Background
Freeman, Robert was born on August 4, 1878 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Son of Robert and Jemima (Rivles) Freeman.
Freeman, Robert was born on August 4, 1878 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Son of Robert and Jemima (Rivles) Freeman.
Came to America, 1896. George Heriot’s School and Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh. Bachelor of Arts, Allegheny College, 1904, Doctor of Divinity, 1912.
Graduate Princeton Theological Seminary, 1907.
Master of Arts, Princeton, 1907, Doctor of Divinity, 1922. Doctor of Letters, College of Wooster, 1928.
In mission work, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, and Binghamton and Buffalo, New York, 1896-1900. Ordained Baptist ministry, 1900. Preached in Baptist Church, Springboro, Pennsylvania, 1900-1902, Presbyterian Church, Erie, 1902-1904, Lafayette Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, during course at Princeton, and as pastor until 1910.
Pastor Pasadena Presbyn Church, 1911-1940, pastor emeritus.
Trustee Occidental College. Moderator Synod of California, 1920-1921, and of Los Angeles Presbytery, 1931.
Member Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church, National Council Boy Scouts. President Monte Vista Grove Homes, Pasadena.
Member Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church, National Council Boy Scouts.
Married Margery Fulton (Bachelor of Arts, Vassar, 1909), July 14, 1909. Children: Robert Gowans, Bertrice, Margaret, Fulton, David Guthrie.