Background
Smith, Ulysses Simpson was born on February 2, 1869 in Davis County, Iowa, United States. Son of Samuel and Mary K. (Smith) Smith.
Smith, Ulysses Simpson was born on February 2, 1869 in Davis County, Iowa, United States. Son of Samuel and Mary K. (Smith) Smith.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Iowa Wesleyan College, Mount Pleasant, 1900, Doctor of Divinity, 1912.
Entered Methodist Episcopal ministry, 1892. Pastor Montrose, Iowa, 1892-1895, Batavia, 1895-1897, West Burlington, 1897-1898, Eddyville, 1898-1899, Pulaski, 1900-1902, What Cheer, 1902-1903, Montezuma, 1903-1907, Washington, 1907-1914, 1st Church, Muscatine, 1914-1919. Trustee Iowa Wesleyan College, 1912-1919, president, 1919-1927.
Pastor First Methodist Episcopal Church, Fairfield, Iowa, 1927-1936.
Pastor Perry, Iowa, 1936-1940, New London, 1940-1942. Retired, 1942. Delaware General Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church, 1912, 20, 24, 36.
Member Uniting Conference of Methodism, Kansas City, 1939. Traveled abroad visiting Europe, Egypt, Palestine and Syria, 1910.
Member Uniting Conference of Methodism, Kansas City, 1939. Traveled abroad visiting Europe, Egypt, Palestine and Syria, 1910. Mason.; Clubs: Rotary, Lions.
Married Eva May Patterson, August 17, 1892 (died November 16, 1930). Married second, Mary Hunter, June 27, 1932. Children: Hazel, Pauline.