William Welles Holley

Background

Holley, William Welles was born on March 2, 1841 in Geneva, New York, United States. Son of Alfred A. and Mary C. (Tillman) Holley.

Education

Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1861. Yale Law School, 1862. St. Stephen’s College, New York, 1863.

General Theological Seminary, New York, 1863. Graduate Berkeley Division School, Connecticut, 1865. Doctor of Divinity, University of Mississippi, 1880.

Career

Deacon, 1865, priest, 1866, Protestant Episcopal Church. Curate St. Paul’s Church, New Haven, Connecticut, 1865-1866. Rector Church of the Holy Comforter, Eltingville, S.I., New York, 1866-1867, Christ Church, Newton, New Jersey, 1868-1870, Christ Church, Hackensack, New Jersey, 1870-1910, emeritus.

Deputy to General Convention Protestant Episcopal Church, 1898-1901. Member Standing Committee Diocese of Newark, 1883-1912. President Johnson Free Public Library, Hackensack, New Jersey.

Trustee Christ Hospital, Jersey City, New Jersey, Clergymen’s Retiring Fund Society, Corporation for Relief of Clergymen’s Widows and Orphans, Clergymen’s Mutual Insurance League.

Membership

Member Standing Committee Diocese of Newark, 1883-1912. President Johnson Free Public Library, Hackensack, New Jersey.

Connections

Married Katherine Ann Wyse, November 13, 1866.

Father:

Alfred A. Holley

Mother:

Mary C. (Tillman) Holley

Spouse:

Katherine Ann Wyse