Background
Priest, Walter Scott was born on January 2, 1860 in New Martinsville, Virginia, (now West Virginia). Son of John Brown and Hannah (Yocum) Priest.
Priest, Walter Scott was born on January 2, 1860 in New Martinsville, Virginia, (now West Virginia). Son of John Brown and Hannah (Yocum) Priest.
Bachelor of Laws, Bethany (West Virginia) College, 1880. Doctor of Divinity, Fairmount College, Wichita, Kansas, 1922.
Mary Frances (Mistress Byron G. Hays), Walter Scott. Pastor Atchison, Kansas, 1883-1885. Ordained ministry Disciples of Christ, 1885.
Pastor Denver, Colorado, 1893-1897, again at Atchison, 1898-1903, Columbus, Ohio, 1903-1909, Central Church, Wichita, since 1909.
Led in organizing 5 new churches in Wichita, recruited mostly from Central Church.
Walter Scott Priest has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.
Mason.; Rotarian. Visited China and Japan, 1921, and delivers (in costume) illustrated lecture, pictures taken by himself.
Married Anna Evelyn Schaeffer, September 24, 1884. Children: Hartzell John (deceased).
