Background
Edge, Joseph Henry was born on September 20, 1888 in Humboldt, Iowa, United States. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Ann (Webb) Edge.
Edge, Joseph Henry was born on September 20, 1888 in Humboldt, Iowa, United States. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Ann (Webb) Edge.
Bachelor of Arts, Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa, 1913, Doctor of Divinity, 1930. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Boston University, School of Theology, 1916. Doctor of Science in Education, Boston University, 1945.
May 16, 1970); children—Mary Elizabeth (Mistress R. L. Kammerud), Eleanor Jean (Mistress V. M. Yahne), Joseph Matthew. Ordained to ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1916. Pastor at Luverne, Iowa, 1916-1918, Belmond, 1918-1921, Spirit Lake, 1921-1926, Rockwell City, 1926-1928.
District superintendent Sheldon District, Northwest Iowa Conference, 1928-1934.
Pastor Algona, Iowa, 1934-1937. President Dakota Wesleyan University, Mitchell, South Dakot, 1937-1946.
Associate secretary General Board of Evangelism, director Department of Organization and Administration, Methodist Church, Nashville, Tennessee, 1946-1961. Visiting minister West End Church, Nashville, 1962-1978.
Delegate to Methodist General Conference, Atlantic City, 1932, Kansas City, Missouri, 1944.
Delegate Methodist Jurisdictional Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1944. President South Dakota associated Church-Related Colleges, 1942-1946. Member General Board Education, 1944-1948.
President Dakota
Conference Board Education, 1937-1946. Trustee Morningside College, 1928-1937, Methodist Hospital, Sioux City, Iowa, 1928-1937. Member Federal Council Churches in American, 1932-1936.
Member National Education Association, South Dakot Ednl. Association, Newcomen Society, Pi Gamma Mu, Phi Kappa Phi. Mason (Knight of the Order of the Thistle), Rotarian.
Married Mary Elizabeth Mackey, April. Children: Mary Elizabeth (Mistress R. L. Kammerud), Eleanor Jean (Mistress V. M. Yahne), Joseph Matthew.