Background
Webster, John Hunter was born on January 8, 1862 in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John and Isabel Grace Young (Clarkson) Webster.
Webster, John Hunter was born on January 8, 1862 in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John and Isabel Grace Young (Clarkson) Webster.
Bachelor of Arts, Westminster College, Pennsylvania, 1886. Graduate Xenia Theological Seminary, 1893. Doctor of Divinity, Tarkio (Missouri) College, 1908.
Ordained United Presbyterian ministry, 1893. Pastor Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1893-1895, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, 1895-1908. Professor New Testament literature and exegesis, Xenia Theological Seminary, Saint Louis, Missouri (formerly at Xenia, O.), 1909-1930.
Professor New Testament language and literature, Pittsburgh-Xenia Theological Seminary, since 1930.
Married Lora Wilson, June 29, 1893. Children: Clarkson Wilson, Chauncey Wilson, Archibald Wilson, John Hunter (deceased), Margaret Adelaide (Mistress P. West. Goodell), Rosanna Grace (Mistress G. A. Graham).