1866–1944

Introduction

Born: Sep­tem­ber 25, 1866, Ash­ley, Mis­sou­ri.

Died: Feb­ru­ary 4, 1944, Mis­sion Hos­pi­tal, Ashe­ville, North Ca­ro­li­na. Some sourc­es say Jaff­rey, New Hamp­shire.

Buried: Ha­no­ver Ce­me­tery, Ha­no­ver, In­di­ana.

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Biography

McAfee was the son of John Arm­strong Mc­Afee and Anna Wad­dle Bai­ley, and hus­band of Har­ri­et Laws­on Brown (mar­ried Au­gust 10, 1892, Craw­ford, Kan­sas).

He was at Park Col­lege (now Park Uni­ver­si­ty), Park­ville, Mis­sou­ri, for al­most 20 years, where he was the chair of Chris­tian Phi­lo­so­phy, and col­lege chap­lain and choir di­rect­or.

From 1912–30, he was on the fa­cul­ty of Mc­Cor­mick Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois.

He al­so served pas­tor­ates in Ful­ton, Mis­sou­ri; Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois; and Brook­lyn, New York; di­rect­ed the Pres­by­ter­ian Board of For­eign Mis­sions (1930–33); and was Mod­er­at­or of the Pres­by­ter­ian Church in Am­eri­ca.

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