Background
Beardsley, Frank Grenville was born on November 9, 1870 in Ovid, Michigan, United States. Son of Grenville Sterling and Mary Elizabeth (Clark) Beardsley.
Beardsley, Frank Grenville was born on November 9, 1870 in Ovid, Michigan, United States. Son of Grenville Sterling and Mary Elizabeth (Clark) Beardsley.
Bachelor of Arts, Western (now Coe) College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1894. Master of Arts, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1896, Doctor of Philosophy, 1897. Student Chicago Theological Seminary and University of Chicago.
Bachelor of Divinity, Oberlin Theological Seminary, 1900.
South.T.D., Kansas City University, 1912.
Ordained Congleton ministry, 1897. Pastor in Iowa, at Salem, 1897-1899, Rock Rapids, 1900-1902, Greenwood Church, Des Moines, 1902-1904, Harlan, 1904-1908. Professor theology, Talladega (Alabama) Theological Seminary, 1908-1909.
Pastor 1st Church, Kansas City, Kansas, 1909-1914, 1st Church, Keokuk, Iowa, 1914-1917, 1st Church, Aurora, Illinois, 1917-1922, Fountain Park Church, Saint Louis, 1922-1931, 1st Church, Minot, North Dakota, 1931-1942.
Pastor, 1st Church, Zumbrota, Minnesota, since 1942. Trustee at large Illinois Congressional Conference, 1917-1922.
Secretary Executive Committee Missouri Congressional Conference, 1922-1927. Delaware National Congressional Council several times.
Chaplain Missouri Society Sons of the American Revolution, 1925-1928, secretary 1928-1929, president 1929-1930.
President Camp Jackson Union Soldiers’ Monument Association, 1926-1931. Chaplain Missouri Department Sons of Union Veterans of Civil War, 1926-1930, department commander, 1930-1931, national chaplain, 1933-1934. Chaplain North Dakota Department United Spanish War Veterans, 1936-1947.
Advising committee Salvation Army, 1935-1943.
Member American Society Church History, American Numismatic Association, Sons of the American Revolution, Sons of Veterans, International Brotherhood Magicians. Mason, Odd.
Married Mary East. Riddell, December 22, 1896. Children: Frank Grenville, Mary Elizabeth, Martha Lydia, Margaret Theodosia, Theodore Sterling, Edith Allene, Whitmore Everett.