Background
Mackie, Joseph Bolton Cooper was born on September 5, 1882 in Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Doctor Alexander J. H. and Alice Bolton (Cooper) Mackie.
Mackie, Joseph Bolton Cooper was born on September 5, 1882 in Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Doctor Alexander J. H. and Alice Bolton (Cooper) Mackie.
Bachelor of Arts, Geneva College, 1904. Student Princeton Theological Seminary, 1904-1907, Master of Arts, Post Graduate School, Princeton University, 1907. Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Geneva College, 1921.
Helen. Assistant minister First Presbyterian Church, Germantown, Philadelphia, 1907-1909. Minister, Carmel Presbyterian Church, Edge Hill, Pennsylvania, 1909-1917, Haddonfield (New Jersey) Presbyterian Church, 1917-1921, Northminster Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, since 1921. Moderator of Synod of Pennsylvania, Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, 1936-1937.
Candidate for moderator General Assembly, 1940.
Chairman of Commission on Bills and Overtures, General Assembly, 1940. Trustee Tennent College (Philadelphia), Presbyterian Hospital (Philadelphia), Presbytery of Philadelphia, National Temperance and Publication Society (New York City).
Member; Clubs: Canterbury Cleric, Twentieth Century Cleric, Union League (Philadelphia).
Married Marguerite McCann, October 21, 1909 (died 1916). Married second, Emily Helen Dobbs, July 28, 1920. Children: Horace A., Joseph R.