Thomas Corwin Iliff was born on October 26, 1846 in Perry Country, Ohio. He was a cousin of John Wesley Iliff, the Cattle King of Colorado. (John Wesley Iliff also had a brother named Thomas Corwin.)
In 1862, at age seventeen, he enlisted as a private, fighting under General Sherman in the Civil War. In 1868, while a student at Ohio University, he was granted a license to preach. In 1870, upon his graduation, he was admitted to the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Rev. Iliff married Mary A. Robinson in 1871. They had three daughters and one son.
Rev. Iliff served as a missionary in Utah and the Rocky Mountain regions from 1870 to 1901. From 1909 to 1917, he worked as a financial manager and lecturer. He was also a Trustee of the Iliff School of Theology.
Rev. Thomas Corwin Iliff, D.D. died on February 23, 1918, in Denver, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Thomas Corwin Iliff was born on October 26, 1846 in Perry Country, Ohio. He was a cousin of John Wesley Iliff, the Cattle King of Colorado. (John Wesley Iliff also had a brother named Thomas Corwin.)
In 1862, at age seventeen, he enlisted as a private, fighting under General Sherman in the Civil War. In 1868, while a student at Ohio University, he was granted a license to preach. In 1870, upon his graduation, he was admitted to the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Rev. Iliff married Mary A. Robinson in 1871. They had three daughters and one son.
Rev. Iliff served as a missionary in Utah and the Rocky Mountain regions from 1870 to 1901. From 1909 to 1917, he worked as a financial manager and lecturer. He was also a Trustee of the Iliff School of Theology.
Rev. Thomas Corwin Iliff, D.D. died on February 23, 1918, in Denver, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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