Background
Mcclure, James Gore King was born on November 24, 1848 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Archibald and Susan Tracy (Rice) M.
Mcclure, James Gore King was born on November 24, 1848 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Archibald and Susan Tracy (Rice) M.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1870. Graduate Princeton Theological Seminary, 1873. Doctor of Divinity, Lake Forest University, 1888, Princeton, 1906, Yale, 1906.
Doctor of Laws, Illinois College, 1904.
Doctor of Laws, Lake Forest University, 1929.
Nathan F. Dixon, of Westerly, Rhode Island, November 19, 1879. Children—Annie Dixon (Mistress Dumont Clarke), James G. K., Harriet (Mistress R. Douglas Stuart), Archibald, Nathan Dixon. Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1874.
Pastor New Scotland, New York, 1874-1879.
Traveled in Europe, Egypt, Holy Land, Turkey and Greece, 1879-1880. Pastor Lake Forest, Illinois, 1881-1905.
President Lake Forest University, 1897-1901. President McCormick Theological Seminary (now Presbyterian Theological Seminary), Chicago, 1905-1928, president emeritus.
Deputy governor general Society of Mayflower Descendants in United States (governor Illinois Society).
Author: Possibilities, 1896. Environment, 1899; Grandfather’s Stories, 1926. Grandfather’s Stories II, 1928.
The Story of England’s First Library, 1929.
History of Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Chicago, 1929. Home: Lake Forest, Illinois.
Married Annie P., daughter Children: Annie Dixon (Mistress Dumont Clarke), James G. K., Harriet (Mistress R. Douglas Stuart), Archibald, Nathan Dixon.