Background
Wilson, Joseph Dawson was born on July 9, 1840 in New York, United States. Son of William and Jane (Robinson) Wilson.
Wilson, Joseph Dawson was born on July 9, 1840 in New York, United States. Son of William and Jane (Robinson) Wilson.
Bachelor of Arts, Saint Stephen’s College, Annandale, New York, 1863, Master of Arts, 1866. Graduate General Theological Seminary, 1866. (Doctor of Divinity, University of Chicago, 1884).
Deacon, 1866, priest, 1867, Protestant Episcopal Church. Rector Calvary Church, Pittsburgh, 1867-1874. A founder R.E. Church, 1874.
Rector Christ Church, Peoria, Illinois, 1874-1879, Saint John's, Chicago, 1879-1889, Immanuel Church, Saint Louis, 1889-1890.
Resident in Idaho, 1890-1895. In charge Church of Our Lord, Victoria, British Columbia, 1895-1901.
Professor of history, since 1901, chairman faculty, since 1903, Theological Seminary R.E. Church, Philadelphia.
Member Federal Council Churches of Christ in America.
Married Catharine H. Offley, January 14, 1869 (died 1873). Married second, Sara East. Merrill, November 4, 1879.