Introduction

Biography

William was the son of Will­iam and Ma­ry Mc­Ken­zie, both from Scot­land, and hus­band of Eli­za­beth M. Stan­wood (mar­ried 1857, Glou­ces­ter, Mas­sa­chu­setts).

He en­tered the Bap­tist min­is­try, and held sev­er­al pas­tor­ates un­til 1873, when he be­came dis­trict sec­re­ta­ry for New Eng­land of the Am­er­ican Bap­tist Miss­ion­a­ry Un­ion.

The 1880 cen­sus shows him and Eli­za­beth with six child­ren in Win­ches­ter, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Works

• Genuine and Spu­ri­ous Re­vi­vals (Pro­vi­dence, Rhode Is­land: Knowles, An­tho­ny, 1866)
• The Lone Star: A Sketch of the Tel­oo­goo Mis­sion (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Am­er­ican Bap­tist Mis­sion­ary Un­ion, 1885)