Background
Mallalieu, Willard Francis was born on December 11, 1828 in Sutton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John and Lydia (Emerson) Mallalieu.
Mallalieu, Willard Francis was born on December 11, 1828 in Sutton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John and Lydia (Emerson) Mallalieu.
He was converted to Christ at the age of twelve, having indicated his desire to seek Jesus Christ at the first Methodist class meeting he ever attended (held in the kitchen of a neighborhood widow).
Entered North.E. Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1858. Pastor Grafton, Massachusetts, 1858-1859, Mount Bellingham, Chelsea, 1860-1861. First Church, Lynn, 1862-1863.
Monument Square, Charleston, 1864.
Bromfield Saint, Boston, 1865-1867, Walnut Saint, Chelsea, 1868-1870, Trinity, Worcester, 1871, Broadway, South Boston, 1872-1874. Trip to Europe for study and observation, 1875.
Pastor Bromfield Saint, Boston, 1876-1878. Walnut Saint, Chelsea, 1879-1881.
Presiding elder Boston District, 1882-1884.
Elected bishop, 1884. Delaware General Conference, 1872, 1880, 1884. President and chairman of the executive committee of General Conference Commision on Aggressive Evangelism.
Vice president Board Foreign Missions.
Member Board Home Missions. President Massachusetts Anti-Saloon League.
Chairman, Board Of Directors Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society, director Twentieth Century Pledge Signing Crusade, North.E. Sabbath Protection League. Vice president Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Trustee Boston University, Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham, Massachusetts, East. Greenwich (Rhode Island) Academy (president of the board), American University, New Orleans U. President Boston Bible Club.
Trustee Massachusetts Bible Society. Vice president North.E. Methodist History Society. Life member North.E. History-Genealogical Society.
Director Boston Evangelical Alliance.
Author: The Why, When and How of Revivals, 1901. The Fullness of the Blessing of the Gospel of Christ, 1903.
Words of Cheer and Comfort. Address: Auburndale, Massachusetts
Member Board Home Missions.
Married Eliza Frances Atkins, October 13, 1858.