William Lawrence Tenney

Background

Tenney, William Lawrence was born on September 9, 1862 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Review Daniel and Mary Adams (Parker) Tenney.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin, 1885. Bachelor of Divinity, Oberlin Theological Seminary, 1888. Studied Harvard Graduate School, 1888.

(Doctor of Divinity, Knox, 1903, Oberlin, 1908).

Career

Ordained Congleton ministry, 1889. Pastor Madison Avenue Church, Cleveland, 1889-1892, Winthrop Church, Holbrook, Massachusetts, 1892-1895, 1st Church, North Adams, 1895-1903. Western secretary American Missionary Association, Chicago, 1903-1913.

Assistant pastor Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, since 1913.

Achievements

• William Lawrence Tenney has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Mason.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Moore Colby, June 25, 1907.

Father:

Review Daniel Tenney

Mother:

Mary Adams (Parker) Tenney

Spouse:

Elizabeth Moore Colby