James Allen Geissinger

Background

Geissinger, James Allen was born on October 14, 1873 in Burbank, Ohio, United States. Son of James and Henrietta A. (Dorsey) Geissinger.

Education

Student Ohio Wesleyan University, 1891-1892. Special work in German, Capital University, Columbus, 1894. Bachelor of Arts, Ohio State University, 1895.

Student in economics, University of Cincinnati, 1897-1900.

Doctor of Divinity, University of Southern California, 1914.

Career

Auburn (Cincinnati), 1900-1904, Oxford, 1905, El Paso, Texas, 1906, Phoenix, Arizona, 1907-1908, University Church, Los Angeles, California, 1909-1915, Boyle Heights Church, 1915-1916, First Church, Long Beach, California, 1916-1919. Executive secretary San Francisco area, Centenary Conservation Committee, Mechanical Engineering, Church, September 1919-1920. Pastor White Temple, Anaheim, California, 1920-1925, Holliston Avenue Church, Pasadena, 1925-1929.

Superintendent San Diego District Methodist Episcopal Church, since 1929.

Author: Programs and Pointers, 1901. Heart Problems and World Issues, 1914.

The Democracy of Methodism, 1920.

Achievements

• James Allen Geissinger has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Effie East. Bryan, June 12, 1895. Children: Wayland B., Paul Maurice (deceased), Roger J. Ordained Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1895.

Father:

James Geissinger

Mother:

Henrietta A. (Dorsey) Geissinger

Spouse:

Effie East. Bryan

child:

Roger J. Ordained Mechanical Engineering ministry Geissinger

child:

Paul Maurice Geissinger (deceased)

child:

Wayland B. Geissinger

child:

1895 Geissinger