Background
Britten, Fred Ernest was born on April 4, 1860 in Livingston Company, Michigan, United States. Son of Augustus Wadsworth and Samantha (Potter) Britten.
Britten, Fred Ernest was born on April 4, 1860 in Livingston Company, Michigan, United States. Son of Augustus Wadsworth and Samantha (Potter) Britten.
Graduate University of Michigan, 1884.
Began preaching at 20. Ordained to Baptist ministry, October, 1884. Pastor Baptist church, Faribault, Minnesota, 1884-1886.
Professor psychology and ethics and pastor college church, Central University of Iowa, 1886-1889.
Pastor and missionary in Nebraska, 1889-1893. Pastor Baptist church, Albion, Michigan, 1893-1898.
National lecturer Prohibition party. Member National Prohib.
Committee from Michigan, 1896-1904.
Chairman State Prohib. Committee of Michigan, 1898-1902. Lecturer at Chautauquas, et cetera
Prohibition candidate for mayor of Detroit, 1902.
Founder and preacher of Gospel Prohibition Association, Boston, 1903. President Boston Development corporation since 1905.
Residence: Cambridge, Massachusetts Office: Old South Building, Boston.
Member National Prohib. Committee from Michigan, 1896-1904.
Married Manistee, Michigan, April.