Biederwolf, William E. (William Edward), 1867-1939

Pastor and evangelist; born in 1867, the seventh son of German immigrants; received B.A. and M.A. degrees from Princeton University; was ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1897; served as a chaplain in the Spanish American War in 1898; assisted in the evangelistic campaigns of B. Fay Mills and J. Wilbur Chapman and then began to hold his own meetings; began the Family Altar League; served as director of the Winona Lake Bible Conference and the Winona Lake School of Theology; died on September 10, 1939.

From the description of Papers of William E. Biederwolf, 1884-1922. (Wheaton College). WorldCat record id: 26448978