Smith Thomas Ford

Background

Ford, Smith Thomas was born on February 3, 1851 in Camden, New York, United States. Son of Review William and Susannah (Hedge) Ford.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Colgate University, Hamilton. New York, 1878, Master of Arts, 1881, Doctor of Divinity, 1900. Graduate Hamilton Theological Seminary, 1881.

Career

1 son, Grant; married second, Myra Louella Palmer, July 6, 1891. 1 son, Montague. ordained Baptist ministry, 1879. Pastor Greene, New York, 1878-1881, Waverly, New York, 1881-1884, First Church, Albany, New York, 1884-1886, Central Church, Syracuse, New York, 1886-1896, First Church, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1896-1905, Englewood Church, Chicago, 1905-1919, First Church, Wheaton, Illinois, 1919-1926.

Professor pastoral theology, Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1923-1926, retired.

President Chicago Federation of Churches, 1908-1910. Vice president Baptist Old People's Home.

President Central Baptist Children’s Home. Vice president Chicago Baptist Theological Union.

Home: Newton Centre, Massachusetts

Achievements

• Smith Thomas Ford has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Mary H. Grant, February 19, 1879 (died 1889). Married second, Myra Louella Palmer, July 6, 1891.

Father:

Review William Ford

Mother:

Susannah (Hedge) Ford

Spouse:

Myra Louella Palmer

Spouse:

Mary H. Grant