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| ZENAS O. DOWARD,
Grand Island, Neb. |
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Born at Mt. Morris, Ills., June 19, 1866; student
two years at Mt. Morris, Ills., College; one
year at Eureka, Ills., college; graduated from
Hiram, O., College, 1894. Minister church at
Richwood, O., 1895; Lawrenceville church, Pittsburg,
Penn., 1896-98; First church, Grand Island,
Neb., 1898; president of Nebraska Christian Missionary
Society, 1901.
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| NATHANIEL S. HAYNES,
Lincoln, Neb. |
| Born Washington, Ky., March 7, 1844; boyhood on Illinois farm; military service in sixties; graduate Eureka College 1867, A. B.; 1868, A. M. Principal public schools, Kansas, Ills., one year; minister there 1868-72; minister Decatur, Ills., 1873-80; Corresponding Secretary Illinois C. M. S. 1880-90; minister Peoria, Ills., 1885-92; Englewood, Chicago. Ill., 1892-98; Eureka, Ill., 1898-1902; First church, Lincoln, Neb., 1902. |
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| JOHN WILLIAM HILTON,
Bethany (Lincoln) Neb. |
| Born New York City. N. Y., March 27, 1867; student at Fairfield College 1887-88; student Cotner University. 1892-98; graduating with the degree of A. B. 1898; Financial Secretary Cotner University 1898-1900; student Nebraska State University 1900-1901; A. M. Nebraska University 1902; vice-Chancellor Cotner University 1901-1902; minister at Douglas and Sterling, Neb., and East Side church, Lincoln, Neb.; minister University church, Bethany, Neb., 1903. |
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| WILLIAM SUMPTER,
Bethany, Neb. |
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Born in Kidderminister, England, April 29,
1840; private ministerial student of John Marsden,
M. A. and Thomas Greenfield, Congregational
minister and authors; also of John Mills, Baptist
minister and author. Preached continuously
from 1855 to the present; baptized in the fall of
1870 and became an evangelist in the new state.
Editor Christian News for seven years.
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