Biographical Sketch of W. R. Carle


Text from Haynes, Nathaniel S. History of the Disciples of Christ in Illinois 1819-1914, Cincinnati: Standard Publishing Company, 1915. Page 495. This online edition © 1997, James L. McMillan.

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In 1870, Mr. Carle was elected to the lower house of the twenty-seventh Legislature of Illinois on the Democratic ticket. He was a successful business man and accumulated much property. He was a member of the Wapella Church, which town was his home. In religion he was conservative, but held that Christians should pay one-tenth of their income to the Lord's work. He did something for two of our colleges in his last years. He was never married, and for many years made his home with his uncle and aunt, Joshua and Margaret Carle. They were natives of West Virginia and were immersed by Alexander Campbell.

Joshua Carle claimed that he was the first among the pioneers to "publicly teach the universal priesthood of all believers."


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