Background
Holmes, Richard Sill was born on July 6, 1842 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of Jacob, Junior and Lucretia Frances (Harris) Holmes.
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Richard Sill Holmes
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Bachelor of Arts, Middlebury College, 1862, Master of Arts, 1865, Doctor of Divinity, 1890, Doctor of Laws, 1900. Graduate Auburn Theological Seminary, 1868.
Career
In business, Auburn, New York, 1866-1870, 1878-1884. Teacher, 1870-1878; registrar Chautauqua educational work, 1884-1887. Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1887.
Pastor Warren, Pennsylvania, 1887-1890, Shadyside Church, Pittsburgh, 1890-1904.
President The Holmes Press, Philadelphia, since 1904. Editor The Westminster, Philadelphia, 1904-1910, when consolidated with The Interior, of Chicago, under the name The Continent, New York, becoming correspondent editors
President New York State Young Men's Christian Association, 1871. Professor languages, Latin Summer School, Chautauqua, New York, 1880.
Author: The Maid of Honor, 1907.
The Victor. The Outcome. Home: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Married Fannie Pardee Olmsted, October 14, 1869. Married second, Alida L. Dodge, September 7, 1881.
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