Allegheny County PA Archives-  Obituaries: Pridgeon, Charles H., 01 Jul 1932

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PRIDGEON, Charles Hamilton, clergyman; b. Baltimore, Md., June 7, 1863; 
s. Johnson and Rebecca McCreight) P.; A,B., Lafayette Coll., Easton, Pa., 
1886, A.M., 1889; student Princeton Theol. Sem., 1880-87, 1888-89, grad, 
1889; studied Free Ch. Coll. and United Presbyn, Sem., Edinburgh, Scotland, 
and U. of Leipzig, 1887-88, Worcester U., 1891-92; m. F. Louise Shepard, 
Dec 4, 1900 (dies 1928); 1 dau., Louise Hamilton (dec.); m. 2d. Emma Louise Hogg, 
Apr. 2, 1930. Ordained Presbyn. ministry, 1800 [sic]; pastor Canonsburg, 
1890-1901; withdrew from Presbyn. Ch., 1901; organizer and pastor Wylie Av. Ch. 
of The Evangelization Soc., 1901-	, also founder and pres.
Pittsburg Bible Inst.; gen. dir. Evangelization Soc. (made trip around 
world to determine location for foreign missions); founder and dlr, an 
orphanage near Gibsonia, Pa.; founder and dir. missions in China, Africa, 
India, and chs. and missions in U.S. Editor: Record of Faith. 
Home: Pittsburg, Pa. Died July 1, 1932.