Background
Maccorkle, Emmett Wallace was born on August 28, 1855 in Lexington, Virginia, United States. Son of William Henry and Virginia (Wilson) MacC.
Maccorkle, Emmett Wallace was born on August 28, 1855 in Lexington, Virginia, United States. Son of William Henry and Virginia (Wilson) MacC.
B.Ph., Washington and Lee University, 1874, Doctor of Divinity, 1895. Bachelor of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, 1878.
Ordained ministry Presbyterian Church in the United States, 1881. Organizer and pastor Clifton Forge Church, 1880-1903.
Pastor Nicholasville, Kentucky, 1903-1911, Bethesda Church, Rockbridge Baths, Virginia, from 1911 until 1928. Republican to General Assembly Presbyterian Church in the United States 5 times. To World Alliance, London, Liverpool and Cardiff, Wales.
Member World Alliance Presbyterian Churches. Chairman Foreign Missions Committee Synod of Virginia, and of Presbytery of Lexington. Member Victoria Institute of London, England.
Assistant chaplain general U.C.V.
Married Mamie Bryant, November 22, 1899.