MacAdam, George Hartley
George Hartley MacAdam, clergyman;
born in: Kewanee, Illinois, on March 10, 1864;
son of: William Henry MacAdam and Adelaide Sarah MacAdam, nee: Adelaide Sarah Ellinwood
education: common schools and acadamies, Kewanee, Illinois; DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana 1884-5;
Master of Arts (A.M.), Ft. Worth University, 1901, Doctor of Divinity (D.D.), 1903;
married: Florence Elizabeth MacAdam, nee: Florence Elizabeth Ormsby, of North Platte, Nebraska, on September 7, 1887;
daughter, Ada Ormsby MacAdam.
Entered Methodist Episcopal ministry, 1887, ordained, 1889;
pastor Shelton, Nebraska, 1888-91,
Grand Island Nebraska, 1891-5,
Deadwood, South Dakota, 1895-8,
St. Paul's Church, Ft. Worth, Texas, 1898-1901;
Methodist Episcopal Church of Rogers Park, Chicago, 1901-2;
president Ft. Worth University, 1902-5 (resigned);
pastor First Church, Madison, Wisconsin, 1905-10,
Trinity Church, Louisville, Kentucky, 1910-11,
Joliet, Illinois, 1911-14,
Epworth Church, Chicago, since 1914.
Author: The Harps of God and the chords they play, 1914.
Recreations: golf, shooting.
Home: 5252 N. Kenmore Avenue
Source: Book of Chicagoans, 1917.
Listed in Who's Who in America, volume 6, page 1198.
