Background
Matthews, William Albert was born on April 6, 1868 in Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, England. Son of John and Ann (Smart) Matthews.
Matthews, William Albert was born on April 6, 1868 in Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, England. Son of John and Ann (Smart) Matthews.
Came to the United States, 1882. Student Shurtleff College (Alton, Illinois), 1890-1893, Morgan Park Theological Seminary’(Chicago), 1888-1890. Bachelor of Arts, Ewing (Illinois) College, 1895, Master of Arts, 1898, Doctor of Philosophy, 1900.
Studied University of Chicago Divinity School, 1895-1898.
West.W. Newcomb), Ruth (Mistress Peter Drakos), Delight (Mistress Frank Warren), William A., Dorothy Annual ordained Baptist ministry, 1891. Pastor successively Saint Louis, Missouri, Carbondale, Cambridge, Paw Paw, Aurora and Tabernacle Church, Chicago (all of Illinois) until 1911.
President Ewing College, 1911-1913.
Pastor Dinuba and Los Angeles, California, until 1927. Founder, 1927, and since president Los Angeles Baptist Theological Seminary Editor Rock of Ages,” monthly.
Address: 2713 Hyannis Saint, Los Angeles California*‡.
William Albert Matthews has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman, educator by Marquis Who's Who.
Married Della May Burton, June 22, 1892. Children: Stewart B., Esther (wife of Doctor.