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Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Ann Hasseltine Judson. 1881. Ann Hasseltine Judson was born in Bradford, Massachusetts, on December 22, 1789. She was educated at the local academy and was converted at age 16. In 1810 she met Adoniram Judson; in 1812 they were married. She was baptized by immersion with her husb... -
Date: 1908 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of William Jonathan Northen. 1908. Born in Jones County, Georgia, on July 9, 1835. Graduate of Mercer University. An educator and teacher. He served as Governor of Georgia for two terms, from 1890-1894. In 1895 he was elected president of the Georgia Baptist Convention, and from 1899-1... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of John Leland. 1881. John Leland was born in Grafton, Massachusetts, on May 14, 1754. He was converted in 1774. Later the church in Mount Poney, Culpepper County, Virginia, where he had been attending, ordained him. He led innumerable revivals throughout Virginia. When he felt he ... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of William Kiffin. 1881. During the year 1616, William Kiffin was born in London. He joined the Baptist church in 1638. When that church established a new church in Devonshire Square in 1640, Kiffin was elected pastor. He held that position for 61 years. Kiffin was arrested many ti... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Hanserd Knollys. 1881. Hanserd Knollys was born in Chalkwell, Lincolnshire, in 1598. He was a graduate of the University of Cambridge. In 1629 he was ordained and charged with the parish of Humberstone. There he preached three to four sermons a week for over 40 years. In 1636, h... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Benjamin Keach. 1881. Benjamin Keach was born in Stokehaman, England, on February 29, 1640. He was converted at fifteen and baptized soon thereafter. In 1668 he was ordained pastor of the church of Horsleydown, Southwark, London. Throughout his life, Keach staunchly spoke against... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of David Burcham Ray. 1881. On March 30, 1830, David Burcham Ray was born in Hickman, Kentucky. Following his conversion, he was baptized on October 16, 1844. Following his ordination in 1856, Ray worked in Kentucky and Tennessee until 1870, when he became editor of the Baptist Senti... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of John Nelson Murdock. 1881. John Nelson Murdock was born in Oswego, New York on December 8, 1820. At the age of 17 he was converted; a short time later he was licensed to preach by the Methodist church. In 1842 he was immersed in baptism and received Baptist ordination shortly ther... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Augustus Rauschenbusch. 1881. On February 13, 1816, Augustus Rauschenbusch was born in Altena, Westphalia, Germany. At the age of 15 he entered the gymnasium at Elberfeld, from which he graduated at 19 and entered the University of Berlin. At 20 he became a believer. When Rausche... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Albert Henry Newman. 1881. Albert Henry Newman was born in Edgefield, South Carolina, on August 25, 1852. He was baptized in 1868 and entered Mercer University the next year. In 1872 he entered Rochester Theological Seminary. Newman also spent a year at Southern Baptist Theologic... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of James Manning. 1881. James Manning was born in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, on October 22, 1738. He graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1762 and married Margaret Sites a year later. He was entrusted by the Philadelphia Association to establish a college in Rhode Island. Aft... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Basil Manly. 1881. On January 25, 1798, Basil Manly was born in Chatham County, North Carolina. He was baptized on August 26, 1816 and licensed to preach in 1818. Manly graduated from the College of South Carolina in 1821 and was ordained the following year. He served as pastor a... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of John Bodkin Link. 1881. On May 7, 1828, J. B. Link was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia. He was converted in 1840 and baptized in 1841. In 1853 he graduated from Georgetown College, Kentucky. Two years later he graduated from Rochester Theological Seminary. Link pastored chur... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of William Burr. 1881. William Burr was born in 1806. He was actively involved in the General Conference of Freewill Baptists. He died in Dover, New Hampshire on November 5, 1866. JPG file (270 KB) -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Jeremiah Phillips. 1881. Jeremiah Phillips was born in 1812. He was actively involved in the General Conference of Freewill Baptists, and was also a foreign missionary to India from 1835-1841. He died in Hillsdale, Michigan, on December 9, 1879, aged 67 years. JPG file (560 KB) -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Elias Hutchins. 1881. Elias Hutchins was born in 1801. He was actively involved in the General Conference of Freewill Baptists. Hutchins died in Dover, New Hampshire, September 11, 1859, aged 58 years. JPG file (648 KB) -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Ebenezer Knowlton. 1881. Ebenezer Knowlton was a Congressman from Maine, an anti-slavery champion. He was actively involved with the General Conference of Freewill Baptists, presiding over three sessions. Knowlton died in South Monville, Maine, September 10, 1874, aged 58 years. JPG... