City: Morristown
PERRY, John Wiley, clergyman; born Cameron, Va., Feb. 8, 1866; English and Dutch descent; son of William Marshall and Elizabeth Ann (Sandridge) PERRY; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Hastings M. and Catherine (Skard) SANDRIDGE; educated in the country public and private schools and Vanderbilt University; graduated from latter, B.A. degree, June, 1891, D.D. was conferred by Emory & Henry College, Va., June, 1905; in early life worked on farm and taught one term in public school; married Clara TUCKER, Oct. 19, 1893; member of Knights of Pythias and Alpha Tau Omega; former Chaplain, State Penitentiary of Tenn., from June, 1887, to Nov., 1892; member of M.E. Church, South, and Holston Annual Conference; was member of the general conferences of 1906 and 1910; member of general board of missions M.E. Church, South, since 1906, and of its committee on estimates; secretary of Holston Conference Board of Missions since 1900; editor league column of Midland Methodist, 1895-1897; he has written articles and pamphlets on many subjects of interest in church affairs; ordained to ministry in 1892, and served charges in Radford and Abingdon, Va., Chattanooga, Sweetwater, Knoxville, and Morristown, Tenn.
