Background
Croll, Philip C. was born on October 2, 1852 in near Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John and Katharine (DeLong) Croll.
Croll, Philip C. was born on October 2, 1852 in near Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John and Katharine (DeLong) Croll.
Preparatory education State Normal School, Kutztown. Bachelor of Arts, Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1876, Master of Arts, 1879, Doctor of Divinity, 1904. Graduate Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, 1879.
Ordained Lutheran ministry, 1879. Pastor Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania, 1879-1882, Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, 1882-1892, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 1892-1909, Beardstown, Illinois, 1909-1921.
Member Pennsylvania Bible Society (life), Pennsylvania German Society, Lebanon Company (Pennsylvania) History Society, Illinois State History Society, Berkshire Company (Pennsylvania) History Society.
Married Sallie A. Greiss, of Alburtis, Pennsylvania, March 11, 1880. Children: Edward Everett, Rose Wentworth, Herbert Greiss, Aimee Katharine, Raymond Philip, Paul Revere, Alden Theodore, Hilda Marion.