Background
Walden, John Morgan was born on February 11, 1831 in Lebanon, Ohio, United States. Son of Jesse and Matilda (Morgan) Walden.
Walden, John Morgan was born on February 11, 1831 in Lebanon, Ohio, United States. Son of Jesse and Matilda (Morgan) Walden.
Bachelor of Arts, Farmers’ (now Belmont) College, near Cincinnati, 1852, Master of Arts, 1860 (Doctor of Divinity, 1865. Doctor of Laws, McKendree College, 1879. Doctor of Divinity, Victoria College, British Columbia, 1911).
Taught school over 4 years. Connected with press 4 years, part of time editor public independent paper in Illinois. Afterwards of a free-state paper in Kansas.
Member Kansas “Topeka Legislature,” 1857.
Member Kansas Constitutional Convention, 1858. Entered Mechanical Engineering ministry, Cincinnati Conference, 1858.
Pastor Northbend Circuit, 1 year, Lynchburg Circuit, 1 year, York Saint Church, Cincinnati, 2 years, City Mission, 2 years. Lieutenant colonel, Union Army, 1862.
Editor Daily Advocate, 1864.
Correspondent secretary Freedmen’s Aid Commission (undenominational), 1863-1866. Correspondent secretary Methodist Freedmen’s Aid Society, 1866-1868. One of publishing agents
Western Methodist Book Concern, 1868-1884.
Elected bishop, 1884. President Freedmen’s Aid Society, since 1884.
Member Ecumenical Conference, London, 1881, Washington, 1891, Toronto, 1911. Member of General Conference, 1868, 72, 76, 80, 84.
Has made episcopal visits in every state and to the Methodist missions in Europe, Asia, South. America, and Mexico.
Member G.A.R.
Married Martha Young, July 3, 1859.