Background
Scott, Walter Canfield was born on February 6, 1869 in Barry, Illinois, United States. Son of David Richard and Julia (Canfield) Scott.
Scott, Walter Canfield was born on February 6, 1869 in Barry, Illinois, United States. Son of David Richard and Julia (Canfield) Scott.
Student Northwestern Normal School (Geneseo, Illinois) and Jennings Seminary (Aurora, Illinois). Northwestern University and Garrett Biblical Institute, 1893-1897. Doctor of Divinity, Philomath College, Oregon, 1919.
Ordained to ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, 1891. Pastor Batavia, Illinois, 1911-1915, Naperville, Illinois, 1912-1915, Normal Park Church, Chicago, 1915-1919, Sheridan Road Church, Chicago, 1919-1922. Staff representative Board of Education of Methodist Episcopal Church, department finance, Chicago, 1922-1925.
Field secretary Church and Institutional Financing, also of Methodist Ministers’ Sons and Daus.
Society; counselor for personal and estate memorials and memorials with a perpetuity. Lecturer. Director Schiller Piano Company (Oregon, Illinois).
Mason (Knight of the Order of the Thistle, 32°, Shriner. Decorated by Supreme Council for Meritorious Service, 1939), Odd. Club: Hamilton (Chicago.
Married Edith Blanche Jones, November 19, 1898. Children: Mildred Mae (Mistress East. South. Townsend), Mabel Edith (Mistress C. Hortley Buke), Walter Brockway, David Frederick.