Background
Mason, Wilbur Nesbitt was born on April 15, 1867 in Mechanicsburg, Ohio, United States. Son of John Watson and Anna (Nesbitt) Mason.
Mason, Wilbur Nesbitt was born on April 15, 1867 in Mechanicsburg, Ohio, United States. Son of John Watson and Anna (Nesbitt) Mason.
Bachelor of Arts, valedictorian, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1890. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Boston University School of Theology, 1896. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1898; Doctor of Divinity, University of Chattanooga, 1909, Ohio Wesleyan, 1911.
Doctor of Laws, Baker University, 1925.
Ordained Mechanical Engineering Ministry, 1895. Pastor, Georgetown, O., 1892-1893, Epworth Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1898-1904, Wesley Church, Salem, Massachusetts, 1904-1908, First Church, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1908-1911. President Baker University, Baldwin, Kansas, September 26, 1911-July 1917.
Member Kansas State Board of Administration (educational, penal and charitable institutions), 1917-1921.
President Kansas Conference of Social Work, 1918-1921. Pastor First Methodist Episcopal Church, Pittsburg, Kansas, 1921-1927, Country Club Methodist Episcopal Church, Kansas City, Missoury, 1927-1931.
Superintendent Bethany Methodist Hospital, 1931-1933. With Kansas City Life Insurance Company, since 1933.
Superintendent Kansas City District of Kansas Annual Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church since October 1928.
Superintendent Bethany Methodist Hospital, Kansas City, Kansas, since 1931.
Member Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Adelaide A. Green, September 4, 1901. Children: Estherline Johnston, Kathleen, Miriam Nesbitt, Sarah Adelaide.