Background
Braden, Samuel Ray was born on June 18, 1888 in Derby, Kansas, United States. Son of Editor(ward) and Jennie (Wardell) Braden.
Braden, Samuel Ray was born on June 18, 1888 in Derby, Kansas, United States. Son of Editor(ward) and Jennie (Wardell) Braden.
Bachelor of Arts, College of Emporia, Kansas, 1910. Bachelor of Divinity, McCormick Theological Seminary, 1919. Graduate work Princeton, 1912, University of Chicago, 1919.
Doctor of Philisophy, University of Missouri, 1924.
Superintendent schools, Derby, Kansas, 1910. Teacher Paxton Training School, Kiungchow, Island of Hainan, China, 1913-1915. Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1913.
Pastor Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, 1915-1917, Logan Square Church, Chicago, 1917-1919.
Professor religious education, Bible College of Missouri, 1919-1924. Dean and acting president Blackburn College, Carlinville, Illinois, 1924-1925.
Head of psychology and education department, Tusculum College, Greeneville, Tennessee, 1925-1926. Acting president Missouri Valley College, Marshall, Missouri, 1926-1927.
Pastor First Presbyterian Church, McAlester, Oklahoma, from 1929.
T.B. Blackstone fellow in New Testament, McCormick Theological Seminary, 1919.
Member American Sociological Society, Phi Delta Kappa.
Married Mary East. Altman, of Emporia, Kansas, May 26, 1913. Children: Samuel Edward, John Altman, Mary Elizabeth.