Background
Birkhead, Leon Milton was born on April 28, 1885 in Winfield, Missouri, United States. Son of Hiram Link and Martha Ann (Trunbull) Birkhead.
Birkhead, Leon Milton was born on April 28, 1885 in Winfield, Missouri, United States. Son of Hiram Link and Martha Ann (Trunbull) Birkhead.
Bachelor of Arts, McKendree College, 1910. Student Drew Theological Seminary, 1910-1911, Union Theological Seminary and graduate department Columbia, 1911-1912.
1 son, Kenneth Milton. Student preacher in Illinois, 1904-1910. Assistant minister Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, New York City, 1910-1912.
Associate minister Maple Avenue Church, Saint Louis, 1912-1913.
Pastor Wagner Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, Saint Louis, 1913-1915, First Unitarian Church, Wichita, Kansas, 1915-1917, All Souls Unitarian Church (The Liberal Center), Kansas City, Missoury, 1917-1939. Founder, 1937, and since national director Friends of Democracy.
Technology adviser to Sinclair Lewis during writing of Elmer Gantry, 1926-1927.
Mason.
Married Agnes Augusta Schiereck, September 29, 1913.