Background
Fletcher, Orlin Ottman was born on July 29, 1847 in Scotland, Ontario, Canada. Son of David Calvin and Margaret (Smith) Fletcher.
Fletcher, Orlin Ottman was born on July 29, 1847 in Scotland, Ontario, Canada. Son of David Calvin and Margaret (Smith) Fletcher.
Educated under private tutors. Bachelor of Divinity, and Bachelor of Arts, Chicago U. (now University of Chicago), 1883. Master of Arts, Colgate, 1886.
Doctor of Divinity, Shurtleff College, Upper Alton, Illinois, 1889.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1876. Pastor Spring Lake, Michigan, 1876, Allegan, 1877, Caro, 1880, Ottawa, Illinois, 1882, Aurora, 1886, Springfield, 1888. Secretary Baptist Missionary Union, 1892.
Pastor Suffield, Connecticut, 1899, Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, 1903.
Professor philosophy and political science, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina., since 1908. Lecturer on philosophy, Grove City (Pennsylvania) College, summers 1913-1917, also at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1916.
Married Lillian Reynolds, July 1873 (died 1874). Married second, Eva Emery, March 28, 1877.