WISHARD, SAMUEL ELLIS: 1825-1915.
Samuel Ellis Wishard , son of Col. John and Agnes Henderson Oliver Wishard, was born in Johnson County, Ind., on Dec. 18, 1825, and graduated from Wabash College in 1853, receiving the A.M. degree in 1856. He graduated from Lane Theological Seminary in 1856 and received the D.D. degree from Centre College in 1884. On Feb. 13, 1857, he married Sophie Evarts.
For twenty years following his ordination in 1857 he was a pastor in various communities–Rushville, Ill., Tecumseh and Battle Creek, Mich., and Franklin, Ind. He engaged in evangelistic work from 1877 to 1880, was a pastor in Chicago from 1880 to 1883, was superintendent of home mission work in Kentucky from 1883 to 1887, and was a pastor in Des Moines, Ia., from 1887 to 1890. He then became superintendent of home mission work in Utah , a position he held until 1906, when he resumed preaching. Dr. Wishard wrote a letter every week for thirty-two years to the HERALD AND PRESBYTER.
He died on Nov. 11, 1915.
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