Wilbur Glenn Voliva

Background

Voliva, Wilbur Glenn was born on March 10, 1870 in near Newton, Indiana, United States. Son of James H. and Rebecca (Griffith) Voliva.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Hiram College, Ohio, 1897. Bachelor of Divinity, Union Christian College, Merom, Indiana, 1897.

Career

Ordained to ministry Christian Church, 1889. Pastor Linden, Indiana, 1889-1892, Urhana, Illinois, 1892-1893. Studied theology, Stanfordville, New York, 1893-1894.

Supplied pulpit Chestnut St. Christian Church, Albany, 1893-1894, York Harbor, Maine, 1894-1895. Pastor Christian Church, Washington C.H., O., 1897-1899. Became member Christian Catholic Church, 1899.

Ordained elder, April 1899. Elder in charge N. Side Zion Tabernacle, Chicago, 1899-1900, Cincinnati, 1900-1901. Overseer Christian Catholic Church in Zion, Australia, 1901-1906.

Returned to Zion City, Illinois, 1906, and was assistant to John Alexander Dowie until his death, March 1907. General overseer since 1907. Home: Zion, Ill.

Membership

Member Christian Catholic Ch.

Connections

Married Mollie Steele, August 11, 1892.

Father:

James H. Voliva

Mother:

Rebecca (Griffith) Voliva

Spouse:

Mollie Steele