John Walker Dinsmore

Background

Dinsmore, John Walker was born on March 13, 1839 in Washington Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William and Rebecca (Anderson) Dinsmore.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Washington (now Washington and Jefferson) College, 1859, Master of Arts, 1862 (Doctor of Divinity, 1877, Doctor of Laws, 1894). Graduate Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, 1862.

Career

Ordained Presbyterian ministry. 1863; pastor Cambria, Wisconsin, 1863, Prairiedu-Sac, Wisconsin, 1864-1870, Bloomington, Illinois, 1870-1891, San Jose, California, 1891-1901. Retired from active pastorate, 1901.

Moderator Synod of Illinois, 1883, Synod of California, 1904. Member 10 Presbyterian General Assemblies. Chairman General Assembly’s special commission on judicial commissions, which framed the constitutional articles providing for the Supreme Court of the Presbyterian Church in United States of America.

Was chairman Permanent Judicial Commission. Organized the effort and secured passage of law exempting chs. of all denominations, in California, from taxation. An original member Board of Aid for Colleges Acads. for Presbyterian Church, and member Executive Committee.

Director, member Executive Committee McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago. President of the board directors San Francisco Theological Seminary. Member Republican State Convention, California, 1902.

Author: The Scotch-Irish in America, 1906. Home: Los Gatos, California.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: The Scotch-Irish in America, 1906.

Membership

Member 10 Presbyterian General Assemblies. Member Republican State Convention, California, 1902.

Connections

Married Adaline Vance, December 22, 1862. Married second, Alice Blackford, March 5, 1918.

Father:

William Dinsmore

Mother:

Rebecca (Anderson) Dinsmore

Spouse:

Adaline Vance

Spouse:

Alice Blackford