Background
Vernon, Samuel Milton was born on November 27, 1841 in near Crawfordsville, Indiana, United States. Son of Joseph Bowers and Marian (Monroe) Vernon.
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Samuel Milton Vernon
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Graduate Iowa Wesleyan University, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, 1867. Graduate Drew Theological Seminary, 1869. Master of Arts, De Pauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, 1869.
Doctor of Divinity, Allegheny College, 1875.
Career
Ordained Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1862. Pastor Des Moines, Iowa, 1864-1865. President Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa, 1866-1868.
Pastor New York City, 1869-1872, Christ Church, Emory and North Avenue, Pittsburgh, 1872-1879, Roberts Park Church, Indianapolis, 1879-1883.
Successively pastor following churches, in Philadelphia, since 1883, Trinity, Seventh Saint, Lancaster, Wharton Saint, Thirteenth Saint, 1st Church, Germantown, Saint Stephen’s, West York Saint, Wissahickon, Christ Church, and Central Church, Roxborough, since 1910. Professor Christian ethics and Biblical theology, Temple University, since 1906.
Trustee Drew Theological Seminary, 1876-1880, Mechanical Engineering Hospital, Philadelphia, since 1899. Member Church Extension Board, 1884-1908.
Correspondent secretary Evangelical Alliance of Pennsylvania, 1906-1915.
Member General Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church, 1912.
Achievements
Membership
Mason.
Connections
Married Harriet Jane Kelly, 1862 (died 1894). Married second, Mistress.
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Nationality
American