Background
Brown, Henry Seymour was born on November 2, 1875 in Rochester New New York Son of John Milton and Cordelia Jane (Fletcher) Brown.
Brown, Henry Seymour was born on November 2, 1875 in Rochester New New York Son of John Milton and Cordelia Jane (Fletcher) Brown.
Preparatory education, Lyons Township High School, Louisiana Grange, Illinois. Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Texas, 1897. Graduate Princeton Theology Seminary, 1900.
Doctor of Divinity, Blackburn College, 1917.
September 1947); children—Fletcher Gridley, Katherine Underhill, Henry Seymour. Married second, L. Margaret Houston, September 15, 1948. Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1900.
Assistant pastor South Park Church, Newark, New Jersey, 1900-1902, Tabernacle Church, Philadelphia, 1902.
Pastor First Church, East Aurora, New York, First Church, East Cleveland, Ohio, Lake View Church, Chicago, until 1918. Superintendent Church Extension Board, Chicago Presbytery 1918-1937.
Executive secretary, 1923-1937. Vice president Princeton Theological Seminary, September 1937-September 1946, vice president emeritus, since 1946.
Organizer and pastor Harrindale Community Church (Presbyterian), Glenburnie, Maryland., July 11, 1948.
Member Department Church Cooperation and Union of General Assembly Presbyterian Church. Board of strategy Presbytery of Baltimore since April, 1948. Founder, 1st president Associate Church (Protestant) Charities of Chicago, 1936-1937.
Director Presby.
Hospital of Chicago, 1930-1937.
Member Department Church Cooperation and Union of General Assembly Presbyterian Church.
Married Emma Slee Underhill, June 25, 1907 (deceased. Married second, L. Margaret Houston, September 15, 1948. Children: Fletcher Gridley, Katherine Underhill, Henry Seymour.