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Joseph Ruggles Wilson, Sr. (February 28, 1822 – January 21, 1903)〔http://www.woodrowwilsonhouse.org/timeline/ImageDisplay.asp?ID=23〕 was a prominent Presbyterian theologian and father of President Woodrow Wilson, ''Nashville Banner'' editor Joseph Ruggles Wilson, Jr., and Anne E. Wilson Howe.〔 〕 ==Life and work== Wilson was born in Steubenville, Ohio, the son of Mary Anne (Adams) and James Wilson, who were Protestant immigrants from Strabane, County Tyrone, Ireland. He graduated from Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania (now Washington & Jefferson College) in 1844. He taught belles-lettres at Washington & Jefferson. Wilson was later employed as a Professor at Hampden-Sydney College and left the school just before the birth of his son, Thomas Woodrow Wilson in Staunton, Virginia. There he became the pastor of Staunton’s Presbyterian Church, which he held from 1855-1857. In late 1857 after performing the wedding of his brother-in-law, James Woodrow, he moved his family to Augusta, Georgia, where he continued to practice as a Presbyterian pastor. When the American Civil War began in 1861, Wilson became a chaplain in the Confederate Army for a short time. After resigning, Wilson cared for wounded Confederate soldiers in battle by transforming his church into a hospital. Due to this, he and his son received the privilege of meeting General Robert E. Lee, a moment that his son would never forget. He was installed to the pastorate at the First Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, NC in 1874 and served until 1885 when he accepted a professorship of theology at Southwestern University. During his time in Wilmington, NC, he presided over many events, including the payment of all owed debt, the abolition of pew rents, and the inauguration of subscription and weekly contributions. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rev. Joseph Ruggles Wilson )〕 He died in 1903. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph Ruggles Wilson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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