Background
Blackwood, James Hiram was born on November 12, 1908 in Hartstown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James Milligan and Margaret Alverde Williams Blackwood.
Blackwood, James Hiram was born on November 12, 1908 in Hartstown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James Milligan and Margaret Alverde Williams Blackwood.
AB, Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, 1930. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, 1948. ThB, Pittsburgh-Xenia Theological, 1933.
Master of Theology, Pittsburgh-Xenia Theological, 1949.
Pastor, Rennerdale (Pennsylvania) United Presbyterian Church, 1933-1935;
pastor, Germantown United Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, 1935-1941;
chaplain, United States Army/Air Force, 1941-1945;
pastor, Sunset Hills United Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, 1945-1950;
pastor, Graystone United Presbyterian Church, Indiana, Pennsylvania, 1950-1952;
chaplain, United States Air Force, 1952-1955;
pastor, Third United Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, 1955-1958;
associate pastor, Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, 1958-1964;
associate pastor, Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, 1972-1987;
pastor, Whitehall United Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, 1964-1972. Representative to Alliance of Reformed Churches, United Presbyterian Church, member numerouscoms. Moderator Pittsburgh Presbytery.
Executive Committee Westminster College. Ordained by Monoghela Presbytery of the United Presbyterian Church North America, Rennerdale, Pennsylvania.
Lieutenant colonel United States Army Air Forces 1941-1945, United States Air Force, 1952-1955. Member Masons.
Married Jean McLean English. Children: James English, Jeanne Williams Blackwood Rowe.