Background
Francis, James A. was born on March 20, 1864 in Upper Stewiacke, Nova Scoti. Son of Daniel (Doctor of Medicine and Crystie Ann (Tupper) F.
Francis, James A. was born on March 20, 1864 in Upper Stewiacke, Nova Scoti. Son of Daniel (Doctor of Medicine and Crystie Ann (Tupper) F.
Education common schools and home study. Doctor of Divinity, Denison U., Granville, O.
Clerk in Boston, 1884-1887. Secretary branch Young Men’s Christian Association, Boston, 1887-1888. Ordained Baptist ministry, 1888.
Pastor Peterboro, N.H., 1888-1891, Riverside Church, New York, 1891-1898, 2d Avenue Church, New York, 1898-1902, Clarendon St. Church, Boston, 1902-1903. Evangelist American Baptist Home Mission Society, 1905-1909. Again pastor Clarendon St. Church, Boston, 1909-1914, 1st Church, Los Angeles, California, December, since 1914.
Special speaker for Young Men’s Christian Association in the cantonments of the Pacific Coast and Texas, July 4-December 25, 1917 and with American Expeditionary Forces in camps in England, Ireland, Scotland, France and Germany, July 1918-January 1919. Speaker for League to Enforce Peace, 1919. President California State Federation of Churches Author: The Real Jesus, and Other Sermons, 1926.
Home: Los Angeles, Calif.
Married Nellie Stewart, November 2, 1891.