Background
Rodgers, William Thomas was born on October 8, 1861 in near Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Jacob B. and Nancy Ann (Magill) Rodgers.
Rodgers, William Thomas was born on October 8, 1861 in near Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Jacob B. and Nancy Ann (Magill) Rodgers.
Bachelor of Arts, Lincoln (Illinois) College, 1889. Bachelor of Divinity, Cumberland Theological Seminary, Tennessee, 1891. Graduate Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1892.
Doctor of Divinity, Roane College, 1906, Cumberland University, 1907.
Captain James Bradshaw Hunter, of Bell Buckle, Tennessee, June 12, 1895. Children—William Hunter, Mary East., Ruth M., Robert H., James J., Elizabeth. Licentiate Presbyterian Church, 1881.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1884.
Pastor Grace Church, Nashville, Tennessee, 1892-1901, First Church, Knoxville, 1901-1906, Lucas Avenue Church, Saint Louis, 1906-1908, Grace Church, Nashville, 1908-1911, First Church, Macomb, Illinois, June 1911-1927, First Church, Harriman, Tennessee, since 1927. Moderator Presbytery 10 terms, Synod of Tennessee, 1 year, Synod of Illinois, 1925-1926.
Member Synod’s Council, and commission on colleges and Christian education. Chairman Tennessee Synod’s Committee on Foreign Missions.
Member Synod’s Council, and commission on colleges and Christian education. Mason, Knights of Pythias.
Married Eula, daughter; children: William Hunter, Mary East., Ruth M., Robert H., James J., Elizabeth.