George Richmond Grose

Background

Grose, George Richmond was born on July 14, 1869 in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States. Son of Andrew Dixon and Mary Estaline (Harrah) Grose.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1894, Master of Arts, 1896, Doctor of Divinity, 1908, Doctor of Laws, 1916. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Boston University School of Theology, 1896.

Career

Ordained Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1896. Pastor Cherry Valley Church, Leicester, Massachusetts, 1894-1897, 1st Church, Jamaica Plain, Boston, 1897-1900, 1st Church, Newton, Massachusetts, 1900-1905, 1st Church, Lynn, Massachusetts, 1905-1908, Grace Church, Baltimore, 1908-1912. President De Pauw University, October 1912-1924.

Bishop Mechanical Engineering Church, assigned to Peking, China, 1924-1932 (resigned as bishop).

Achievements

• George Richmond Grose has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Indiana State Board Education, 1913-1924. Member General Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church, 1916, 20, 24. Member University Senate.

Member Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

Clubs: Twentieth Century (Boston).

Connections

Married Lucy Dickerson, of Cadiz, O., June 28, 1894. Children: Mistress Mary Frances Witman, Wilbur Dickerson, Helen (Mistress Helen Fallon), Virginia (Mistress Virginia Louisiana-Fever), William Edwin.

Father:

Andrew Dixon Grose

Mother:

Mary Estaline (Harrah) Grose

Spouse:

Lucy Dickerson

child:

Helen Grose (Mistress Helen Fallon)

child:

William Edwin Grose

child:

Virginia Grose (Mistress Virginia Louisiana-Fever)

child:

Wilbur Dickerson Grose

child:

Mistress Mary Frances Witman Grose