Background
Wilson, William Riley was born on September 5, 1860 in Fair Haven, Preble County, Ohio, United States. Son of David Sturgous and Mary Jane (Orr) Wilson.
Wilson, William Riley was born on September 5, 1860 in Fair Haven, Preble County, Ohio, United States. Son of David Sturgous and Mary Jane (Orr) Wilson.
Bachelor of Arts, Washington and Jefferson College, 1886. Graduate Allegheny (now Pittsburgh-Xenia) Theological Seminary, 1889. Doctor of Divinity, Westminster and Grove City colls., 1906.
Doctor of Laws, Muskingum College, 1934.
Ordained ministry United Presbyterian Church, 1889. Pastor North Shenango Church, Espyville Station, Pennsylvania, 1889-1892, 2d Church, Mercer, Pennsylvania, 1892-1899, 10th Church, Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 1899-1902, 1st Church, Carnegie, Pennsylvania, 1902-1906. Professor pastoral theology and homiletics, Pittsburgh-Xenia Theological Seminary, 1906-1940, emeritus professor since May 1940.
Married Lily Jane Brownlee, July 31, 1890. Children: John Brownlee, David Porter, Robert McWatty (deceased), Ross Stevenson, Martha Ashton (Mistress.