Background
Wilson, Luther Barton was born on November 14, 1856 in Baltimore. Son of Henry Merryman (Doctor of Medicine and Eliza Kelso (Hollingsworth) W.
Wilson, Luther Barton was born on November 14, 1856 in Baltimore. Son of Henry Merryman (Doctor of Medicine and Eliza Kelso (Hollingsworth) W.
Bachelor of Arts, Dickinson College, 1875, Master of Arts, 1878, Doctor of Divinity, 1892, Doctor of Laws, 1904. Doctor of Medicine, University Maryland, 1877. Doctor of Humane Letters, Syracuse, 1912.
Doctor of Laws, Wesleyan, 1913.
Entered Baltimore Annual Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church, March 1878. Pastoral appointments Maryland. and District of Columbia. Presiding elder Washington District, Baltimore Annual Conference, 1894-1900, West Baltimore District, Baltimore Annual Conference, 1903-1904.
Elected bishop by General Conference at Los Angeles, May 26, 1904.
Resident bishop, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1904-1908, Philadelphia, 1908-1912, New York City, since 1912. In service of Young Men's Christian Association in France, summer 1917, summer and fall 1918.
Trustee, Dickinson College (Carlisle, Pennsylvania), Drew Theological Seminary (Madison, New Jersey), Pennington (New Jersey) Seminary, Drew Seminary for Young Women (Carmel, New York), American University (Washington, District of Columbia). Honorary trustee, Syracuse University.
Member Church Peace Union.
President Board of Foreign Missions, Methodist Episcopal Church, since 1912. Home: New York, New New York
Member Church Peace Union.
Married Louisa J. Turner, February 17, 1881.