Background
Lerrigo, Peter Hugh James was born on October 6, 1875 in Birmingham, England. Son of George and Mary (Watkins) Lerrigo.
Lerrigo, Peter Hugh James was born on October 6, 1875 in Birmingham, England. Son of George and Mary (Watkins) Lerrigo.
Came to the United States, 1886. Doctor of Medicine New York Homoe. Medical College and Hospital, 1898.
Doctor of Medicine Medico-Chirurgical College, Philadelphia, 1902.
Post-graduate Post-Graduate School Medicine, New York City, 1910. Doctor of Divinity, Franklin (Indiana) College, 1923.
Doctor of Divinity, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, 1932.
Served in Philippines as medical missionary of America Baptist Foreign Mission Society, 1902-1913. Joint secretary for North.E., Foreign and Home Mission Society and Publn. Society, 1914-1915; executive secretary Five Year Program Northern Baptist Committee, 1916-1918.
Candidate secretary Foreign Mission Society, 1919-1921.
Home secretary, medical director, secretary for Africa, Foreign Mission Society, 1921-1940. Executive secretary World Relief Committee, Northern Baptist Committee, 1940-1941.
Retired 1941. Reentered active service as secretary Christian Medical Council for Overseas Work, January 1943.
Executive secretary Foreign Missions Conference of North. A., 1943-1945 (completed re-organization of headquarters staff and work, 1945). Board directors, chairman architectural committee Pilgrim Place, Claremont, California, 1947-1950.
President Central Philippine College, Iloilo, Philippine Islands, since 1950. Opened mission to Capiz, Philippine Islands, 1903.
Built Emmanuel Hospital, Capiz, Philippine Islands, 1909.
Sent to Belgian Congo, 1920, 28, 35, to report work of Foreign Mission Society. Chairman Committee Reference and Counsel, Foreign Missions Conference North.A., 1928, 29, president conference, 1932. Member International Missionary Council, 1935.
Missionary inspection tour, Japan, China, Philippines, Burma, India, Assam, 1930-1931.
Author: Stature of a Perfect Manitoba, 1920. Rock-Breakers, 1922; God’s Dynamite, 1924.
Anita, a Tale of the Philippines, 1924. The World Thrust of Northern Baptists, 1928.
Northern Baptists Rethink Missions, 1933.
Omwa? Are You Awake?, 1936. Home: 777 Berkley Avenue, Claremont, California
Served in Philippines as medical missionary of America Baptist Foreign Mission Society, 1902-1913. Member International Missionary Council, 1935.
Married Edith Mary Dowkontt, August 20, 1902 (died December 18, 1941). Married second, Mabel Hannah Brown, August 16, 1944. Children: George Dowkontt (deceased), Hugh Doctorate. (deceased), Edith Mary, Florence Lillian.