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Rev Edward Everett Ayers

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Birth	:	16 Jul 1865 Egypt, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	20 Apr 1939 Lynchburg, Lynchburg City, Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Fort Hill Memorial Park, Lynchburg, Lynchburg City, USA
Coordinate	:	37.3753014, -79.1793976
Description	:	Edward Everett Ayers was the 9th of 14 children of Philander and Nancy (Eagon) Ayers. He grew up on their farm in Kirkwood Twp, Belmont Cty, Ohio. Despite these humble beginnings he obtained an amazing education - B.C.S. from Mount Union College in Ohio in 1891 and then a Ph.B. from the same institution a year later, a Bachelor of Sacred Theology from Boston University in 1896, then an A.M. from Harvard University in 1898, then separate Ph.D.s from both the University of Berlin (Germany) and Boston University in 1901. He published a small book on worker's... Read More	Edward Everett Ayers was the 9th of 14 children of Philander and Nancy (Eagon) Ayers. He grew up on their farm in Kirkwood Twp, Belmont Cty, Ohio. Despite these humble beginnings he obtained an amazing education - B.C.S. from Mount Union College in Ohio in 1891 and then a Ph.B. from the same institution a year later, a Bachelor of Sacred Theology from Boston University in 1896, then an A.M. from Harvard University in 1898, then separate Ph.D.s from both the University of Berlin (Germany) and Boston University in 1901. He published a small book on worker's insurance and care for the poor, in German, in 1901. He also studied at Andover Theological Seminary from 1901-1903. In the midst of all that he served 4 churches in and around Boston, MA between 1894 and 1908 as a Methodist Episcopal clergyman. He married Caroline Eleanor Elder in Boston in 1899. He then obtained another degree -- S.T.D. - from Mount Union College in 1908. In 1908 he secured a faculty position at Randolph Macon Women's College in Lynchburg, and remained there until 1925. He was Professor of Sociology and Bible. The later-famous Pearl Buck graduated from there in 1914, and given her interests and the size of the college he almost certainly had her as a student. He then accepted a faculty position at Greensboro Women's College in 1926, staying there until he retired in 1936. He kept his home in Lynchburg during this time and it appears that his wife Caroline, stayed there. His daughter Virginia was in Wellesley College when he made this shift to Greensboro (1924-28). He appears in yearbooks for Greensboro Women's College and appears to have been very well liked by students. He was certainly amazingly well-educated. Given his subject area, while he was studying in Berlin he almost certainly would have attended lectures by the great Georg Simmel.

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Rev Edward Everett Ayers's memorial is located at: Fort Hill Memorial Park, Lynchburg, Lynchburg City, USA.
When did Rev Edward Everett Ayers death?
Rev Edward Everett Ayers death on 20 Apr 1939 in Lynchburg, Lynchburg City, Virginia, USA
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Latitude: 37.3753014
Longitude: -79.1793976

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Caroline Eleanor Elder Ayers

(1872 - 1955)

Siblings

Margaret Frances Ayers Morris

(1850 - 1932)

Anna M. Ayers Henderson

(1856 - 1928)

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