Background
Watters, Review Philip Sidney was born on February 4, 1890 in Dobbs Ferry, New York, United States. Son of Philip M. and Hyla Ada (Stowell) Watters.
Watters, Review Philip Sidney was born on February 4, 1890 in Dobbs Ferry, New York, United States. Son of Philip M. and Hyla Ada (Stowell) Watters.
Educated Kingston (New York) Academy. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1910. Bachelor of Divinity, Drew Theological Seminary, 1913.
Master of Arts, New York University, 1918.
Doctor of Divinity, MacMurray College, 1950.
Ordained to the ministry Methodist Church. Assistant minister Centenary Church, Newark, New Jersey, 1913. Became minister churches, Tenafly, Demarest, Portuguese Jervis, and Madison, New Jersey.
Lecturer in hymnology Crew Theological Seminary, 1921.
Minister First Church, Plainfield, New Jersey, 1927, Memorial Church, White Plains, New York, 1930-1943. President Drew Seminary for Young Women, Carmel, New York, 1943-1950.
Minister Washington Square Methodist Church, New York City, 1950-1961, Methodist Church, Grand Gorge, New York, 1961-1969, United Methodist Church, Broadway, New Jersey, 1970-1972. Trustee Drew U.
Member Phi Beta Hackettstown New Jersey.
Married Grace Catharine Briggs, September 3, 1914. Children: Catharine (Mistress Davison), Philip South., Dorothy B. (Mistress John Brand).