Background
Sell, Henry Thorne was born on September 30, 1854 in Brooklyn. Son of Henry T. and Martha A. (Fordham) Sell.
Sell, Henry Thorne was born on September 30, 1854 in Brooklyn. Son of Henry T. and Martha A. (Fordham) Sell.
Bachelor of Arts, Wesleyan University, 1873, A.M., 1876. Bachelor of Divinity, Yale, 1877. Doctor of Divinity, Ripon College, 1902.
Professor mathematics and German, Chamberlain Institute and Female College, Randolph, New York, 1873-1874. Ordained Congressional ministry, 1877. Pastor, Lysander, New York, 1877-1881, Cortland, 1881-1886.
District secretary for Illinois and Wisconsin National Congressional S.S. and Publication Society, Chicago, 1886-1892. Pastor Auburn Park (1892-1896) and Covenant (1898-1901) chs., Chicago. Editor The Advance, Chicago, 1901-1903.
Preaching, lecturing and writing books, 1903-1906. Pastor Plymouth Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1906-1910, Union Church, Jacksonville, Florida, 1912-1916. Moderator Florida Congressional State Conference, 1915, 16.
Pastor 1st Church, Kenosha, Wisconsin, 1918-1923. Lecturer for The Independent and Redpath-Horner Chautauqua Systems, etc.
Mason.; Member New York City Congressional Association.
Married Mary Blackman, November 21, 1888. Children: Henry B., Charles J. (deceased).