Henry Wellington Stough

Background

Stough, Henry Wellington was born on August 15, 1870 in Pulaski, Williams County, Ohio, United States. Son of William Edward and Frances Jane (Newman) Stough.

Education

Student Oberlin College, 1888-1891. Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, 1892-1893. Chicago Theological Seminary, 1893-1896.

Doctor of Divinity, Defiance College, 1911.

Career

General secretary Young Men's Christian Association, East Liverpool, O. Pastor 3d Church, Oak Park, Illinois, 1894-1901. Ordained Congressional ministry, 1896.

Evangelist, since 1901, conducting services under title of “Stough Evangelistic Campaign”. Secretary and treasurer Interdenom.

Evangelistic Association, 1906-1912.

Founder, 1926, and president Society of the Healing Christ. Founder, 1930, and president Society of the Midnight Cry. National commissioner and lecturer upon religious and economic subjects for the Anglo-Saxon Federation of America, 1932.

Founder, and national director America-Israel Movement, Knoxville, Tennessee, since 1934.

Achievements

• Henry Wellington Stough has been listed as a noteworthy evangelist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member evangelistic staff, War Council Y.M. Central America

Connections

Married Helen Amelia Russian, June 23, 1898. Children: William Russian (deceased), Paul Pinney, Rachel Elizabeth (Mistress B. O. Keefer), Henry West., Philip Newman, Harold Edward, Virginia Eloise.

Father:

William Edward Stough

Mother:

Frances Jane (Newman) Stough

Spouse:

Helen Amelia Russian

child:

Harold Edward Stough

child:

Philip Newman Stough

child:

Paul Pinney Stough

child:

Henry West. Stough

child:

William Russian Stough (deceased)

child:

Rachel Elizabeth Stough (Mistress B. O. Keefer)

child:

Virginia Eloise Stough