Background
Brown, Wallace Elias was born on October 30, 1868 in Chittenango, New York, United States. Son of George Cady and Mary Theressa (Clarke) Brown.
Brown, Wallace Elias was born on October 30, 1868 in Chittenango, New York, United States. Son of George Cady and Mary Theressa (Clarke) Brown.
Graduate Cazenovia (New York) Seminary, 1893. Bachelor of Arts, Syracuse, 1898, Doctor of Divinity, 1909, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1921. Doctor of Laws, Bennett College, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1936.
Ordained Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1894. Pastor Olivet Methodist Episcopal Church, Syracuse, 1897-1899, Saint Paul’s, Syracuse, 1899-1902, Furman Saint Church, Syracuse, 1902-1903, First Church, Ithaca, New York, 1903-1914. District superintendent, 1914-1915.
Pastor University Church, Syracuse, 1915-1924.
Bishop Methodist Episcopal Church, since 1924. Director Epworth League of Methodist Episcopal Church.
Member General Conference, 1912, 16, 20, 24, Ecumenical Conference, London, 1921. Trustee University of Chattanooga, Tennessee Wesleyan College, Morristown College (all of Tennessee), Cazenovia Seminary, Bennett College, Snead Junior College (Boaz, Alabama).
Mason.
Married Gertrude Estelle Virgil, February 8, 1899. Children: Wendell Virgil, George Carleton, Wallace Elias, Don Hadley, Morris Gillespie.