Background
Moment, John James was born on February 1, 1875 in Orono, Ontario, Canada. Son of Robert and Sarah Wightman (Gairdner) Moment.
Moment, John James was born on February 1, 1875 in Orono, Ontario, Canada. Son of Robert and Sarah Wightman (Gairdner) Moment.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1896. Bachelor of Divinity, Hartford Theological Seminary, 1906. Doctor of Divinity, Washington and Jefferson College, 1925.
Doctor of Divinity, Princeton, 1947.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1906. Assistant pastor 1st Presbyterian Church, East. Orange, New York, 1906-1908. Associate pastor Bergen Reformed Church, Jersey City.
Later pastor High Street Presbyterian Church, Newark, until 1918.
Pastor Crescent Avenue Church, Plainfield, New Jersey, 1918-1948.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Clara Louise Cross, May 21, 1908. Children: Anne (Mistress Reade H. Ryan), Jean Gairdner (Mistress Walter South. Douglas), Robert (naval aviator, killed in war), John (paratrooper).