Henry Crete Gleiss

Background

Gleiss, Henry Crete was born on March 12, 1870 in Greenvine, Texas, United States. Son of Frank Julius and Marie (Moegelin) Gleiss.

Education

Bachelor of Philosophy, Baylor University, 1890, Doctor of Divinity, 1920. Graduate Rochester Theological Seminary, 1893.

Career

Was ordained to Baptist ministry, 1893. Pastor in Houston, Texas, 1893-1897, in Dallas, Texas, 1897-1898, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1898-1906. General superintendent Detroit Baptist Union (97 churches), October 1917-September 1938.

Corresponding secretary German Baptist Orphans’ and Children’s Home, now at Saint Joseph, Michigan, 1898-1918.

Correspondent secretary Pittsburgh Baptist Association 11 years. President Orphanage and Home Society of Western Pennsylvania 5 years.

An organizer of advisory council Detroit Baptist Union and of Baptist Children’s Home, Detroit, et cetera

Achievements

• Henry Crete Gleiss has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Michigan Baptist Convention, Detroit Council of Churches, Michigan Anti Saloon League.

Connections

Married Lottie Wagner, September 11, 1894. Children: George Herman, Mary Margaret (Mistress F. B. Sack), Winnefred Minerva (Mistress R. G. Williams), Ruth Mildred (Mistress Oswald C. White), Esther Elizabeth (Mistress Willard O. Moore), Henry Osgood, Grace Sarah (Mistress Paul Parker).

Father:

Frank Julius Gleiss

Mother:

Marie (Moegelin) Gleiss

Spouse:

Lottie Wagner

child:

Ruth Mildred Gleiss (Mistress Oswald C. White)

child:

Grace Sarah Gleiss (Mistress Paul Parker)

child:

George Herman Gleiss

child:

Esther Elizabeth Gleiss (Mistress Willard O. Moore)

child:

Mary Margaret Gleiss (Mistress F. B. Sack)

child:

Henry Osgood Gleiss

child:

Winnefred Minerva Gleiss (Mistress R. G. Williams)