Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Sunday, Billy
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1862, Nov. 19 | Born near Ames, Iowa |
| 1872 | Sent by impoverished mother to orphanage in Glenwood, Iowa |
| 1880 | Moved to Marshalltown, Iowa |
| 1883 | Signed to play baseball by the Chicago White Stockings baseball club |
| 1886-1887 | Converted to Christianity and began attending the Presbyterian Church |
| 1888 | Sold to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys baseball club Married Helen Amelia Thompson |
| 1890-1891 | Played for the Philadelphia Phillies before retiring from baseball |
| 1891 | Became assistant secretary of the Chicago, Ill., YMCA |
| 1896-1935 | Conducted Christian evangelistic meetings throughout the country; credited with giving more than twenty thousand sermons to audiences totaling more than one hundred million people |
| 1903 | Ordained by the Presbyterian Church |
| 1935, Nov. 6 | Died, Chicago, Ill. |