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Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of William Vaughan. 1881. On February 22, 1785, William Vaughan was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. At the age of 3, his parents moved to Kentucky. In 1810 he was converted; the following year he was licensed to preach. In 1812 he was ordained and settled in Mason County,... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of William Staughton. 1881. On January 4, 1770, William Staughton was born at Coventry, England. By the age of 12 he had already published a book of children’s poetry. He was baptized at the age of 17. In 1792 he graduated from Bristol College. The following year he came to America... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of William R. Williams. 1881. William R. Williams was born in New York on October 14, 1804. He graduated from Columbia College in 1823. Williams then became an active member of the Oliver Street Church, into which he was baptized. In 1832 he was ordained as pastor of the Amity Stree... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of William McMaster. 1881. In 1811 William McMaster was born in the County of Tyrone, Ireland. He was converted early in life and active in the local church. At the age of 22, he came to Canada. In 1862 he was elected to the upper house of the Canadian Legislature. In 1865 he recei... -
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: 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: 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 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 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)