Background
Brougher, James Whitcomb was born on January 7, 1870 in Vernon, Indiana, United States. Son of Frederick Christopher and Euphemia Ryker (Cumley) Brougher.
Brougher, James Whitcomb was born on January 7, 1870 in Vernon, Indiana, United States. Son of Frederick Christopher and Euphemia Ryker (Cumley) Brougher.
Bachelor of Arts, California College, Oakland, 1891, Master of Arts, 1894. Graduate Rochester Theological Seminary, 1894. Doctor of Divinity, Carson and Newman College, 1901, Berkeley Division School, 1926, Bates College, 1930.
Doctor of Laws, Linfield College, 1926, Denison University, 1927.
Russell Morse, Corinna Morse (Mistress Norman A. Buist), Review James Whitcomb, Junior. Married second, Margaret T. Wood, 1945. ordained Baptist ministry, 1894. Pastor 1st Church, Paterson, New Jersey, 1894-1900, 1st Church, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1900-1904.
White Temple, Portland, Oregon, 1904-1910, Temple Church, Los Angeles, 1910-1926, First Church, Oakland, California, 1926-1930, Tremont Temple, Boston, 1930-1935.
Associate pastor of First Baptist Church, Glendale, California, 1935-1945. Interim pastor of Tremont Temple, Boston, 1946-1947.
President American Baptist Publication Society, Philadelphia, 1913-1917. Member Executive Committee Northern Baptist Convention, 1917-1923, and since 1925.
President Northern Baptist Convention, 1926-1927.
Trustee Baptist Division School, Berkeley, California, 1926-1930, Gordon College of Theological and Missions, 1930-1935.
Member Executive Committee Northern Baptist Convention, 1917-1923, and since 1925. Member American Baptist Foreign Mission Board, 1927-1939, Southern California Baptist Convention Board. Member General Council, Northern Baptist Convention, 1941-1947.
Honorary trustee Redlands University.
Mason (32 degree, Knight of the Order of the Thistle). Member Saint Paul’s Royal Architecture Church and Aleppo Shrine, Boston, Massachusetts.
Member Kiwanis, Optimist, Exchange clubs, Los Angeles Breakfast and Advertising.
Married Corinna South. Morse, July 28, 1891 (died 1939). Married second, Margaret T. Wood, 1945. Children: Verna Isabelle (Mistress Walter Saint, Junior.