William Gallogly Moorehead

Background

William G. Moorehead was born on March 19, 1836, on a farm near Rix Mills, Muskingum County, Ohio. His parents were David Moorehead and Margaret Henderson.

Education

He graduated at Muskingum College in 1858 and studied theology at the Allegheny and Xenia theological seminaries of the United Presbyterian Church, graduating from the latter in 1862.

Career

During his seminary course he was licensed to preach, April 1861, and acted as a stated supply at Urbana, Ohio, until some time in the early part of 1862.

On July 1, 1862, he was ordained to the ministry in connection with his appointment by the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church as a missionary in Italy under the direction of the American and Foreign Christian Union.

About seven years (1862 - 1869) were spent in Italy, the first two being devoted to mastering the language, the last five to missionary work in Florence and Sienna.

In 1869 he returned to America and the next year became pastor of the First United Presbyterian Church, Xenia, Ohio, continuing to serve until 1875. While in this pastorate he was elected in 1873 to the chair of New Testament literature and exegesis at Xenia Theological Seminary, which position he retained until 1908, when he insisted on being relieved.

In April 1875 he was called to the Fourth United Presbyterian Church of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, where he served until January 1876, without interrupting his classroom work. From 1878 to 1885 he was pastor of the Third Church of Xenia, this charge being an annex to his professorship.

When the board of management of the seminary reluctantly consented to his withdrawal, in 1908, from the chair he had occupied since 1873, it induced him to take up the lighter duties of the Newburgh chair of English Bible and Biblical theology. To this work the last years of his life were given so that he completed four decenniums of continuous service as a professor in Xenia Theological Seminary before he died on March 1, 1914.

Achievements

• William Gallogly Moorehead was an able preacher and Biblical scholar, who was frequently heard at Winona, at Grove City, Pennsylvania, in various Chautauquas, at Niagara, and at the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago. In addition, in Bible Schools and at special conferences he was a notably successful lecturer.

Works

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  • Studies in the Mosaic Institutions: the tabernacle, the priesthood, the sacrifices, the feasts of ancient Israel

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  • Studies in the four Gospels

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  • Studies in the Book of Revelation

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  • Testimonial and memorial to William Gallogly Moorehead

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  • Outline Studies in the New Testament

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Connections

On August 9, 1864, William G. Moorehead married Helen King, who died November 13, 1870. The couple had three children.

His second wife was Anna L. Beatty, who died January 14, 1874.

Then he was married to Elizabeth Ankeney, by whom he had four children.

Father:

David Moorehead

Mother:

Margaret Moorehead (Henderson)

Wife:

Elizabeth Moorehead (Ankeney)

Wife:

Anna L. Moorehead (Beatty)

Wife:

Helen Moorehead (King)

Daughter:

Margaret H. Moorehead

Daughter:

Mary C. Mabon (Moorehead)

Daughter:

Helen Gulielma Taylor (Moorehead)

Son:

Frederick Moorehead

Son:

William G. Moorehead

Son:

Ralph Henderson Moorehead

Son:

Warren King Moorehead

References

• William Gallogly Moorehead