Background
Christie, Thomas Davidson was born on January 21, 1843 in Sion Mills, Company Tyrone, Ireland. Son of James and Eliza (Reid) Christie.
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Education
Private to 1st sergeant 1st Battery Minnesota Light Artillery, 1861-1865. Bachelor of Arts, Beloit College, 1871, Master of Arts, 1874. Bachelor of Divinity, Andover Theological Seminary, 1877.
(Doctor of Divinity, New York University, 1893.
Doctor of Laws, University of Aberdeen, 1904).
Career
Taught in University of Wisconsin, 1871-1872, Beloit College, 1872-1874. Ordained Congressional ministry, August 21, 1877. Professor church history and North. T. Greek, Marash (Turkey) Theological Seminary, 1877-1893.
President Saint Paul’s College, Tarsus, since 1803.
Compelled to leave Turkey, July 1915, and was pastor in Southern California, and Young Men's Christian Association secretary at Camp Kearney until 1919, when returned to Tarsus via Pacific. Wife “held the fort” alone in Tarsus 4 years
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Married Carmelite Brewer, March 14, 1872.
