Edgar P. Ellyson
Edgar Painter Ellyson (1869–1954) was a minister, theologian, and general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene. Ellyson was born in Damascus, Ohio, August 4, 1869, of Quaker parentage. He became a Quaker minister and the headmaster of the Friends' Bible School in Marshalltown, Iowa. In 1907, he succeeded Aaron Merritt Hills as the president of Peniel College in Greenville, Texas. Due to his sympathies with the Holiness movement and his living in nearby Greenville, Ellyson was at the Second General Assembly of the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene in Pilot Point, Texas. He was elected general superintendent in 1908, remaining in that position through 1911. During that time, he traveled between the various congregations of the new church, at the same time evangelizing and organizing the new church, while still remaining president of Peniel College. In later years, he would become president of Pasadena College, Olivet Nazarene College, Trevecca Nazarene, and Bresee ...
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Ellyson
Ellyson may refer to: * Edgar Ellyson (1869–1954), minister * Henry Keeling Ellyson (1923–1890), Virginia newspaperman, father of James Taylor Ellyson, grandfather of Theodore Gordon Ellyson. * James Taylor Ellyson (1847–1919), politician * Robert Ellyson (1615–1671), sheriff * Theodore Gordon Ellyson (1885–1928), naval officer See also * Ellison * USS Ellyson (DD-454) USS ''Ellyson'' (DD-454/DMS-19), a , is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Theodore Gordon Ellyson, a submariner who became the first officer of the U.S. Navy to be designated a naval aviator. Service history ''Ellyson' ...