Background
Porter, Henry Alford was born on November 15, 1871 in Fredericton, N.B. Son of Review Theodore Harding and Elizabeth (Estabrook) Porter.
Porter, Henry Alford was born on November 15, 1871 in Fredericton, N.B. Son of Review Theodore Harding and Elizabeth (Estabrook) Porter.
University of North.B.; Bachelor of Arts, McMaster University, Toronto, 1894. Graduate Rochester Theological Seminary, 1899. Doctor of Divinity, Central College of Iowa, 1905, McMaster University, 1915, Acadia University, 1929.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1895. Pastor Bridgewater, Nova Scoti, 1895-1896, Kentville, 1896-1897, 1st Church, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1899-1904, 1st Church, Oklahoma City, 1904-1907, Walnut Saint (1st) Church, Louisville, Kentucky, 1907-1913, Gaston Avenue Church, Dallas, Texas, 1913-1916, 2d Church, Atlanta, Georgia., 1916-1923, Third Church, Saint Louis, Missouri, 1923-1929, First Church, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1929-1945. President Metropolitan Church Federal, Saint Louis, 1926.
Young Men's Christian Association service 7 months, World War.
Frequent contributor to secular and religious press Author of religious pamphlets.
Club: Colonnade.
Married Elizabeth Brethour, May 16, 1899.