What is Joseph Ruggles Wilson?
{{Infobox clergy|name=Joseph Ruggles Wilson|image=Joseph Ruggles Wilson.jpg|image_size=|caption=|birth_date=February 28, 1822|birth_place=[[Steubenville, Ohio]], U.S.|death_date={{death date and age|1903|1|21|1822|2|28}}|death_place=[[Princeton, New Jersey]], U.S.|church=[[Presbyterian Church in the United States]]|religion=[[Presbyterian]]|other_names=|education={{plainlist| *[[Washington & Jefferson College|Jefferson College]] *[[Princeton Theological Seminary]]}}|ordained=|writings=|congregations=|offices_held=|title=|spouse=Jessie Janet Woodrow|children={{hlist|[[Woodrow Wilson|Woodrow]]|Joseph Jr.|Annie|Marion}}|parents=[[James Wilson (journalist)|James Wilson]]}} '''Joseph Ruggles Wilson Sr.''' (February 28, 1822 – January 21, 1903)<ref>{{cite web|title=Joseph Ruggles Wilson|url=http://www.woodrowwilsonhouse.org/timeline/ImageDisplay.asp?ID%3D23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718203051/http://www.woodrowwilsonhouse.org/timeline/ImageDisplay.asp?ID=23|archive-date=2011-07-18|access-date=2010-07-19|publisher=Woodrow Wilson House}}</ref> was a known [[Presbyterian]] theologian (person who studies religon) and father of President [[Woodrow Wilson]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/woodrowwilsonan06doddgoog|title=Woodrow Wilson and his Work|last=Dodd|first=William Edward|publisher=Doubleday, Page & Company|year=1920|page=[https://archive.org/details/woodrowwilsonan06doddgoog/page/n27 3]}}</ref> In 1861, as pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Augusta, Georgia, he started the General Assembly of the newly formed [[Presbyterian Church in the United States]], known as the Southern Presbyterian Church, and was its clerk (chief executive officer) for thirty-seven years. == References == {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Joseph}} [[Category:American Presbyterian ministers]] [[Category:American theologians]] [[Category:Christian theologians]] [[Category:1822 births]] [[Category:1903 deaths]]