Background
Day, Richard Ellsworth was born on June 1, 1882 in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Son of Richard Lawrence and Elizabeth Margaret (Cain) Day.
Day, Richard Ellsworth was born on June 1, 1882 in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Son of Richard Lawrence and Elizabeth Margaret (Cain) Day.
Student Bradley Polytechnic, Peoria, Illinois, 1901-1902. William Jewell College, 1902-1905. Leland Stanford, 1906-1907.
University of Southern California, 1926.
Doctor of Divinity, Grand Island (Nebraska) College, 1929. Doctor of Letters, Western Baptist Theological Seminary, 1947.
Pastor, Sunnyvale, California, 1906-1908, Napa, 1910-1912, San Diego, 1912-1919, Riverside, 1919-1924, Phoenix, 1924-1931, Hamilton Square Baptist Church, San Francisco, 1931-1940. Interim pastor Central Baptist Church, London, Ontario, 1941, Talbot Saint Baptist Church, London, 1942, 1st Baptist Church, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1943. Staff member New England.
Fellowship, Boston, 1941-1944. President Arizona Baptist Convention, 1929-1930. Member Kappa Alpha.; Mason.
Married Jessie May Myers, May 16, 1908 (deceased). Married second, Irene Winslow McAulay, June 18, 1951.