Background
Sweetland, Leon Hiram was born on March 25, 1880 in Greene County, Iowa, United States. Son of William Albert and Celestia (McNall) Sweetland.
Sweetland, Leon Hiram was born on March 25, 1880 in Greene County, Iowa, United States. Son of William Albert and Celestia (McNall) Sweetland.
Educated Missouri State Normal School (Warrensburg, Missouri), Carleton College (Farmington, Missouri). Bachelor of Arts, Northwestern University, 1913, A.M., 1917. Bachelor of Divinity, Garrett Biblical Institute (Northwestern University), 1913.
Doctor of Divinity, Southwestern College, 1936. Doctor of Laws, Kansas Wesleyan University, 1936.
Teacher public and high schools, Missouri, 1898-1907. Ordained to Methodist Episcopal ministry, 1907. Pastor, Chitwood, Missouri, 1902-1905, Moundville, 1907-1908, Doe Run, 1908-1910, Saint Luke’s Church, Chicago, 1910-1912, Zion City, Illinois, 1912-1914, Lake Bluff, 1914-1916, Maywood, Illinois, 1916-1917.
President Montana Wesleyan College, 1917-1919. Finance department Methodist Episcopal Church, 1919-1920. Pastor Havre, Montana, 1920-1923.
First Church, El Paso, Texas, 1923-1926, First Church and director Wesley Foundation, Hays, Kansas, 1926-1932, First Church, McPherson, Kansas, 1932-1936. President Dakota Wesleyan University, 1936-1937. Pastor First Methodist Church, Loveland, Colorado, 1937-1942, First Methodist Church, La Junta, Colorado, from 1942.
Delaware General Conference Methodist Church, 1928, 1932.
Mason, Odd.
Married Ula Chandler, June 14, 1904. Children: Leon Hiram, Junior.