Background
Payton, Jacob Simpson was born on March 24, 1884 in De Soto, Iowa, United States. Son of Benjamin Wesley and Elizabeth (Brown) Payton.
Payton, Jacob Simpson was born on March 24, 1884 in De Soto, Iowa, United States. Son of Benjamin Wesley and Elizabeth (Brown) Payton.
Bachelor of Arts, Fort Worth (Texas) U., 1908. Bachelor of Divinity, Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, New Jersey, 1911. Graduate student Columbia, 1910-1911.
Doctor of Divinity, Allegheny College, 1928.
Rose (deceased). Ordained to ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, 1911, assistant pastor Christ Church, Pittsburgh, 1911-1914. Pastor Brookline Church, Pittsburgh, 1914-1916, Ben Avon Church, Pittsburgh, 1917-1921. Pastor, Sewickley, Pennsylvania, 1922-1923, Beaver, Pennsylvania, 1924-1925.
Superintendent Allegheny and Pittsburgh districts of Pittsburgh Conference, 1926-1931. Pastor Asbury Church, Pittsburgh, 1931-1936. Editor National Methodist Press, Washington, District of Columbia, 1936-1940.
Assistant editor, The Christian Advocate, Chicago, 1941. Executive secretary Methodist Commision on Chaplains, 1941-1942. Washington correspondent The Christian Advocate and other religious journals, 1946-1953.
Assistant director General Commission Army Navy Chaplains, Washington, District of Columbia, 1943-1946. Delaware Ecumenical Conference, London, England., 1921. Delegate General Conference Mechanical Engineering Church, 1932, Uniting Conference of Three Methodisms, 1939.
President Association Methodist History Socs. of the Northeastern Jurisdiction of the Methodist Church.
Served as war work secretary, Young Men’s Christian Association, overseas, 1918. Mason.; Club: National Press (Washington, District of Columbia).
Married Rose Guthrie Marsh, June 16, 1917.