Lewis Henry Keller

Background

Keller, Lewis Henry was born on February 24, 1858 in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, United States. Son of Levi Washington and Margaret (Shriver) Keller.

Education

Educated Valparaiso (Indiana) U., 1879-1880. Adrian (Michigan) College, 1881-1885. Bachelor of Divinity, Yale Division School, 1889.

Doctor of Divinity, Ripon (Wisconsin) College, 1909. Study University of Chicago, summer 1910.

Career

Ordained ministry Congressional Church, 1886. Pastor successively Edgerton, Wisconsin, Lyndale Church, Minneapolis, Pilgrim Church, Milwaukee, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, until 1912. General superintendent Wisconsin Congressional Conference, 1912-1918.

Superintendent Congressional Extension Bds. of Southeast, 1918-1925. President Atlanta Theological Seminary, 1925-1929. Moderator Wisconsin Congressional Conference, 1903.

Editor Wisconsin Congressional Church Life 6 years, Southern Congregationalist, 8 years. As member Executive Committee National Anti-Saloon League assisted in adoption of 18th Amendment. Trustee Piedmont College, Thornsby (Alabama) Academy, Rural Life Academy, Star, North Carolina.

Membership

Member exec.

Connections

Married Nettie Cutter Hardy, April. Children: Eleanor Hardy (wife of Homer M. Carter, M.D.), Fanny Margaret.

Father:

Levi Washington Keller

Mother:

Margaret (Shriver) Keller

Spouse:

Nettie Cutter Hardy

child:

Eleanor Hardy (wife of Homer M. Carter Keller

child:

M.D. Keller

child:

Fanny Margaret Keller