Background
Witt, William Converse De was born on October 31, 1860 in Tiskilwa, Illinois, United States. Son of Elijah Deweese and Fanny Amelia (Perkins) D.
Witt, William Converse De was born on October 31, 1860 in Tiskilwa, Illinois, United States. Son of Elijah Deweese and Fanny Amelia (Perkins) D.
Bachelor of Arts, Racine (Wisconsin) College, 1883, Master of Arts, 1886. Student General Theological Seminary, New York, 1883-1884. Western Theological Seminary, Chicago, 1885-1886, South.T.D., 1905.
Deacon, 1886, priest, 1887, Protestant Episcopal Church. Rector Grace Church, Freeport, Illinois, 1886-1888, Saint Andrew’s Church, Chicago, 1889-1906. Dean Western Theological Seminary, 1905-1927, president since 1925, also trustee.
Deputy to general conversations
Protestant Episcopal Church, 1901, 10, 16.
Club: University.
Married Martha Louise Cossitt, of LaGrange, Illinois, July 20, 1886. Children: Helen Cossitt (Mistress Harold Doctorate. Jones), Evelyn Isabel (Mistress Philip F. Hawley).