Robert
James Pilgrim, son of Rev.
Frederick and Elizabeth Hester Pilgrim, was born at Greenville,
Mercer County, Pa., Aug 15, 1877; educated at Franklin and Marshall
Academy and College and Eastern Theological Seminary; licensed by
Lancaster Classis, May 17th, 1901, and ordained by Maryland Classis July
28th, 1901: committee: Revs.
J. T. Rossiter, D.D., James M. Mullen, B.D., and W.
S. Stewart. Pastorates:
Grace Church, Baltimore, Md., 1901-1906; First Church, Carlisle,
Pa., 1906-1911; Church of the Ascension, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1912-1917, and
St. Peter’s, at Lancaster, Pa., 1917. Married to Miss
Hilda Theresa Hask, of Bethlehem, Pa., June 4th, 1907.
Two children: Hildegarde
and Robert Hawk.
The
History of the Pittsburgh Synod of the Reformed Church in the United
States:
prepared in commemoration of its fiftieth anniversary, by David B.
Lady, 1920, page 246 |