Age 72 years, 1 month, 15 days, Son of William T. and Emily T. Sleeper.
From "The Springfield Republican," 29 Mar 1927:
Rev. W. W. Sleeper Dies at Wellesley
Was a Brother of Prof H. D. Sleeper, formerly of Smith College Faculty
William Washburn Sleeper, a Congregational minister and brother of Prof. H. D. Sleeper formerly of Smith college, died at Wellesley Sunday following an attack of bronchial pneumonia.
He was born in Worcester, February 12, 1855. His father was William True Sleeper, pastor of the Summer-street church in Worcester, and his mother, Emily Taylor.
He spent his boyhood in Patten, Sherman Mills and Island Falls, Aroostook county, Me., and established and published with his father, "The Patten Voice,"
He was graduated from Phillips Exeter in 1875, spent one year at Bowdoin, and was graduated from Amherst in 1878.
The following three years he spent at the Hartford Theological seminary. From 1882 to 1887 Mr. Sleeper served as a missionary under the American board at the American college at Samakov, Bulgaria.
Subsequently he held pastorates or supplied at Webster, Worcester, Stoneham, Beloit, Wis., Wellesley, East Boston and Rutland.
Mr. Sleeper is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary W. Sleeper; three sons, James T. Sleeper, professor of music at the University of Missouri; William A. Sleeper of North Adams, and Frank MacDonald Sleeper (d. 1968), a teacher at the Fessenden school at West Newton; a daughter, Miss Helen Joy Sleeper, on the faculty of Wellesley college; a sister, Mrs. May Sleeper Ruggles, a teacher of voice in Cambridge; and a brother, Henry D. Sleeper of Vergennes, Vt. (d. 1948), formerly professor of music at Smith college.
From "The Springfield Republican," 29 Mar 1927:
Rev. W. W. Sleeper Dies at Wellesley
Was a Brother of Prof H. D. Sleeper, formerly of Smith College Faculty
William Washburn Sleeper, a Congregational minister and brother of Prof. H. D. Sleeper formerly of Smith college, died at Wellesley Sunday following an attack of bronchial pneumonia.
He was born in Worcester, February 12, 1855. His father was William True Sleeper, pastor of the Summer-street church in Worcester, and his mother, Emily Taylor.
He spent his boyhood in Patten, Sherman Mills and Island Falls, Aroostook county, Me., and established and published with his father, "The Patten Voice,"
He was graduated from Phillips Exeter in 1875, spent one year at Bowdoin, and was graduated from Amherst in 1878.
The following three years he spent at the Hartford Theological seminary. From 1882 to 1887 Mr. Sleeper served as a missionary under the American board at the American college at Samakov, Bulgaria.
Subsequently he held pastorates or supplied at Webster, Worcester, Stoneham, Beloit, Wis., Wellesley, East Boston and Rutland.
Mr. Sleeper is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary W. Sleeper; three sons, James T. Sleeper, professor of music at the University of Missouri; William A. Sleeper of North Adams, and Frank MacDonald Sleeper (d. 1968), a teacher at the Fessenden school at West Newton; a daughter, Miss Helen Joy Sleeper, on the faculty of Wellesley college; a sister, Mrs. May Sleeper Ruggles, a teacher of voice in Cambridge; and a brother, Henry D. Sleeper of Vergennes, Vt. (d. 1948), formerly professor of music at Smith college.
Age 72 years, 1 month, 15 days, Son of William T. and Emily T. Sleeper.
From "The Springfield Republican," 29 Mar 1927:
Rev. W. W. Sleeper Dies at Wellesley
Was a Brother of Prof H. D. Sleeper, formerly of Smith College Faculty
William Washburn Sleeper, a Congregational minister and brother of Prof. H. D. Sleeper formerly of Smith college, died at Wellesley Sunday following an attack of bronchial pneumonia.
He was born in Worcester, February 12, 1855. His father was William True Sleeper, pastor of the Summer-street church in Worcester, and his mother, Emily Taylor.
He spent his boyhood in Patten, Sherman Mills and Island Falls, Aroostook county, Me., and established and published with his father, "The Patten Voice,"
He was graduated from Phillips Exeter in 1875, spent one year at Bowdoin, and was graduated from Amherst in 1878.
The following three years he spent at the Hartford Theological seminary. From 1882 to 1887 Mr. Sleeper served as a missionary under the American board at the American college at Samakov, Bulgaria.
Subsequently he held pastorates or supplied at Webster, Worcester, Stoneham, Beloit, Wis., Wellesley, East Boston and Rutland.
Mr. Sleeper is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary W. Sleeper; three sons, James T. Sleeper, professor of music at the University of Missouri; William A. Sleeper of North Adams, and Frank MacDonald Sleeper (d. 1968), a teacher at the Fessenden school at West Newton; a daughter, Miss Helen Joy Sleeper, on the faculty of Wellesley college; a sister, Mrs. May Sleeper Ruggles, a teacher of voice in Cambridge; and a brother, Henry D. Sleeper of Vergennes, Vt. (d. 1948), formerly professor of music at Smith college.
From "The Springfield Republican," 29 Mar 1927:
Rev. W. W. Sleeper Dies at Wellesley
Was a Brother of Prof H. D. Sleeper, formerly of Smith College Faculty
William Washburn Sleeper, a Congregational minister and brother of Prof. H. D. Sleeper formerly of Smith college, died at Wellesley Sunday following an attack of bronchial pneumonia.
He was born in Worcester, February 12, 1855. His father was William True Sleeper, pastor of the Summer-street church in Worcester, and his mother, Emily Taylor.
He spent his boyhood in Patten, Sherman Mills and Island Falls, Aroostook county, Me., and established and published with his father, "The Patten Voice,"
He was graduated from Phillips Exeter in 1875, spent one year at Bowdoin, and was graduated from Amherst in 1878.
The following three years he spent at the Hartford Theological seminary. From 1882 to 1887 Mr. Sleeper served as a missionary under the American board at the American college at Samakov, Bulgaria.
Subsequently he held pastorates or supplied at Webster, Worcester, Stoneham, Beloit, Wis., Wellesley, East Boston and Rutland.
Mr. Sleeper is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary W. Sleeper; three sons, James T. Sleeper, professor of music at the University of Missouri; William A. Sleeper of North Adams, and Frank MacDonald Sleeper (d. 1968), a teacher at the Fessenden school at West Newton; a daughter, Miss Helen Joy Sleeper, on the faculty of Wellesley college; a sister, Mrs. May Sleeper Ruggles, a teacher of voice in Cambridge; and a brother, Henry D. Sleeper of Vergennes, Vt. (d. 1948), formerly professor of music at Smith college.
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