Background
Clayton, James Benjamin was born on February 9, 1867 in Washington, District of Columbia. Son of James Robert and Virginia Elizabeth (Williamson) Clayton.
Clayton, James Benjamin was born on February 9, 1867 in Washington, District of Columbia. Son of James Robert and Virginia Elizabeth (Williamson) Clayton.
Columbian College (now George Washington University), 1886-1889. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1889-1891. South.T.D., Potomac University, Washington, District of Columbia, 1909, Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, 1911 (Doctor of Letters, 1913).
In evangelistic work, 1887-1898. Pastor Norfolk and Falls Church, Virginia, 1890-1891, Hannibal, Missouri, 1897-1898, Hynesboro Park, Maryland., 1898-1899, Anacostia. District of Columbia, 1900-1901.
First Church, Washington, District of Columbia, 1909, Immanuel Church, Washington, 1910.
Chief clerk Bureau American Ethnology, 1903-1909. Dean Theological Department, Potomac University, since 1911.
Member Anthropology Society Washington. Extensive contributor to periodicals on educational and religious topics, especially comparative religion, symbolism and folk-lore.
Married Hattie East. Rogers, of Logan, Iowa, April.