Background
Phillips, Watson Lyman was born on January 28, 1850 in W. Troy, New York, United States. Son of Review Jonas and Maria E. (Nims) Phillips.
Phillips, Watson Lyman was born on January 28, 1850 in W. Troy, New York, United States. Son of Review Jonas and Maria E. (Nims) Phillips.
Bachelor of Arts, Wesleyan University, Connecticut, 1872. Student Boston School of Theology, 1872-1873. Doctor of Divinity, Wesleyan, 1898, and Dickinson College, 1898.
South. Yarmouth, 1874-1877, First Church, Fall River, 1877-1879, New Bedford, 1879-1881, Summerfield Methodist Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, 1881-1884, Saint John's Church, Brooklyn, 1884-1887, Summerfield, 1887-1889, First Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1889-1890. Became Congregationalist, 1890. Pastor Church of the Redeemer, New Haven, Connecticut, 1890-1915.
Pastor emeritus since 1915.
Pastor Shelton (Connecticut) Congressional Church, 1916-1923. Corporate member American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Connecticut Bible Society.
President Connecticut Missionary Society.
Member Connecticut Legislature, 1919-1921, and chaplain of the House, 1927. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Delta Phi. Clubs: Graduate, Congregational.
Married Ella V. Stetson, June 22, 1873 (died July 16, 1939). Children: Arthur V. (deceased), Frank L., Ruth P. Ordained Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1875.