Background
Brooks, Jesse Wendell was born on September 26, 1858 in Cheshire, Connecticut, United States. Son of Jesse R. and Louise A. (Smith) Brooks.
Brooks, Jesse Wendell was born on September 26, 1858 in Cheshire, Connecticut, United States. Son of Jesse R. and Louise A. (Smith) Brooks.
Bachelor of Arts, Rutgers, 1881. Graduate Union Theological Seminary, 1884. Doctor of Philosophy., New York University, 1889.
Ordained Congregational ministry, 1884. Pastor Bay Shore, Long Island, New York, 1884-1887. In Europe, 1887, Stuyvesant Avenue Church, Brooklyn, 1887-1888, East New York Dutch Reformed Church, Brooklyn, 1888-1894, Irving Park Church, Chicago, 1894-1898.
Secretary and superintendent Chicago Tract Society, 1898-1914, and since 1916. Secretary Northwestern Agency of American Tract Society, 1898-1902 and 1910-1914. President Union Missionary Training Institute of New York, 1914-1916.
New York State superintendent Christian Endeavor, 1887-1888. An organizer and 3 years vice president American Society Comparative Religion. Member Board Domestic Missions Reformed Church in America and chairman General Synod’s Sabbath Observance Committee several years and addressed Congressional Committee regarding Sunday closing of Chicago World’s Fair, 1893.
Member council Hope College, 1898-1904. Member board of managers American Sabbath Union and of Lord’s Day Alliance of the United States, 1892-1914, vice president, since 1914. Member Executive Committee Federal Council Churches of Christ in America, since 1912.
Married Louise Bissell Upham, 1884.