Pope County ArArchives Biographies.....Hurie, Wiley Lin ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/arfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robert Sanchez http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00027.html#0006574 June 15, 2009, 3:20 pm Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922) REV. WILEY LIN HURIE. Rev. Wiley Lin Hurie, pastor of the Central Presbyterian church of Russellville, has devoted many years to the ministry and his religious instruction has been a tangible force for good in the various communities in which he has labored. He was born in Petersburg, Illinois, March 17, 1885, a son of J. S. and Anna (Houghton) Hurie, both of whom were born in the central part of that state. The paternal grandfather, Josiah Hurie, was a native of Pennsylvania and became one of the pioneer farmers of Illinois, in which state his demise occurred. The maternal grandfather, A. M. Houghton, was born in central Illinois and there spent his life. J. S. Hurie, a man of good education, who has devoted much time to reading and study, is now residing on his farm, having engaged in agricultural pursuits for a number of years. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party and he is a Knights Templar Mason and is also identified with the Knights of Pythias. Mrs. Hurie died in 1910, in the faith of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Hurie is also affiliated with that religious denomination, joining the church over which his son was at that time presiding. In the family were four children: A. E. and E. J., who are operating farms in Illinois; Wiley Lin; and Frank J., who is also engaged in farming in that state. Wiley Lin Hurie acquired his early education in the country schools of his native state and then became a student in an academy at Jacksonville, Illinois, completing his course in 1902, while four years later he was graduated from Illinois College of that place. He then entered the Union Theological College of New York city and was graduated from that institution with the class of 1912, but had engaged in preaching the gospel in the country adjacent to Petersburg previous to this time, erecting a church at Hickory Grove, Illinois, which was named the Lin Hurie chapel, in his honor. While attending the theological seminary he supplied the pulpit of the First Presbyterian church at Petersburg, was student pastor of the Church of the Covenant in New York city, pastoral supply at Christ church, and acting pastor of the Church of the Covenant in 1912. In November, 1912, he was called to Russellville to fill the pastorate of the Central Presbyterian church, of which he has since been in charge, and under his guidance the work of the church has materially expanded and developed. It now has a membership of three hundred and seventy, of which number about fifty are nonresidents, and its influence is constantly broadening, the church being recognized as a potent force for good in the moral progress of the community. On the 15th of November, 1917, Rev. Mr. Hurie was united in marriage to Miss Ula Moores, who was born at Richmond, Arkansas, a daughter of Alexander Ross and Nellie Virginia Moores. The father was for many years a prominent merchant of that place and later he became connected with mercantile interests of Russellville. To this union has been born a daughter, Mary Virginia, who is but a few months old. In his political views Rev. Mr. Hurie is a democrat and in Masonry he has attained high rank, having taken all of the degrees up to and including those of the consistory. For a number of years Rev. Mr. Hurie has been president of the board of trustees of the College of the Ozarks, the synodical college of the Presbyterian church, located at Clarksville, Arkansas. He is a gentleman of liberal culture and superior intellectual attainments, who by example as well as precept has pointed out to others the best way of life, and his course has at all times awakened admiration and respect. Additional Comments: Citation: Centennial History of Arkansas Volume II Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company 1922 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ar/pope/bios/hurie97bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/arfiles/ File size: 4.4 Kb