WRAY, NEWTON: 1854-1933.
Newton Wray , son of Isom and Miami Bower Wray, was born Oct. 30, 1854, in Shelby County, Ind.
He received the A.B. degree from De Pauw University in 1875, the B.D. from Drew Theological Seminary in 1887, and the D.D. from Taylor University in 1912. He married Mary Alma Gilbert of Bainbridge, N. Y., on Nov. 15, 1892.
From 1877 to 1879 he practiced law in Greenfield, Ind. He was ordained to the Methodist Episcopal ministry in 1880 and occupied pulpits in various Indiana and New York cities, with one academic year of teaching, until 1905.
In 1906 he joined the faculty of Asbury (Ky.) College, removing to Taylor University, Upland, Ind., in 1909. There he taught theology, Bible history, the Greek New Testament and Christian apologetics until 1929.
Dr. Wray died in 1933.
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