Background
Whitaker, George was born on May 14, 1836 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Honorary Edgar Kimball and Catherine Cravath (Holland) Whitaker.
Whitaker, George was born on May 14, 1836 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Honorary Edgar Kimball and Catherine Cravath (Holland) Whitaker.
Brother of Nicholas Tillinghast W. Bachelor of Arts, Wesleyan University, Connecticut, 1861, A.M., 1864. Doctor of Divinity, Fort Worth U., Texas, 1889.
Mechanical Engineering pastor W. Medway, Massachusetts, 1861-1862, S. Walpole, 1863-1864, Roxbury, 1865-1866, Lowell, 1867-1869, Westfield, 1870-1871, Boston St. Church, Lynn, 1872, Saratoga St. Church, Boston, 1873. Presiding elder Springfield District, 1874-1877. Pastor Ipswich, 1878, Trinity Church, Cambridge, 1879-1881, First Church, Somerville, 1882-1884, Grace Church, Worcester, 1884-1887.
President Wiley U., Marshall, Texas, 1887-1891, Willamette U., Oregon, 1891-1892. Pastor St. Paul’s Church, Portland, Oregon, 1893, Lincoln Avenue Church, Detroit, 1894-1896, Beverly, Massachusetts, 1897, Trinity Church, Cambridge, 1898-1899, and 1900-1904. President Portland (Oregon) U., 1899-1900.
Pastor Centralville Church, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1905-1906, Orient Heights Church, 1907, Linden Church, Malden, 1908. Librarian N.E. Methodist History Society, 1903-1915, emeritus. Home: West Somerville, Mass.
Married Harriet Clarke, June 22, 1861.