James Whitcomb Brougher Sr. was born on 7 January 1870 in Vernon, Indiana, USA. He was married to Margaret Townsend Wood and Corinna S. Morse. He died on 10 November 1967 in Portland, Oregon, USA.
Officiated at the marriage of actors Douglas Fairbanks Sr and Mary Pickford on March 28, 1920 and the funeral of humorist Will Rogers on August 22, 1935.
'If Jesus Christ were alive today, He would be a Shriner.' - The Rev J Whitcomb Brougher, D.D., when pastor of the Temple Baptist Church, Los Angeles, California, 1926.