Background
Irwin, William Francis was born on March 12, 1866 in Waveland, Indiana, United States. Son of Robert (Doctor of Divinity) and Kate (Matthews) I.
Irwin, William Francis was born on March 12, 1866 in Waveland, Indiana, United States. Son of Robert (Doctor of Divinity) and Kate (Matthews) I.
Bachelor of Arts, Hanover College, Indiana, 1887, Master of Arts, 1891. Bachelor of Divinity, McCormick Theological Seminary, 1891. Doctor of Divinity, Hanover, 1904.
Doctor of Laws, Centre College, Kentucky, 1917.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1891. Pastor Cote Brilliante Church, Saint Louis, 1891-1893, Westminster Church, Bay City, Michigan, 1893-1896, Fifth Church, Chicago, 1896-1900, Second Church, Springfield, Illinois, 1900-1906, Fourth Avenue Church, Louisville, Kentucky, 1906-1916, Irvington-on-Hudson, New York, 1916. Trustee Central University of Kentucky, Hanover (Indiana) College, Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Kentucky.
Commissioner General Assemblies Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles and Atlantic City.
Chairman synod’s Executive Committee of Kentucky. Member Permanent Judicial Commission.
Member Board Home Missions, New York, since 1913. Member executive commission of Alliance of Reformed Churches, Aberdeen, Scotland, since 1913. Member Board of Christian Education, 1923.
War relief work, France and Germany, 1918-1919.