James Lewis Gillies

March 2, 1871 (age 75)

Glasgow, Missouri, United States

Review Doctor John H. Poland, 1895 (she died June 5, 1941). Children—Ruth Virginia (Mistress Wm. H. Warnes), Frances Olive (Mistress Eugene D. Barton), Zorah Margaret, (deceased), Kathleen (Mistress W. A. Applegate), Marion Louise (Mistress P. B. Howell). Married second, Mary F. Judd, August 24, 1942. Young Men’s Christian Association secretary in St. Joseph, and Chicago, 1891-1894. Ordained Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1896. Pastor Missouri Conference, 1894-1900, Odebolt, Iowa, 1904-1907. District superintendent Sheldon (Iowa) district, 1907-1913. Secretary Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa, 1913-1915. Pastor, Clear Lake, Iowa, 1915-1917, Trinity Church, Des Moines, 1917-1921, First Church, Riverside, California, 1921-1928. District superintendent San Diego District, 1928-1929, Los Angeles District, 1929-1934. Pastor First Church, Monrovia, California, 1935-1938. Holliston Avenue Church, Pasadena, 1938-1941, Santa Barbara Avenue Church, Los Angeles, 1941-1943. Chaplain, Pacific Home, Los Angeles, since 1943. Executive secretary Los Angeles Missionary and Church Extension Society of Mechanical Engineers Church, 1931-1934. Delaware General Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church, 1912, Methodist Ecumenical Conference, Atlanta, 1931. Ex-president State Church Federation. Trustee Pacific Palisades Association, Spanish-American Institute, Pacific Home (president of the board), University Religious Conference of University of California at Los Angeles (ex-president).

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Background

Gillies, James Lewis was born on May 2, 1871 in Glasgow, Missouri, United States. Son of Review Doctor John and Fannie (Bartholow) Gillies.

Education

Graduated from the high school, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1887. Bachelor of Arts, Missouri Wesleyan College, 1891, Doctor of Divinity, from University of Southern California, 1941.

Career

Review Doctor John H. Poland, 1895 (she died June 5, 1941). Children—Ruth Virginia (Mistress Wm. H. Warnes), Frances Olive (Mistress Eugene D. Barton), Zorah Margaret, (deceased), Kathleen (Mistress W. A. Applegate), Marion Louise (Mistress P. B. Howell).

Married second, Mary F. Judd, August 24, 1942. Young Men’s Christian Association secretary in St. Joseph, and Chicago, 1891-1894. Ordained Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1896.

Pastor Missouri Conference, 1894-1900, Odebolt, Iowa, 1904-1907. District superintendent Sheldon (Iowa) district, 1907-1913. Secretary Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa, 1913-1915.

Pastor, Clear Lake, Iowa, 1915-1917, Trinity Church, Des Moines, 1917-1921, First Church, Riverside, California, 1921-1928. District superintendent San Diego District, 1928-1929, Los Angeles District, 1929-1934. Pastor First Church, Monrovia, California, 1935-1938.

Holliston Avenue Church, Pasadena, 1938-1941, Santa Barbara Avenue Church, Los Angeles, 1941-1943. Chaplain, Pacific Home, Los Angeles, since 1943. Executive secretary Los Angeles Missionary and Church Extension Society of Mechanical Engineers Church, 1931-1934.

Delaware General Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church, 1912, Methodist Ecumenical Conference, Atlanta, 1931. Ex-president State Church Federation. Trustee Pacific Palisades Association, Spanish-American Institute, Pacific Home (president of the board), University Religious Conference of University of California at Los Angeles (ex-president).

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Mason (32°).; Clubs: Present Day, “Twenty”.

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Married Zorah Margaret, d.; married second, Mary F. Judd, August 24, 1942. Children: Ruth Virginia (Mistress Wm.

Father:: Review Doctor John Gillies
Mother:: Fannie (Bartholow) Gillies
Spouse:: Zorah Margaret
Spouse:: Mary F. Judd
child:: Ruth Virginia (Mistress Wm Gillies

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