Background
Metcalf, Irving Wight was born on November 27, 1855 in Bangor, Maine, United States. Son of Eliab Wight and Eliza Maria (Ely) Metcalf.
Metcalf, Irving Wight was born on November 27, 1855 in Bangor, Maine, United States. Son of Eliab Wight and Eliza Maria (Ely) Metcalf.
Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin College, 1878. Student Andover Theological Seminary, 1879-1880. Bachelor of Divinity, Oberlin Theological Seminary, 1881.
Ordained Congleton ministry, January 31, 1882. Pastor Eastwood Church, Columbus, Ohio, 1881-1889, Hough Avenue Church, Cleveland, 1889-1894. Associate pastor Pilgrim Church, Cleveland, 1894-1897.
In business at Lawrence, Kansas, 1897-1899.
Elyria, O., 1899-1902, and at Oberlin, since 1902. Secretary Congregational City Missionary Society, Cleveland, 1892-1897, and Ohio Congressional Board Ministerial Relief.
Moderator Congressional Association Ohio, 1902. Chairman church property committee National Council Congressional Churches, 1898-1913.
Trustee Oberlin College, 1900-1926.
Also trustee Thessalonica Agricultural and Industrial Institute, Salonica, Greece, since 1904. Corporate member American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, since 1904. Home: Oberlin, O.
Member American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, since 1904.
Married Flora Belle Mussey, May 20, 1885. Children: Edith Eastwood, Harold Mussey.