Background
Fraser, Melvin was born on March 7, 1858 in Lyndon, New York, United States. Son of Robert and Eliza Jane (Dales) Fraser.
Fraser, Melvin was born on March 7, 1858 in Lyndon, New York, United States. Son of Robert and Eliza Jane (Dales) Fraser.
Lake Forest (Illinois) College, 1878-1881. Bachelor of Arts, Lafayette College, 1882, Master of Arts, 1885, Doctor of Divinity, 1912. Graduate McCormick Theological Seminary, 1887.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1885. Pastor Iron Mountain, Michigan, 1885-1886.
Stated supply, Pingree Grove, Illinois, 1887-1888. Pastor Mount Pleasant, Michigan, 1888-1889. Stated supply, Pipestone, Minnesota, and general supply, 1889-1894.
For Board Foreign Missions Presbyterian Church United States of America, in Cameroun, W. Africa, 1894-1929. Moderator of the Synod of New Jersey, 1900. Foreign pastor House of Hope, Elgin, Illinois, since 1922, and honorary resident missionary House of Hope, since 1929.
Honorary life member American Bible Society. Compiler and co-translator of Bulu Hymn Book. Home: New York, New York.
Member American Bible Society.
Married Margarette W. Snodgrass, May 1, 1884 (died 1894).