Background
Ferguson, William Porter Frisbee was born on December 13, 1861 in Delhi, New York, United States. Son of Philisophy Rice and Electa A. (Frisbee) Ferguson.
Ferguson, William Porter Frisbee was born on December 13, 1861 in Delhi, New York, United States. Son of Philisophy Rice and Electa A. (Frisbee) Ferguson.
Graduate Walton (New York) Academy, 1884. Bachelor of Divinity, Drew Theological Seminary, 1887. Bachelor of Arts, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, 1889.
(declined degree Doctor of Laws on finding that the university offering it owned saloon property).
Served in Mechanical Engineering foreign mission service (Mexico) and as pastor several churches (Methodist, Presbyterian and Universalist) in the United States Devoted to Prohibition movement, 1896-1918. Edited Prohibition papers, Voice, New Voice (New York and Chicago), Citizen (Harriman, Tennessee), Defender (New York), National.
Served in Mechanical Engineering foreign mission service (Mexico) and as pastor several churches (Methodist, Presbyterian and Universalist) in the United States Devoted to Prohibition movement, 1896-1918.
Married L(ena) Grace Hathaway, April. Children: Horace Porter Frisbee, Josiah Deming, Dorothy Hilda.