Background
Shumaker, Elmer Ellsworth was born on September 15, 1862 in Muncy, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Jasper and Sarah (Dorworth) Shumaker.
Shumaker, Elmer Ellsworth was born on September 15, 1862 in Muncy, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Jasper and Sarah (Dorworth) Shumaker.
Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, Harvard, 1889 (Phi Beta Kappa). Princeton Theological Seminary, 1889-1890. Graduate General Theological Seminary, New York, 1891.
Post-graduate work, theology and philosiphy, University of Berlin, 1892-1893.
Student in philosophy. Yale, 1898-1899, Doctor of Philosophy, 1902.
1 son, Brooks. In charge Zion Protestant Episcopal Church, Manchester Center, Vermont, 1891-1892. Ordained Congressional ministry, 1894. Pastor Mound City, Illinois, 1893-1896.
Professor Southern Collegiate Institute and pastor Albion, Illinois, 1896-1898.
North Church, Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1899-1902. Covenant Church, Chicago, 1903-1906.
Acting pastor Wood Memorial Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1907-1910. Pastor Shawmut Church, Boston, 1911-1914.
Lecturer on World Peace and A League of Nations, 1915-1918, The League of Nations, 1919-1920.
Pastor First Congressional Chugch, Adams, Massachusetts, 1921-1926. Charter member League to Enforce Peace. Author: God and Manitoba—Philosophy of the Higher Life, 1909.
The World Crisis and the Way to Peace, 1915.
Home: Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Member League to Enforce Peace.
Married Harriet Hall of Glenburn, Pennsylvania, August 12, 1891.