John Miller Wells

Background

Wells, John Miller was born on July 16, 1870 in Hinds County, Mississippi. Son of William Calvin and Mary E. (Miller) Wells.

Education

Master of Arts, Southwestern Presbyterian University, 1889. Graduate Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, 1893. Doctor of Philosophy, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1897.

Doctor of Divinity, Davidson, 1906, Washington and Lee, 1917.

Doctor of Laws, Southwestern Presbyterian University, 1922.

Career

August 7, 1894; children—John M., William Calvin, Thomas Maslin, Sarah Maslin (Mistress William M. Blakoly), Catherine Seymour. Ordained ministry Presbyterian Church in the United States, 1893.

Pastor Buena Vista, Virginia, 1893-1896, Staunton, Virginia, 1896-1901.

First Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1901-1921. President Columbia Theological Seminary, 1921-1924.

Pastor First Church, Sumter, South Carolina., 1924-1942, pastor emeritus since 1942. Moderator general Assembly Presbyterian.

Church in the United States, 1917.

Moderator Synod of North Carolina, 1908-1909. Commissioner to World Missionary Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1910. Chairman Committee on Closer Relations Reformed Churches, 1917.

Commissioner to World Presbyterian Alliance, Cardiff, Wales, 1925.

Representative of Presbyterian Church in Council of Reformed Churches and in Federal Council. Member Consensus Creed Committee of Alliance of Reformed Churches.

Vice president Federal Council Churches of Christ in America, Atlanta, 1927 (member administrative committee of the Council). Vice president Alliance of Reformed Churches holding Presbyterian System, Boston, 1929, Belfast, Ireland, 1933.

Moderator Synod of South Carolina., 1932-1933.

Sprunt lecturer, Union Theological Seminary, 1936. Chairman Western section World Presbyterian Alliance, 1941-1942.

Achievements

• John Miller Wells has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Pi Kappa Alpha. Clubs: Rotary, Country.

Connections

Married Saidee C. Maslin. Children: John M., William

Father:

William Calvin Wells

Mother:

Mary East. (Miller) Wells

Spouse:

Saidee C. Maslin.

child:

Wm Wells

child:

John M. Wells