Background
Trenery, Matthew John was born on September 28, 1870 in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, United States. Son of John Valentine and Emily (Roberts) Trenery.
Trenery, Matthew John was born on September 28, 1870 in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, United States. Son of John Valentine and Emily (Roberts) Trenery.
Preparatory education, high school, Elkhorn, Wisconsin. Special courses New York University. Graduate Drew Theological Seminary, 1898.
Doctor of Divinity, Iowa Christian College, Oskaloosa, 1908.
General secretary Young Men’s Christian Association, Orange, New Jersey, later Madison, New Jersey, 1891-1898. Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, 1898. Pastor successively Mattoon, Milwaukee, Oshkosh and Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Appointed field representative Board of Sunday Schools Methodist Episcopal Church for Wisconsin, 1910. Superintendent Extension Department Board of Sunday Schools Methodist Episcopal Church, 1912. Secretary Department of Church Schools, same board since 1924.
Mason (K.T.).
Married Mabel Russell MacNichol, of Shawano, Wisconsin, June 27, 1899. Children: Marian Evelyn (Mistress.