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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: 1917 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of John Richard Sampey. 1917. John Richard Sampey was born on September 27, 1863, at Fort Deposit, Alabama. Three months after his birth, his family moved to Ramer. He entered Howard College at 16 and graduated at 18. Sampey was the youngest to ever graduate from Southern Baptist Th... -
Date: 1917 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of Archibald Thomas Robertson. 1917. On November 6, 1863, Archibald Thomas Robertson was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. In 1875 his father moved the family to Statesville, North Carolina. At the age of 13, Robertson was converted and felt the call to preach. He graduated fro... -
Date: 1917 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of Joseph Martin Dawson. 1917. Joseph Martin Dawson was born in Ellis County, Texas, on June 21, 1879. He received his bachelor’s degree from Baylor University. In 1900 he was ordained in the First Baptist Church of Waco, and soon began serving as pastor of churches. He founded and ... -
Date: 1917 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of John Benjamin Lawrence. 1917. On July 10, 1875, John Benjamin Lawrence was born in Rankin County, Mississippi. He was converted at the age of thirteen and ordained ten years later. While he was at Mississippi College he pastored many country churches. Lawrence received his BA deg... -
Date: 1920 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of Robert Lee Robinson. 1920. On July 20, 1874, Robert Lee Robinson was born in Hampton County, South Carolina. He was converted on October 17, 1893, and was baptized the next day. Robinson was educated in public schools, in which he taught for five years after graduating. He served... -
Date: 1920 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of T. Bronson Ray. 1920. T. Bronson Ray was born on August 14, 1868, in Buckeye, Kentucky. In 1882 Ray converted and was baptized. He entered Georgetown College, Kentucky, in 1891. Two years later he was ordained and became pastor of Clear Creek Baptist Church in Kentucky. When Ray... -
Date: 1920 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of John William Porter. 1920. John William Porter was born on August 8, 1863 in Fayette County, Tennessee. He was educated under private tutors to prepare him for the University of Mississippi. After graduating from the University of Mississippi, Porter attended the Lebanon Law Colle... -
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 Zachary C. Taylor. 1923. Zachary C. Taylor was born in 1851. He graduated from Baylor University and was ordained to the ministry in 1879. Z. C. Taylor and his wife Kate served as Southern Baptist missionaries to Brazil. Together, with fellow missionaries William B. and Anne Luther ... -
Date: 1923 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of William B. Bagby. 1923. William B. Bagby was born in 1855. He and his wife, Annie Luther Bagby, were the first Texas foreign missionaries. Beginning in 1881, they served as Southern Baptist missionaries in Brazil for over 40 years. He died in 1939. JPG file (309 KB) -
Date: 1923 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of J. L. Ward. 1923. J.L. Ward was pastor of the Baptist Church of Decatur, Texas. He served as president of Decatur Baptist College from 1900-1907, and then again in 1914. JPG file (173 KB) -
Date: 1920 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Drawing of Charles Haddon Spurgeon. 1920. On June 19, 1834, Charles Haddon Spurgeon was born at Kelvedon, Essex, England. At an early age he moved to Stambourne to live with his grandfather, a pastor. He was saved on December 15, 1850, and he was baptized on May 3, 1851. The next year he assum... -
Date: 1923 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of Mary T. Gambrell. 1923. She was married to James B. Gambrell. She held the office Corresponding Secretary of the Woman's Missionary Union of the Baptist General Convention of Texas from 1897 to 1911. She died in January 1911. JPG file (320 KB) -
Date: 1923 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of Lee Rutland Scarborough. 1923. Lee Rutland Scarborough was born on July 4, 1870, in Colfax, Louisiana. During his early childhood his family moved to Texas. At 22 he received his A.B. from Baylor University. After graduation he taught at Baylor for one year, before teaching in pu... -
Date: 1923 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of James B. Gambrell. 1923. James B. Gambrell was born in Anderson, South Carolina, on August 21, 1841. He was ordained to Baptist ministry in 1867. Married Mary T. Gambrell. Editor of the Baptist Record for 15 years. President of Mercer University, Georgia for 3 years. Active in the A... -
Date: 1923 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of George W. Truett. 1923. George W. Truett was born in North Carolina on May 6, 1867. At 18 he began teaching at the local schools. When he was 22, he left for Texas. There he worked to free Baylor University from debt. While in school there, he accepted the pastorate at East Waco... -
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 James Britton Cranfill. 1923. James Britton Cranfill was born in Parker County, Texas on September 12, 1858. He earned his MD and LLD, but spent most of his life as Texas Baptist editor, publisher and writer. He was the founder and editor of The Texas Baptist Standard (1892-1904), a... -
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: 1923 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of Annie Luther Bagby. 1923. Annie Luther Bagby, born in 1859, was the first Texas foreign missionary. She married William B. Bagby, who became the second foreign missionary. Beginning in 1881, they served as missionaries with the Foreign Missionary Board of the Southern Baptist Conven...
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