Rev. William Harris Salyer
1870-1943
bornRochester, Michigan, USA
diedLos Angeles, California, USA
BiographyMercantile business in Michigan (prior to arrival in Tempe) - ca.1880-1898. Becomes proprietor of wholesale and retail business (includes grocery, bakery and fruit/produce.)1898-1899 - Goes to school to train for priesthood in Ann Arbor and begins preaching in 1899.
Minister at Tempe's First Christian Church, ca.1906-1913.
1906 - Directed construction of first permanent structure used by congregation of Tempe's First Christian Church (known as the Christian Tabernacle)
Corresponding secretary for the Arizona Christian Missionary Board in 1913.
Lived at Normal and Lemon (1909), at 8th Street and Maple (1910-1911), and at 123 E. 8th Street (c1913-1914).
Federal census (Tempe), 1910
Tempe CD, 1906-1914
Residence (after Tempe) - Los Angeles, California - ca.1914-1943
ca.1917-1918 - Service during First World War for Young Men's Christian Association (worked ten years for the Los Angeles department of this orgnaization).
1922-1943 - assistant pastor and building superintendent for Alvarado Church of Christ
Internment - buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
Spouse - Nellie Estelle Lucas Salyer
Born - 1868; died - 1951
Daughter - Iona Bee Salyer/Sype/Lochmandy (latter two surnames are married names). Born - 1900; died - 1973.
(Note - Information on his life prior to arrival in Tempe is courtesy of "Find a Grave" webpage on Rev. William Harris Salyer. This information retrieved December 26, 2024. Additional information on later life in Los Angeles is from a variety of original newspaper articles.)
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