Background
Cloues, William Jacob was born on March 3, 1860 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Samuel and Mary Eliza (Beals) Cloues.
Cloues, William Jacob was born on March 3, 1860 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Samuel and Mary Eliza (Beals) Cloues.
Bachelor of Arts, Brown University, 1884. Graduate Newton (Massachusetts) Theological Institution, 1887, Bachelor of Divinity, 1912.
Ordained ministry Baptist Church, 1887. Pastor Dover and Foxport, Maine, 1887-1888, Littleton, Massachusetts, 1888-1809, Montpelier, Vermont, 1899-1902, Warner, N.H., 1904-1909. Assistant librarian, Hills Library, Newton Theological Institution (now Andover-Newton Theological School), 1911-1917, became librarian 1917, later Alva Woods librarian, emeritus June 1937.
Member American Library Association, Special Libraries Association, Massachusetts Library.
Married Helen Virginia Ross, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, June 14, 1887 (died February 25, 1937). Children: William Arthur, Alfred Samuel, Paul.