Background
Keirn, Gideon Isaac was born on September 24, 1854 in Columbia City, Indiana, United States. Son of Jonathan and Olive P. (Klinck) Keirn.
Keirn, Gideon Isaac was born on September 24, 1854 in Columbia City, Indiana, United States. Son of Jonathan and Olive P. (Klinck) Keirn.
Educated Valparaiso (Indiana) Normal School. Graduate Canton Theological School (St. Lawrence University), 1879. Bachelor of Science, Tufts College, 1891.
(Doctor of Divinity, Buchtel, 1904).
Ordained Universalist ministry, 1879. Pastor Mount Vernon, New York, 1879-1881, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1881-1883, Norwood, Massachusetts, 1883-1887. Student, Tufts College, 1887-1891.
Pastor Portland, Maine, 1890-1893, Boston, 1893-1899. Superintendent Universalist Japan Mission, 1899-1903. Pastor Muncie, Indiana, 1903-1909.
Again superintendent Universalist Japan Mission, since 1909. Was trustee 5 years, vice president 3 years Massachusetts Universalist Convention. Trustee 3 years, president 2 years Indiana Universalist Convention.
Mason (K.T.).; Member Asiatic Society, American Peace Society Japan.
Married Anna M. Kimmell, of Eaton, O., December 8, 1881.