Background
Thorpe, Ervin Llewellyn was born on September 2, 1856 in Malden, Bureau County, Illinois, United States. Son of Eli O. and Ardelia E. Thorpe.
Thorpe, Ervin Llewellyn was born on September 2, 1856 in Malden, Bureau County, Illinois, United States. Son of Eli O. and Ardelia E. Thorpe.
Bachelor of Arts, Baker U., Kansas 1877, Doctor of Divinity, 1896. A.M., 1880; Bachelor of Laws, Iowa State University, 1879, Bachelor of Divinity, 1884. A.M., Doctor of Philosophy., Syracuse University, 1885.
Master of Laws, Yale, 1887, Bachelor of Divinity, 1888. Doctor of Civil Law, University of Chicago, 1890.
Ordained Mechanical Engineering ministry. Pastor, Garrison, Iowa, 1879-1880, Centre Point, Iowa, 1880-1881, Nashua, Iowa, 1881-1883. Vice-president and professor elocution and belles-lettres, Upper Iowa U., Fayette, 1883-1885.
Pastor, West Haven, New York, 1888-1889, Bay Shore, New York, 1890, First Church, Hartford. Connecticut, 1891-1895, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1896-1897, First Church, Topeka, Kansas, 1898, Brooklyn, New York, 1899-1901, 27th St. Church, New York, 1902-1906, Riverhead, New York, 1907-1908. Became pastor S. Second St. Church, Brooklyn, 1909. Then pastor St. Andrew’s Church, New Haven, Connecticut.
Mason, Odd.
Married Margaret Elizabeth Esdon, September 13, 1882.