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Date: 1923 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of Robert Taylor Hanks. 1923. On April 23, 1850, Robert Taylor Hanks was born in Olney, Alabama. At 21 he moved to Dalton, Georgia, to study law. There, however, he was licensed to preach and soon left for Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, then at Greenville, South Carolina. He... -
Date: 1923 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of James Milton Carroll. 1923. James Milton Carroll was born in Monticello, Arkansas, on January 8, 1852. In 1858 he moved to Texas with his parents. He began attending Baylor University in 1873. After graduation he became pastor of churches at Anderson and Oakland. During this tim... -
Date: 1855 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Andrew Broaddus. 1855. On November 4, 1770, Andrew Broaddus was born in Carolina County, Virginia. He was converted at the age of 18 and baptized into the local Baptist church on May 28, 1789. He was ordained on October 16, 1791. During his life Broaddus pastored several churches... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Edwin Theodore Winkler. 1881. On November 13, 1823, Edwin Theodore Winkler was born in Savannah, Georgia. After preparing at the local academy, he attended Brown University, from which he graduated in 1843. After graduation, he attended Newton Theological Seminary. In 1845 Winkle... -
Date: 1881 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Lithograph of Jesse Mercer. 1881. Jesse Mercer was born in Halifax County, North Carolina, on December 16, 1769. His father moved the family to Georgia in 1775. During the Revolutionary War, the family fled back to North Carolina, but returned to Georgia upon its completion. Mercer was convert... -
Date: 1913 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of Levi K. Fuller. 1913. He was born in Westmoreland, New Hampshire on February 24, 1841. A self-taught inventor and engineer, he held about 50 patents on inventions, most of which were appliances for organs. Served as Governor of Vermont 1892-1894. An active participant in the Vermont... -
Date: 1913 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of Henry Bond. 1913. He was born in Ware, Massachusetts on July 7, 1856. A businessman, he was president of the Chicago Baptist Social Union and the Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Society. He was Vice President of the Vermont Baptist State Convention, and President of The Northern B... -
Date: 1913 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of Julius. J. Estey. 1913. Estey was born in Vermont in 1845 and died on March 2, 1902. He served as a General of the State Militia. He was president of the Board of the Vermont Baptist State Convention from 1885-1901. JPG file (575 KB) -
Date: 1913 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of William W. Stickney. 1913. Born in Plymouth, Vermont, on March 21, 1853. He graduated from Phillips Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, and received his LLD from Norwich University in 1902. After practicing law for a number of years, he became the state's attorney and later the speake... -
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 converted. When a “wilderness” Baptist chu...