Background
Eckard, Leighton Wilson was born on September 23, 1845 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Son of Review James Read and Margaret (Bayard) Eckard.
Eckard, Leighton Wilson was born on September 23, 1845 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Son of Review James Read and Margaret (Bayard) Eckard.
Bachelor of Arts, Lafayette College, 1866, later A.M. (Doctor of Divinity, 1891). Graduate Princeton Theological Seminary, 1869. Master orator, 1869.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1869. Missionary Shantung, China, 1869-1875. Pastor, Abington, Pennsylvania, 1875-1891, Easton, Pennsylvania, 1891-1906.
Secretary Atlantic agency, American Bible Society, since 1906. Author: A History of Abington Church, 1714 to 1876. Home: Philadelphia, Pa.
Married Elizabeth Abbott Longstreth, June 3, 1869.