Background
Beach, Sylvester Woodbridge was born on July 24, 1852 in Woodville, Mississippi, United States. Son of Review Charles and Fannie (Woodbridge) Beach.
Beach, Sylvester Woodbridge was born on July 24, 1852 in Woodville, Mississippi, United States. Son of Review Charles and Fannie (Woodbridge) Beach.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1876. Graduate Princeton Theological Seminary, 1880. Doctor of Divinity, Wooster (O.) College, 1914.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1880. Pastor Baltimore, 1880-1887, First Church, Bridgeton, New Jersey, 1887-1900. In charge American students, work in Latin Quarter, Paris, France, 1900-1905.
Company-pastor American Church in Paris, 1903-1905.
Pastor First Church, Princeton, New Jersey, 1905-1923 (emeritus). Moderator Synod of New Jersey.
Mason. Pastor to President Woodrow Wilson and officiated at the White House, at marriage of two daughters of the President.
Married Eleanor Orbison, August 10, 1882 (died 1927). Children: Mary Hollingsworth (Mistress Frederic J. Dennis), Sylvia Woodbridge, Cyprian Woodbridge.