Background
Thomas, Jesse Burgess was born on July 29, 1832 in Edwardsville, Illinois, United States. Son of Jesse Burgess and Adeline C. (Smith) Thomas.
Thomas, Jesse Burgess was born on July 29, 1832 in Edwardsville, Illinois, United States. Son of Jesse Burgess and Adeline C. (Smith) Thomas.
Bachelor of Arts, Kenyon College, Ohio, 1850. (Doctor of Divinity, University of Chicago, 1866. Doctor of Laws, Georgetown College, Kentucky, 1898).
Admitted to bar, 1852.
Doctor T. Eastman, of Ottawa Company, Michigan, May 30, 1855. Practiced law in Chicago, 1857-1862. Pastor Waukegan, Illinois, 1862-1864, First Baptist Church, Brooklyn, 1864-1869 and 1874-1888, First Church, San Francisco, 1869, Michigan Avenue Church, Chicago, 1869-1874.
Professor church history, Newton Theological Institution, 1888-1905 (emeritus).
Author: The Old Bible and the New Science, 1877. The Mould of Doctrine, 1883.
Significance of the Historical Element in Scripture. Some Parables of Nature, 1911.
Home: Newark, New Jersey.
Married Abbie A., daughter