WILLIAMS, DANIEL JENKINS (1874 - 1952), minister (MC/Presb.) and official historian of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church of America
Date of birth: 1874
Date of death: 1952
Child: Robert Hugh Williams
Parent: Jane Mary Williams (née Jenkins)
Parent: Robert H. Williams
Gender: Male
Occupation: minister (MC/Presb.) and official historian of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church of America
Area of activity: History and Culture; Religion
Author: Edward George Hartmann
Born Genesee Depot, Wisconsin, USA, 22 December 1874, the son of Robert H. Williams (born near Gwalchmai, Anglesey, 1844), and Jane Mary (née Jenkins; born Wisconsin, daughter of Welsh immigrants). Education: A.B. (U. Wis.), 1899; M.A. (U.Wis.), 1900; B.D. (Union Theol. Sem.), 1903; Ph.D. (Ohio State University), 1914; D.D. (Carroll Col., Wis.), 1918; student of Celtic Literature, Oxford, 1904-05. Ordained by the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Synod of Wisconsin, 1906. Pastor of churches: Arbor Vitae, Wis., 1905-07; Welsh CM, Columbus, O., 1907-11; 1st Presby., Oshkosh, Wis., 1911-15; 1st Presby., Wausau, Wis., 1915-20; 1st Presby., Cedar Rapids, Ia., 1920-23; Miami Ave. Welsh Presby., Columbus, O., 1923-33; retired to write official history of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church of America, 1933-37; supply minister in Florida (winters) and in Wisconsin (summers), 1937 till death; moderator of the Presby. Synod of Wisconsin, 1915. Fluent in Welsh, he preached in Wales during recesses while attending Oxford, and preached in both English and Welsh throughout his career as a minister in the U.S. He was the author of: The Welsh of Columbus, Ohio; A Study in Adjustment and Assimilation, Oshkosh, Wis., 1913; The Welsh Community of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, Columbus, O., 1926; and 100 Years of Welsh Calvinistic Methodism in America, Philadelphia, 1937. All three are valuable contributions to the history of the Welsh in the United States, and the latter is the official history of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church of America from its beginnings until its merger with the American Presbyterian Church in 1920. He died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 29, 1952.
Author
- Edward George Hartmann, (1912 - 1995)
- Minutes of the Synod of Wisconsin, 1952
- Alumni Directory, Union Theological Seminary
- Y Drych, 15 August, 1952
- letter from his son, Brig. General Robert Hugh Williams, 21 January 1983
- letter from his daughter-in-law, Alice Tuckerman Williams, February 23, 1983
Sources
Published date: 2001
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