Background
Kelley, William Valentine was born on February 13, 1843 in Plainfield, New Jersey, United States. Son of Review Benjamin and Eliza (Valentine) Kelley.
Kelley, William Valentine was born on February 13, 1843 in Plainfield, New Jersey, United States. Son of Review Benjamin and Eliza (Valentine) Kelley.
Bachelor of Arts, Wesleyan University, Connecticut, 1865. Doctor of Divinity, 1883. Doctor of Humane Letters, Dickinson, 1899.
Doctor of Laws, Ohio Wesleyan, 1909.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Wesleyan University, Connecticut, 1918.
Ordained Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1867. Pastor Burlington, New Jersey, 1867, Camden, 1868-1870, New Brunswick, 1870-1873, Buffalo, New York, 1873-1874, Philadelphia, 1874-1878, Newark, New Jersey, 1878-1881, Brooklyn, 1881-1892 (except Middletown, Connecticut, 1884), New Haven, Connecticut, 1892-1893. Editor Methodist Review, 1893-1920.
Member General Conference 5 times. Member board of managers American Bible Society. Member Brooklyn Clerical Union, Victoria Institute, Philosophical Society of Great Britain, Psi Upsilon.
Clubs: Clergy (New York).
Married Eliza Whiteman, July 27, 1876.