Background
Bra, Harvey Rufus De was born on June 10, 1862 in Pleasant Hill, Ohio, United States. Son of Joseph H. (Doctor of Medicine and Catharine (Deeter) D.
Bra, Harvey Rufus De was born on June 10, 1862 in Pleasant Hill, Ohio, United States. Son of Joseph H. (Doctor of Medicine and Catharine (Deeter) D.
Bachelor of Arts, Northwestern University, 1898, Master of Arts, 1900. Bachelor of Divinity, Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston, Illinois, 1900. Doctor of Divinity, Cornell College, Iowa, 1911.
Ordained Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1890. President Epworth (Iowa) Seminary, 1901-1908. Educational secretary, Cornell College, Iowa, 1908-1909.
President Missouri Wesleyan College, Cameron, Missouri, 1909-1917.
Member General Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church, 1916. Correspondent secretary Calumet Missionary Society, Gary, Indiana, 1917-1924.
Director personal evangelism, Board of Home Missions, Methodist Episcopal Church since 1924. Office: Chicago Temple, Chicago, Illinois.
Member General Conference
Married Catharine Brown, of Syracuse, Indiana, July 14, 1883. Children: Blanche Kathryn, Paul Rue (deceased), Walter Harvey, Arthur Haywood, Eugene Field.