He studied civil engineering and law but eventually decided to become a congregational minister.

Their daughter is a Congregational minister who lives in Massachusetts.

His father was a teacher and a Congregational minister, who raised his son to believe he must be a useful member of society.

In 1964 he was ordained as a Congregational minister.

He was ordained a Congregational minister on March 16, 1807.

This had given him great distress as he had been planning on becoming a Congregational minister.

By his second wife he had one daughter, who married James Matheson, a congregational minister.

After leaving education he became a Congregational minister.

Root was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of a congregational minister.

His father, a Congregational minister and a mountain climber, instilled a love for the outdoors.