Urban Valentine W. Darlington

Background

Darlington, Urban Valentine W. was born on August 3, 1870 in Shelby County, Kentucky, United States. Son of James Henderson and Kitty (Pemberton) Darlington.

Education

Student Kentucky Wesleyan College, 1889-1895 (Doctor of Divinity).

Career

Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1896. Pastor Washington, Kentucky, 1896-1900, Millersburg, 1900, Covington, 1901-1905, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 1905-1909, Huntington, 1909-1913. Secretary of education Western Virginia Conference, 1914, 16.

Presidg. edler, 1915. President Morris Harvey College, Barboursville, West Virginia, 1917-1918. Bishop Methodist Church, since 1918.

President board of trustees Paine College, Augusta, Georgia. Trustee Emiry U., Atlanta, Georgia.

Membership

Member Ecumenical Methodist Conference, 1911, 1921.

Connections

Married Virginia Bourne, February 12, 1913.

Father:

James Henderson Darlington

Mother:

Kitty (Pemberton) Darlington

Spouse:

Virginia Bourne