Background
Wilson, Joseph Rogers was born on May 14, 1847 in Fayette Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel (Doctor of Divinity) and Anna Maria (Rogers) W.
Wilson, Joseph Rogers was born on May 14, 1847 in Fayette Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel (Doctor of Divinity) and Anna Maria (Rogers) W.
Washington College, Pennsylvania, 1863-1864. Bachelor of Arts, Washington and Jefferson College, 1867, Doctor of Divinity, 1884. Graduate Western Theological Seminary, 1870.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1869. Pastor Normal, Illinois, 1870-1871, Chestnut St. Church, Erie, Pennsylvania, 1872-1879. Professor Greek, Parsons College, Fairfield, Iowa, 1879-1889.
Removed to Portland, Oregon, with Doctor Samuel R. Johnston and founded Portland Academy of which was joint principal to 1909, and principal of same until 1914.
Member Park Board, Portland, 1905-1909. Member Oregon Conservation Commission, 1908, 09. Member National Association for Constitutional Government.
Married Viola Eaton, September 2, 1875. Children: John Fleming (deceased), Margaret Adelaide, Helen Adams.