Background
Kedzie, William Roscoe was born on May 10, 1879 in Oberlin, Ohio, United States. Son of William Knowlton and Ella M. (Gale) Kedzie.
Kedzie, William Roscoe was born on May 10, 1879 in Oberlin, Ohio, United States. Son of William Knowlton and Ella M. (Gale) Kedzie.
Bachelor of Science, Michigan State College, 1899. Bachelor of Divinity, Oberlin (O.) School of Theology, 1902. Doctor of Divinity, Olivet (Michigan) College, 1922.
Ordained ministry Congregational Church, 1902. Pastor Vicksburg, Michigan, 1902-1906. Pontiac, Michigan, 1906-1912, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, 1912-1915, St. Johns, Michigan, 1915-1918, First Congressional Church, Cleveland, O., 1918-1929.
Secretary of educational instns., Congressional Education Society, 1929-1935. Secretary Cleveland Congressional Union, 1929. President Council of Church Bds. of Education, 1934.
Married Ida Barton. Married second, Elsie C. Dean, May 10, 1938. Children: Kathryn (Mistress Albert J. Isbell), Faith (Mistress Frederic B. Dutton), William Roscoe, Hope (deceased).