Background
Richards, William Rogers was born on December 20, 1853 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George and Anna Maria (Woodruff) Richards.
Richards, William Rogers was born on December 20, 1853 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George and Anna Maria (Woodruff) Richards.
Educated Golden Hill Institute, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1866-1870, Yale, Bachelor of Arts, 1875, Columbia Law School, 1875-1876, Andover Theological Seminary, graduate 1879 (Doctor of Divinity, University City of New York, 1892, Yale, 1903).
Ordained and installed pastor Central Congressional Church, Bath, Maine, October 16, 1879. Pastor Crescent Avenue.
Member Board Foreign Missions, Presbyterian Church, since 1890. Director Union Theological Seminary, since 1903. Member of council University City of New York, since 1903.
Member South.R. School commissioner Plainfield, New Jersey, 1899-1902.
Married Charlotte Barrrett Blodgett, January 27, 1880.