Background
Marquis, Samuel Simpson was born on June 8, 1866 in Sharon, Ohio, United States. Son of John E. and Sarah P. Marquis.
Marquis, Samuel Simpson was born on June 8, 1866 in Sharon, Ohio, United States. Son of John E. and Sarah P. Marquis.
Bachelor of Arts (with honors), Allegheny College, Pennsylvania, 1890, Doctor of Divinity, 1905. Bachelor of Divinity, Cambridge (Massachusetts) Theological School, 1893. Doctor of Laws, Wayne University, Detroit, Michigan, 1937.
Deacon, 1891, priest, 1893, Protestant Episcopal Church. Rector Trinity Church, Woburn, Massachusetts, 1893-1897, Trinity Church, Bridgewataer, Massachusetts, 1897-1899, Saint Joseph’s, Detroit, 1899-1906. Rector Saint Paul’s Church and dean Saint Paul’s Cathedral, Detroit, May 15, 1906-December, 1915.
Head of sociological department of Ford Motor Company, Detroit, 1915-1921.
Rector Saint Joseph’s Church, Detroit, 1921-1925. Rector Christ Church, Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1925-1939, now rector emeritus.
Author: Henry Ford—An Interpretation. Home: 712 Fairfax Road, Brimingham, Michigan
Married Gertrude Lee Snyder, August 23, 1894. Children: Dorothy, Barbara Lee, Rogers I., Gertrude Lee.