Background
Wakefield, Ralph was born on July 14, 1876 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Henry Harrison and Mary Jane (Edgar) Wakefield.
Wakefield, Ralph was born on July 14, 1876 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Henry Harrison and Mary Jane (Edgar) Wakefield.
Bachelor of Arts, Baker University, Baldwin, Kansas, 1898, Master of Arts, 1899. Bachelor of Divinity, Drew Theological Seminary, 1902. Graduate student Columbia, 1901-1902.
Harry C. Spencer). Ordained to ministry of Methodist Church, 1902. Successively pastor Wagoner Memorial Church, Saint Louis, Trinity Church, Saint Louis, Clinton, Missouri, Litchfield, Illinois, First Church, East Saint Louis, First Church, Galesburg, Illinois, First Church, Aurora, Illinois, First Church of Englewood, Chicago, First Church of Irving Park, now pastor River Forest, Illinois.
Member of Executive Committee Illinois Anti-Saloon League. Club: Loch Vista (Geneva Lake, Wisconsin). Mason (Knight of the Order of the Thistle).
Married Mary Catherine Black, October 12, 1903. Children: William Edgar, Mary Louise (wife of Review.