Background
Haley, Jesse James was born on March 18, 1851 in in Rockcastle Company, Kentucky, United States. Son of John and Julia Anderson (Fish) Haley.
Haley, Jesse James was born on March 18, 1851 in in Rockcastle Company, Kentucky, United States. Son of John and Julia Anderson (Fish) Haley.
Bachelor of Arts, Kentucky U., 1869, later A.M. Graduated from College of the Bible, Kentucky U., 1872. 1 term at Northwestern Christian U. (now Butler College of University of Indianapolis).
Ordained Christian (Disciples of Christ) Church ministry, 1873. Preached in Australia, 1874-1885. Edited the Australian Christian Watchman (organ Disciples of Christ in Southern Hemisphere), 1879-1885.
Returned to the United States, 1885, preached at San Francisco, 1886. Office editor, 1888, and 10 years on editorial staff Christian Evangelist, St. Louis, and assistant editor Christian Quarterly Review. Went to England under auspices Foreign Christian Missionary Society, 1890, and preached in Liverpool 5 years.
Returned to the United States, October 1894. Pastor Christian Church, Cynthiana, Kentucky, 9 years. Pastor 7th St. Christian Church, Richmond, Virginia, 1904-1908.
Editor-in-chief of Christian Oracle, Chicago, 1898, and editor same paper under name of Christian Century up to 1908. President National Congress, Disciples of Christ, 1905. Author: Makers and Moulders of the Reformation, 1915.
Debates that Made History, 1920. Home: Haines City, Fla.
Married Elizabeth Clark, April.