Background
Guild, Lewis Thurber was born on May 5, 1864 in near Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Son of Review J. Ellis and Sarah (Ramsey) Guild.
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Lewis Thurber Guild
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Bachelor of Philosophy, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1898, Doctor of Philosophy, 1901. Doctor of Divinity, Nebraska Wesleyan University, 1903.
Career
Superintendent schools, Holdrege, Nebraska, 1884-1886. Editor Holdrege Republican. Entered Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1888.
In Bulgaria, 1893-1894, as superintendent Publs. Methodist Episcopal Church in Eastern Europe. Pastor Crete, Nebraska, 1891-1893, again 1895-1896, Grace Church, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1897-1899, Grace Church, Des Moines, 1900-1904, Wesley Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1905-1907, First Church, San Diego, California, 1907-1911, St. Paul’s Church, Toledo, Ohio, 1911-1913.
Chautauqua lecturer, Redpath Bureau, 1906-1907. Editor and manager of Daily Courier-News, Fargo, North Dakota, 1913-1917, Daily Outlook, Santa Monica, California, 1917-1918. Pastor Wilshire Church, Los Angeles, 1918-1919, First Church, Long Beach, 1919-1922.
Delegate Ecumenical Conference, London, England., 1921. Area secretary, San Francisco Area, Mechanical Engineering Church, 1922-1923. Superintendent Los Angeles District, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1923-1929.
Secretary Los Angeles Missionary and Church Extension Society of Mechanical Engineers Church, 1927-1929. Preacher in England under International Committee on Pulpit Exchanges, 1930. Lecturer Auditorium Bible Class, First Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, 1932-1939.
Membership
Member Southern California-Arizona Methodist Conference. Mason. President Los Angeles Celtic.
Connections
Married Ruth Thomas, June 21, 1884. Children: Ellis Darwin, Ruth Edna, Bartlett Paine, Lewis Thurber.
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Political Party
Republican