Background
Forbes, Elmer Severance was born on September 12, 1860 in Westboro, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Baxter and Caroline Hannah (Severance) Forbes.
Forbes, Elmer Severance was born on September 12, 1860 in Westboro, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Baxter and Caroline Hannah (Severance) Forbes.
Bachelor of Science, Amherst, 1881.
Deacon, 1890, priest, 1891, Protestant Episcopal Church. Rector St. Mary’s Church, Haledon, New Jersey, 1890-1893. Successively assistant, vicar, and rector, St. John’s Church, Jersey City, 1893-1908 (resigned 1908), and withdrew from Episcopal Church.
Secretary department of community service of America Unitarian Association, 1908-1929.
Married Sallie Latou Flemming, June 3, 1890. Children: Alice Caroline (Mistress Harold B. Hayden), Robert Latou.