Background
Ormond, Jesse Marvin was born on January 20, 1878 in Greene County, North Carolina, United States. Son of John James and Nancy Jane (Cuninggim) Ormond.
Ormond, Jesse Marvin was born on January 20, 1878 in Greene County, North Carolina, United States. Son of John James and Nancy Jane (Cuninggim) Ormond.
Bachelor of Arts, Trinity College (now Duke U.), Durham, North Carolina, 1902. Bachelor of Divinity, Vanderbilt, 1910. Student Divinity School, University of Chicago, summer, 1909.
Doctor of Divinity, Randolph Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, 1939.
Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church South., 1910. Various pastorates until 1921. Professor pastorial theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 1921-1922.
Professor practical theology, School of Religion (now Division School), Duke University, 1923-1948, retired.
Secretary Duke Commission from 1926, Trustee North Carolina Conference Methodist Church from 1912, sec-treasurer from 1925. Board of education, same, 1914-1922, board of missions, from 1922, general board of missions and church extension, from 1940.
Member General Conference Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1930, 34, 38, and chairman North Carolina delegation. Member Uniting Conference, Methodist Church, 1939, General Conference, 1940, 44.
Member American Sociological Society, American Country Life Association, Scholarship Fraternity of Duke University, Kappa Alpha, Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Gamma Museum Theta Phi.
Married Katrina Kern, June 23, 1910. Children: John Kern, Janet, Margaret, Jessie Katrina, Elizabeth Eskridge.