Background
Bissell, John William was born on August 4, 1843 in Prescott, Canada. Son of John and Rebecca (Nettleton) Bissell.
Bissell, John William was born on August 4, 1843 in Prescott, Canada. Son of John and Rebecca (Nettleton) Bissell.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1867, Master of Arts, 1870. Student Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston, Illinois, 1871. (Doctor of Divinity, Iowa Wesleyan University, 1874.
Doctor of Laws, Upper Iowa University, 1906).
Professor Latin and Greek, Northern Indiana College, South Bend, 1867-1868. Principal Brookston (Indiana) Academy, 1868-1870. Ordained Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1871.
Pastor, New Hampton, Iowa, 1871-1872.
Professor, 1872-1873, acting president, 1873-1874, president, 1874-1899, president emeritus, June, since 1913, Upper Iowa University, Fayette. Traveled abroad, 1899-1900.
Pastor, Charles City, Iowa, 1900-1902, Waterloo, Iowa, 1902-1904. District superintendent, Cedar Falls (Iowa) District, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1904-1910.
Correspondent secretary, Conference Claimants’ Endowment Fund, since 1910.
Address: Waterloo, Iowa.
Married Emma Elizabeth Rockefeller, of South Bend, Indiana, June 28, 1869.