Background
Horn, William Melchior was born on November 28, 1882 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Son of Edward Traill and Harriet (Chisolm) Horn.
Horn, William Melchior was born on November 28, 1882 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Son of Edward Traill and Harriet (Chisolm) Horn.
Student Charleston College, 1896-1897. Bachelor of Arts, Muhlenberg College, Pennsylvania, 1900, Doctor of Divinity, 1925. Master of Arts, Princeton, 1901.
Studied University of Pennsylvania, 1901-1902.
Graduate Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1904.
Ordained ministry Lutheran Church, 1904. Assistant pastor Church of the Advent, New York City, 1904-1907, pastor, 1907-1917. Resident pastor Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, since 1917.
Founder Inner Mission Society, New New York
President New York Lutheran Ministers’ Association, 1912-1914. Evangelical Lutheran Synod of New York and North.E., 1914-1917.
Chairman Board of Virgin Islands Missions, 1915-1918. President Ministers Association Southern Tier, New New York
Trustee Ithaca council, Boy Scouts America.
Married Marguerite East. Jacobs, June 30, 1908. Children: Edward Traill III, Ruth Marguerite, William Melchior, Henry Eyster, John Chisolm, Robert Traill, Marguerite Eyster, James Gregg.