History of Venango County Pennsylvania United States of America

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John Roland Harris Latchaw Biography

John Roland Harris Latchaw, educator, was born in Venango county, Pa., Sept. 7, 1851; son of Samuel and Ann (Ross) Latchaw; grandson of John and Nancy Latchaw, and a descendant of John, a soldier in the war of 1812, and Jane (Ayers) Ross. He was married, April 27, 1875, to Zella Amanda, daughter of Charles Kimball of Rochester, Minn. He was graduated from Hillsdale college, Mich., A.B., 1881, and A.M., 1884. He founded an academy at Barkeyville, Pa., in 1881, and directed it until 1884, when he became president of Findlay college, Ohio. He served as president and as a lecturer on psychology and theology there, 1884-93; was pastor of the First Baptist church, Zanesville, Ohio, 1893-95; Bethel Baptist church, Chicago, Il1., 1895-96; was a student in the divinity school of the University of Chicago, 1895-96; pastor of the First Baptist church, Defiance, Ohio, 1896-97, when he resigned and organized the Christian Assembly at Defiance, Ohio. He was elected president of Defiance college in 1896, and received the honorary degree of D.D. from Hillsdale college in 1891. He was editor and publisher of The Truth Seeker, 1897, and joint editor of The Unity Herald, 1898. He is the author of: Outline Lectures in Theology (1890); Theory and Art of Teaching (1890); Citizenship in the Northwest Territory (1895); Outlines of Psychology (1899). He was elected president of Palmer university, Ind., in 1902.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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