Background
Hotchkiss, Willis R. was born on October 11, 1873 in Doylestown, Wayne Company, Ohio, United States. Son of Henry Clay and Elizabeth (Eaton) Hotchkiss.
Hotchkiss, Willis R. was born on October 11, 1873 in Doylestown, Wayne Company, Ohio, United States. Son of Henry Clay and Elizabeth (Eaton) Hotchkiss.
Oberlin (Ohio) Academy. Friends’ Bible Institute, Cleveland.
Began missionary work in Africa, 1895. Partially reduced Kikamba language to writing. Organized Friends’ Africa Industrial Mission, 1900-1902.
Reduced Bantu Kavirondo language to writing.
Traveling secretary Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions, among colleges of America, 1902-1903. Founded Lumbwa Industrial Mission, 1905.
Member Society of Friends (Orthodox), National Geography Society.
Married Mathilde Caroline Koehler, of Toledo, O., September 20, 1900.