Background
Crowe, William was born on October 11, 1871 in Paint Lick, Kentucky, United States. Son of William and Elizabeth (McFerran) Crowe.
Crowe, William was born on October 11, 1871 in Paint Lick, Kentucky, United States. Son of William and Elizabeth (McFerran) Crowe.
Bachelor of Arts, Central U. (now Centre College), Richmond, Kentucky, 1892. Bachelor of Divinity, Kentucky Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 1896. Doctor of Divinity, Hampden Sydney College, 1910, Austin (Texas) College, 1924.
August 1917); children—William, Albin Catherine (Mistress Walter B. Jones), McFerran, Grace (Mistress Henry B. Bobo). Married second, Edith Miller, August 25, 1921. Children—Walter Miller, Marjory (Mistress Joseph C. Whitner), John.
Ordained to Presbyterian ministry, 1896.
Pastor South Frankfort Church, Frankfort, Kentucky, Abingdon, Virginia, and Idlewild Church, Memphis, until 1920, Westminster Church, Saint Louis, 1920-1938, First Church, Talladega, Alabama, 1938-1959, retired.
Author: Those Fifty Days, 1938.
Member Executive Board Foreign Missions Presbyterian Church in the United States Ex-president and Chairman of the Board Metropolitan Church Federation, Saint Louis. Member Commision on Evangelism. Member Phi Delta Theta.
Member Victoria Institute, Philosophical Society Great Britain.
Rotarian (honorary).
Married Grace Pilkington, December 21, 1898 (deceased. Married second, Edith Miller, August 25, 1921. Children: William, Albin Catherine (Mistress Walter B. Jones), McFerran, Grace (Mistress Henry B. Bobo).