Background
Sibley, Josiah was born on May 12, 1877 in Augusta, Georgia, United States. Son of Robert Pendleton and Susie (Bolling) Sibley.
Sibley, Josiah was born on May 12, 1877 in Augusta, Georgia, United States. Son of Robert Pendleton and Susie (Bolling) Sibley.
Webb School, Bellbuckle, Tennessee. Bachelor of Arts, Pomona College, California, 1899. Bachelor of Divinity, Yale, 1902.
Successful Yale University debater against Princeton, 1901. Doctor of Divinity, King, 1911, Pomona, 1922. Doctor of Laws, Tusculum, 1935.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry by Presbytery of Los Angeles, California, 1902. Pastor 1st Church, Azusa, California, 1902-1905, 1st Church, Long Beach, California, 1905-1909, 1st Church, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1909-1914, Calvary Church, San Francisco, 1914-1920, 2d Presbyterian Church, Chicago, 1920-1926. Pastor Westminster Presbyterian Church, Pasadena, California, 1926-1933 (half million dollar church erected 1928).
Pastor Lindsay Memorial Church, Memphis, Tennessee, 1933-1944. January 1944, retired. Interim pastor Presbyterian Church, Ojai, California, December 1944-July 1945.
Preached at various chs. since 1945. For 3 years has preached University of Tennessee, University of Chicago, University of Illinois, Stanford University, Pomona College, etc. Acting pastor Calvary Presbyterian Church, April-June 1951.
Member National Service Commission and. Member Public Affairs Forum, Illinois Society Mayflower Descendants, S.A.R., Pasadena Pastor’s Union (president), Phi Beta Kappa (president Association of Memphis Area. 1937-1940). President Memphis Ministerial Association (all denoms.), 1937-1938.
Member Chi Alpha.; Mason. Clubs: Memphis Country, Cross Cut, Civitan (life.
Married Adeline Webb, September 4, 1906. Children: Lois (Mistress James W. Sutton), Peyton, Josiah.