Background
Brown, George William was born on March 10, 1888 in Harrisville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Leech and Clara Emma (Wick) Brown.
Brown, George William was born on March 10, 1888 in Harrisville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Leech and Clara Emma (Wick) Brown.
Graduate Mercer (Pennsylvania) Academy, 1905. Bachelor of Arts, Washington and Jefferson College, 1910, Master of Arts, 1914. Graduate McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, 1914.
Doctor of Divinity, Maryville (Tennessee) College, 1933.
Ordained ministry Presbyterian Church, United States of America, 1914. Pastor successively at Marengo, Illinois, Independence, Iowa, Carthage, Illinois, Carnegie and Ben Avon, Pennsylvania, until 1928. General secretary American Bible Society, 1928-1938.
Pastor West Presbyterian Church, Binghamton, New York, 1938-1944.
Chaplain with American Expeditionary Forces, 1918-1919. Commissioner to General Assembly of Presbyterian Church, United States of America, 1927, 33, 38.
Chairman Committee on Social Edition and Action of Binghamton Presbytery.
Member Phi Delta Theta.
Married Ruth M. McAfee, October 15, 1914. Children: George William (deceased), Robert McAfee, Harriet McAfee, Ruth Elizabeth.