Watch Tower History

Benjamin Ford Weatherwax, a retired Methodist Episcopal clergyman, wrote to Russell sometime before 1901 and was eventually convinced the Wa...

I have a huge amount of scanned documents, pdf files and other files that need to be organized. These are all historical items related to W...

In the early 1880s a "brother McGranor (also spelled McGrannor) was an active Watch Tower evangelist. He was from Pennsylvania. We can...

We're starting a new chapter. It considers the development of personal evangelism among Watch Tower readers. If you have documentation o...

Josephus Perry Martin             J. P. Martin was born near New Lebanon, Ohio, September 29, 1853. When he was a child, his parent...

We need biographical details, even minor ones, for Herbert Mitchell, resident of Newburgh, New York, in 1887. He may have been born about 18...

We need a photograph of Frank Draper. Anyone? We now have several photos. Thanks everyone!

We are logging a number of visits from Russia. Many of these seem to be spam or fake visits. I do not want to block an entire country, thoug...

Temporary. Unedited. HERE FOR COMMENTS. Please make one. Clergymen and Lay Preachers             From the earliest days some cler...

Raw, unedited material. Comments wanted. S. I. Hickey             Samuel Ingraham Hickey, a Presbyterian clergyman in disfavor wi...

Just an amusing trifle inserted into the midst of the serious writing R is publishing. This letter was noticed in the Bible Students' u...

            Sam W. Williams (November 30, 1853 – May 6, 1926) adopted the Watch Tower message through a circuitous rout. His story help...