Grant Kirkland Lewis

Background

Lewis, Grant Kirkland was born on October 13, 1868 in Steuben Company, Indiana, United States. Son of James and Charity (Laubach) Kirkland.

Education

Orphaned, and adopted by family named Lewis, whose name assumed. Bachelor of Arts, Tri-State College, Angola, Indiana, 1890. Student Transylvania College, Lexington, Kentucky, 1890-1891.

Butler College, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1893-1894.

Bachelor of Arts, Cotner University, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1899.

Career

Ordained ministry Disciples of Christ, 1891. Pastor Decatur, Indiana, 1891-1893, Alexandria, Indiana, 1894-1896, Denver, Colorado, 1897-1899. Pomona, California, 1900-1903, Long Beach, California, 1904-1907.

Secretary Southern California Missionary Society, 1905-1910.

Secretary and director American Christian Missionary Society (home missionary board of Disciples of Christ) from 1910 until it was merged into United Christian Missionary Society of which was chairman division of home missions, also president old holding corporation President and director Men and Millions Movement of Disciples of Christ. Republican.

Achievements

• Grant Kirkland Lewis has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Emily Kinney, May 25, 1895.

Father:

James Kirkland

Mother:

Charity (Laubach) Kirkland

Spouse:

Emily Kinney