WHALLON, EDWARD PAYSON: 1849-1939.
Edward Payson Whallon , son of the Rev. Thomas and Harriet Bickle Whallon, was born at Putnamville, Ind., on Mar. 30, 1849.
He was educated at Hanover College and at McCormick Theological Seminary, graduating from the latter in 1872. He received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Wooster in 1885, the D.D. in 1892, and the LL.D. from Hanover College in 1925. He married Margaret E. Kitchell on Nov. 17, 1873.
He was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry in 1871 and occupied pulpits in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio . He was editor of CHURCH AT WORK, 1886-88, HERALD AND PRESBYTER, 1888-1925, and THE PRESBYTERIAN, from 1925 until shortly before his death in his ninetieth year.
The Rev. Mr. Whallon was active in Masonic Lodge work. During his later years he resided in Wyoming, and in Cincinnati, O.
He died June 3, 1939.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
- History of the Presbytery of Vincennes.
Indianapolis, 1888.
- The Foursquare Christian.
Cincinnati, 1905.
- Pastoral Memories. Cincinnati,
1907.
- Christian College. n.p., n.d.
- Some Family Records… Partial Histories of the
Whallon, Hagaman, Bickle, Bridgeland, Kitchell, Pierson, Ball, Bruen, Crist,
Hughes, Vincent, Bloodgood, Jans, Farrand and Tuttle Families.
Cincinnati, 1934.
