Background
Bell, William Melvin was born on November 12, 1860 in Whitley Company, Indiana, United States. Son of Isaac H. and Nancy E. (Ihrig) Bell.
Bell, William Melvin was born on November 12, 1860 in Whitley Company, Indiana, United States. Son of Isaac H. and Nancy E. (Ihrig) Bell.
Graduate Roanoke (Indiana) Classical Seminary, 1879. Doctor of Divinity, American Temperance University, 1895. Doctor of Laws, University of Southern California, 1914.
And superintendent Indiana South.S. Association, 1890-1893. General secretary Department of Home and Foreign Missions, 1893-1905. Bishop, May 1905; senior bishop, 1921.
In charge East.
District, including Atlantic and Gulf states, 1917-1929. Retired. Author: The Love of God, 1902. The Social Message of Our Lord, 1909.
Torches Aloft, 1913.
Biography of Bishop Nicholas Castle, 1923.
Married Irene J. Henney, July 11, 1880. Children: Mistress Altha Turvene, Wayland G. (deceased), Clair Hadyn, Alice Estella, Mistress Geneva Binkley, Mistress Edna Parks, William M. Ordained U.B. ministry, 1882.