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of George T. Day. 1881. George T. Day was born in 1822. He was actively involved in the General Conference of Freewill Baptists. Writer of Baptist publications and editor of the "Star." Within the General Conference, he served as president of the Anti-Slavery Society in 1862 and presi... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of John H. Cotton. 1881. John H. Cotton was born in Middletown, Connecticut, on August 20, 1778. He was married on May 30, 1802, after which he moved to New York state. In 1807 he moved to Vermont, where he lived the rest of his life. Cotton made a profession of religion on November... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Christmas Evans. 1881. Christmas Evans was born in Wales on Christmas Day, 1766. He taught himself to read using his Welsh Bible. After becoming convinced of the Baptist doctrine of baptism, Evans was baptized in 1788 in the river Duar. He devoted his entire life to the region ar... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Joseph W. D. Creath. 1881. On February 3, 1809, Joseph W. D. Creath was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. He was educated at Virginia Baptist Seminary (which later became Richmond College), where he graduated in 1837. Creath pastored several area churches until he was appointe... -
Date: 1913 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Composite Picture of Ezra Butler. 1913. During September 1763 Ezra Butler was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts. He managed a large farm in New Hampshire until he was 22, at which time he moved to Waterbury, Vermont, to start his own farm. At 27 he was c -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Richard Briscoe Cook. 1881. On November 11, 1838, Richard Briscoe Cook was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He received his elementary education in public schools and at Newton University. He was baptized on April 12, 1857. In 1859 Cook entered Columbian College to prepare for minist... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of William Carey. 1881. William Carey was born in Purvey, Northamptonshire, England on August 17, 1761. He was baptized on October 5, 1783; and ordained pastor of the Baptist church at Moulton in 1787. Carey was entirely self-educated and extremely proficient in several languages. A... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of B. H. Carroll. 1881. During December 1843, B. H. Carroll was born in Carroll County, Mississippi. He moved to Texas around 1860. Carroll served in the army of the Confederate States, where he was wounded in 1864. In 1865 he was converted, and was ordained in 1866. He was educate... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Robert C. Buckner. 1881. Robert C. Buckner was born in Madisonville, Tennessee, on January 3, 1837. He was a graduate of Georgetown College. Buckner made a profession of faith in October 1844. He was pastor of Baptist churches in Albany, Owensborough, and Salvisa, Kentucky; and P... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of John Albert Broadus. 1881. On January 24, 1827, John Albert Broadus was born in Culpeper County, Virginia. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1850, and became professor there the following year. He also was pastor of the Baptist church at Charlottesville. In 1855, he... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Adoniram Judson. 1881. On August 9, 1788, Adoniram Judson was born in Malden, Massachusetts. He graduated from Brown University in 1807 and later graduated from Andover Theological Institution. In 1810 he decided to be a foreign missionary. Along with his fellow students, Newell,... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Henry Jessey. 1881. Henry Jessey was born on September 3, 1601, in West Routon, Yorkshire, England. At 17 he entered St. John’s College in Cambridge, where he remained six years. Jessey then served as a chaplain for nine years in Assington, Suffolk. In 1627 he received Episcopal ... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Jeremiah Bell Jeter. 1881. Jeremiah Bell Jeter was born in Bedford County, Virginia, on July 18, 1802. Immediately after his baptism in December of 1821, he began to preach. In 1823 Jeter helped organize the Baptist General Association of Virginia. On May 4, 1824, he was ordained... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Samuel Jones. 1881. On January 14, 1735, Samuel Jones was born in Glamorganshire, Wales. At the age of 2, his parents moved to America. He graduated from the College of Philadelphia in 1762. The next year he was ordained and became pastor of the Lower Dublin Baptist Church, where... -
Date: 1923 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of William. E. Penn. 1923. He was born August 11, 1832 in Rutherford County, Tennessee. In 1952 he became a lawyer. He served as a Major in the Confederate Army. A Texas layman, he began itinerant preaching in the 1870s, and is considered the first full-time Southern Baptist evangelist... -
