Background
Mccaughan, William John was born on December 4, 1859 in Moycraig, Ballycastle, Company Antrim, Ireland. Son of Nehemiah Craig and Mary Jane (Taggart) M.
Mccaughan, William John was born on December 4, 1859 in Moycraig, Ballycastle, Company Antrim, Ireland. Son of Nehemiah Craig and Mary Jane (Taggart) M.
Central America, Magee College, Londonderry, Ireland, 1879. Studied division New College, Edinburgh.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1884. Pastor Ballymena, Ireland, 1884-1885. Mountpottinger Church, Belfast, 1885-1897, Saint Andrew’s Church, Toronto, Canada, 1897-1898, Third Church, Chicago, 1898-1907, May Street Church, Belfast, Ireland, since 1907.
High chief ranger of Ireland, Independent Order of Foresters, 1893-1897, of Illinois, 1903-1905.
Editor Presbyretian Quarterly Visitor, 1894-1897. Associate editor Independent Forester, 1896-1899.
William John Mccaughan has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.
Married Sara A. Cooper, April.