadelphia, since 1950.
Member board of managers American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, 1914-1917. Served as Young Men's Christian Association secretary with American Expeditionary Forces, 1917-1918. Member Philadelphia Mayor’s Crime Commission, 1938, Mayor’s Commision on Race, 1944-1947.
Member Executive Committee Adult Education Committee.
Member Committee on State Legislation (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania). Director Armstrong Association (Philadelphia).
Member Delta Tau Delta. Mason.; Clubs: Phi Alpha Clergy (Philadelphia).
Married Marie Estelle Coon (died 1905). Children: Mary Estelle (Mistress Guy Constant Holbrook, Junior.