Background
Schenck, William Edward was born on March 29, 1819 in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Son of John C. and Annie B. (Hutchinson) Schenck.
Schenck, William Edward was born on March 29, 1819 in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Son of John C. and Annie B. (Hutchinson) Schenck.
Graduate Princeton, 1838. Theological Seminary, 1841. Doctor of Divinity, Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, 1861.
Missionary in Pennsylvania coal region, 1841-1842. Ordained, 1843; held pastorates, Manchester, New Jersey, New York, and Princeton, New Jersey, until 1852. Superintendent church extension for Presbytery of Philadelphia, 1852-1854.
Secretary.
Member Reunion Committee, 1867-1870.
Married Jane Whittemore Torrey, April.; married second, Mary B. Kittle (died 1900).