Background
Finney, William Parker was born on September 9, 1861 in near Natchez, Mississippi, United States. Son of Ebenezer Dickey and Annie Louise (Parker) Finney.
Finney, William Parker was born on September 9, 1861 in near Natchez, Mississippi, United States. Son of Ebenezer Dickey and Annie Louise (Parker) Finney.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1883, Master of Arts, 1886. Graduate Princeton Theological Seminary, 1886. Doctor of Divinity, Cumberland (Tennessee) University, 1910.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1886. Pastor Cream Ridge and New Egypt, New Jersey, 1886-1892, Moorestown, New Jersey, 1892-1910. Professor of English, Lincoln University, Chester Company, Pennsylvania, 1910-1926.
General secretary.
Member Society of Cincinnati of Pennsylvania (president), Order of Founders and Patriots of America.
Married Pamela Richardson, October 5, 1887 (died 1889). Married second, Katherine Richardson, October 5, 1897 (died, 1907).