Background
Chester, Samuel Hall was born on January 17, 1851 in Mount Holly, Arkansas, United States. Son of Charles and Caroline (Yemans) Chester.
Chester, Samuel Hall was born on January 17, 1851 in Mount Holly, Arkansas, United States. Son of Charles and Caroline (Yemans) Chester.
Bachelor of Arts, Washington and Lee University, 1872. Graduate Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, 1875. Doctor of Divinity, Davidson College, North Carolina, 1890.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1875. Pastor Castanea Grove, North Carolina, 1875-1882, Hawfields and Cross Roads churches, 1883-1888, Franklin, Tennessee, 1888-1891, 2d Church, Nashville, 1891-1892. Secretary Foreign Missions of Presbyterian Church in the United States, 1894-1911, secretary foreign correspondence same, 1911-1927 (emeritus).
Editor foreign department Missionary Survey.
Member of the board corporators Presbyterian Ministers’ Fund, Philadelphia.
Married Susan West. Willard, April.