Date: 1923 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of William David Powell. 1923. William David Powell was born in Madison, Mississippi on July 1, 1854. He graduated from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1874, and married Mary Florence Maberry in 1875. He worked with the Sunday School Convention in Texas, traveling around Texas... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Thomas Armitage. 1881. Thomas Armitage was born in 1819 in Yorkshire, England. He converted into the English Methodist Church and preached his first sermon at the age of sixteen. In 1838 he immigrated to New York where he worked with the M.E. Church. He was baptized into the fell... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of R.E.B. Baylor. 1881. On May 10, 1791 R.E.B. Baylor was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky. He moved to Alabama where he practiced law in Cahaba and Tuscaloosa. Baylor served two terms in the United States Congress from the Tuscaloosa district. In 1839 he was converted in Talladega ... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Thomas Baldwin. 1881. On December 23, 1753, Thomas Baldwin was born in Bozrah, Connecticut. In 1780 he was converted and became a Baptist. He eventually became pastor of the Baptist church in Canaan, New Hampshire. After serving seven years in this capacity he became pastor of th... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Isaac Backus. 1881. Isaac Backus was born on January 19, 1724 in Norwich, Connecticut. His conversion came in 1741 during the Great Awakening. He was ordained in a Separate church in Middleborough in 1748 where he served as pastor. He also served as an evangelist. In 1749 he marr... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of George Ripley Bliss. 1881. George Ripley Bliss was born in Sherburne, New York, on June 20, 1816. In 1838 he graduated from Madison University; two years later he graduated from Hamilton Theological Seminary. Bliss pastored the Baptist church in New Brunswick, New Jersey. In 1849... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of James Pettigru Boyce. 1881. On January 11, 1827, James Pettigru Boyce was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He attended Charleston College for two years before entering Brown University, from which he graduated in 1847. Upon being baptized in 1846, Boyce joined with the First Ba... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of David Benedict. 1881. David Benedict was born on October 10, 1779 in Norwalk, Connecticut. He was converted at the age of twenty. In 1806 he graduated from Brown University and later served on their Board of Trustees. Benedict pastored the Baptist church in Pawtucket, Rhode Islan... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Martin Cheney. 1881. Martin Cheney was born in 1792. He was actively involved in the General Conference of Freewill Baptists. He died in Olneyville, Rhode Island, on January 4, 1852, aged 59 years. JPG file (361 KB) -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Hosea Quinby. 1881. Hosea Quinby was born in 1804. Actively involved in the General Conference of Freewill Baptists, Hosea Quinby was a pioneer educator of the denomination. He died in Acton, Maine, on October 11, 1878, aged 74 years. JPG file (451 KB) -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Benjamin Griffith. 1881. On October 13, 1821, Benjamin Griffith was born in Juniata County, Pennsylvania. He was converted in Baltimore, Maryland, and was baptized in 1839. He graduated from Madison University, New York, in 1846. Griffith received his Doctor of Divinity degree fr... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Joseph Ivimey. 1881. On May 22, 1773, Joseph Ivimey was born in Ringwood, Hampshire, England. He was baptized on September 16, 1790. Ivimey was ordained pastor of the Eagle Street church in Red Lion Square, London, on January 16, 1805. He is most known for two of his written work... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of James Robinson Graves. 1881. J. R. Graves was born in Chester, Vermont on April 10, 1820. He was converted at age fifteen and became a member of the Baptist church of North Springfield, VT. At nineteen, he was elected principal of the Kingsville Academy; however, poor health drove... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of John Gill. 1881. John Gill was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England, on November 23, 1697. His father, Edward Gill helped form a Particular Baptist church and served as a deacon. As a child John Gill was an excellent student and learned several languages. He was baptized ... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of John Gano. 1881. John Gano was born in Hopewell, New Jersey on July 22, 1727. His father was Presbyterian, but Gano joined the Baptists as a result of his beliefs on baptism. He was ordained on May 29, 1754 and served for two years as the pastor of the Scotch Plains church. In 17... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Richard Furman. 1881. In 1755 Richard Furman was born in New York. While almost entirely educated at home, Furman became accomplished in Latin and knowledgeable in Greek and Hebrew. At 16, he was baptized; at 19 he was ordained pastor of the High Hills church. Furman spent part o... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Richard Fuller. 1881. During April of 1804, Richard Fuller was born in Beaufort, South Carolina. He entered Harvard University in 1820, but dropped out prior to graduating due to health concerns. After finishing his education in Beaufort, he worked as an accomplished lawyer until ... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Andrew Fuller. 1881. Andrew Fuller was born on February 6, 1754 in Wicken, Cambridgeshire, England. He was baptized in 1770. In 1775, Fuller was ordained pastor of the church of Soham. In 1782, Fuller moved again to Kettering, Northamptonshire. There, in 1792, he helped form the...