Background
Fries, William Otterbein was born on November 17, 1860 in Winchester, Virginia, United States. Son of William and Mary Jane (Fulkerson) Fries.
Fries, William Otterbein was born on November 17, 1860 in Winchester, Virginia, United States. Son of William and Mary Jane (Fulkerson) Fries.
Preparatory education Shenandoah Seminary, Virginia. Bachelor of Arts, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pennsylvania, 1882, Master of Arts, 1885. Graduate Bonebrake Theological Seminary, 1884.
(Doctor of Divinity, Otterbein University, 1903).
Ordained U.B. ministry, 1884. Pastor Hagerstown, Maryland., 1884-1886. Principal West Virginia Academy, Buckhannon, West Virginia, 1886-1889.
Pastor Fostoria, O., 1889-1893, Otterbein University, 1893-1897, Van Buren, O., 1897-1899.
Superintendent Sandusky (O.) Conference, 1899-1905. Editor. South.S. literature, U.B. Church, since 1905.
Trustee Otterbein U. Honorary member Philophronean Society (Otterbein U.). Trustee Bonebrake Theological Seminary Home: Dayton, O.
Member Philophronean Society (Otterbein U.).
Married Fannie Coe Nelson, February 18, 1886.