Background
Epler, Percy Harold was born on July 19, 1872 in Jacksonville, Illinois, United States. Son of Judge Cyrus and Cornelia (Nettleton) Epler.
Epler, Percy Harold was born on July 19, 1872 in Jacksonville, Illinois, United States. Son of Judge Cyrus and Cornelia (Nettleton) Epler.
Bachelor of Arts, Illinois College, 1892, Doctor of Divinity, 1918. Studied Yale, 1892-1893. Bachelor of Divinity, Yale Division School, 1896.
Ordained in Congressional ministry, 1896. Associate pastor Phillips Church, South. Boston, 1896-1903, First Church, Detroit, 1903-1905. Pastor Adams Square Church, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1905-1916, 1st Church, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1916-1918, 1st Church, Methuen, Massachusetts, 1918-1923.
Retired.
Author: An Experimental Approach to the Atonement, 1899. The Personality of Christ (Yale Lecture), 1907. The Beatitude of Progress, 1907.
Master Minds at the Commonwealth’s Heart, 1909.
Life of Clara Barton, 1915. Home: Highmount Avenue, Nyack New York‡.
Married Helen Esther York, January 1, 1903. Children: Palmer York, Helen Cornelia.