Background
Stocking, Jay Thomas was born on April 19, 1870 in Lisbon, New York, United States. Son of Myron T. and Elizabeth (Thompson) Stocking.
Stocking, Jay Thomas was born on April 19, 1870 in Lisbon, New York, United States. Son of Myron T. and Elizabeth (Thompson) Stocking.
Bachelor of Arts, Amherst, 1895, Doctor of Divinity, 1913. Master of English, Lawrenceville (New Jersey) School, 1895-1898. Bachelor of Divinity, Yale Division School, 1901.
Studied University of Berlin, 1902-1903.
Ordained Congleton ministry, 1901, assistant pastor Church of the Redeemer, New Haven, 1901-1903. Pastor 1st Church, Bellows Falls, Vermont, 1903-1905, Central Church, Newtonville, Massachusetts, 1905-1914. 1st Church, Washington, District of Columbia, 1914-1915, Union Congressional Church, Upper Montclair, New Jersey, 1915-1927, Pilgrim Congressional Church, Saint Louis, Missouri, since 1927.
President board of trustees Congressional Conference of Missouri.
Trustee Congressional Annuity Fund, Drury College, Oberlin College, Iberia Academy. Member Executive Committee Federal of Churches.
Chairman Congressional communications of Missions. Member Board of Ministerial Relief.
Member of commission on international justice and good-will of Federal Council of Churches.
Director American Peace Society Author: The Dearest Spot on Earth, 1908. The City That Never Was Reached, 1911. The Golden Goblet, 1914.
Henry J. Patrick—An Appreciation.
Mr. Friend o’ Manitoba, 1920. Query Queer, 1926; The Child in the Congregation, 1929.
Home: Saint Louis, Missouri
Member Executive Committee Federal of Churches. Member Board of Ministerial Relief. Member of commission on international justice and good-will of Federal Council of Churches.
Married Grace Cordelia Porter, October 21, 1903. Children: Harriet Porter, Elizabeth Porter, Alice Porter, Josephine Porter.