llHuni HMjn IN= (HI|p (fkn?ral (Eottfmttrp 1312 Published By the A. M. E. Book Concern Rev. R. R. Wright, Jr., Mngr. 631 Pine St., Phila. WHO'S WHO in the General Conference of 1912 Portraits and Sketches Compiled By R. R. Wright, Jr., B.D., Ph. D. Editor Christian Recorder Philadelphia. CONTENTS PART I—The Bishops. PART II—The General Officers. PART III—The Delegates and Sketches. Copyrighted 1912 By R. R. Wright, Jr. FOREWORD IN COMPILING this booklet, I had in mind the furnishing of a suitable souvenir of this eventful session of our General Conference* and at the same time to present to our church in general, and the public at large, something of the history of the men who shall compose this august body. To see their pictures and to read the sketches of their lives will be a positive inspiration to thousands of our people who still have great faith in these their representatives. I regret that I could not secure sketches of all, as it was practically impossible to get in touch with all the delegates. R. R. Wright, Jr. April 15, 1912 4 Who's Who Part I RT. REV. HENRI" M. TURNER Church Historiographer and Presiding Bishop 8th Episcopal Dislriet, Elected May, 1880. RT. REV. BENJAMIN T. (Retired.) Elected May, 1888. TANNER, 8 Who's Who RT. REV. BENJAMIN F. LEE, Presiding Bishop 7th Episcopal Disftritf. Ele<5led May, 1892. RT. REV. MOSES B. SALTER, Presiding Bishop 11th Episcopal District. Elected May, 1S')2. 10 Who's Who In General Conference 11 RT. REV. WILLIAM B. DERRICK, Presiding Bishop 3rd Episcopal District. Elected May 1896. 12 Who's Who RT. REV. EVANS TYREE, Presiding Bishop I0(h Episcopal DiSlricA, and Supervising" 1st District. Eletfcd May, 1900. In General Conference 13 RT. REV. CHARLES S. SMITH, Presiding Bishop 6th Episcopal District. RT. REV. CORNELIUS T. SHAFFER, Presiding Bishop 4th Episcopal District. Elected May, l'lOO. RT. REV. LEVI J. COPPIN, Presiding Hishop 2nd Episcopal Di^iricft, and Associate Bishop 11th District Elerted May, 1900. In General Conference 17 RT. REV. HENRY B. PARKS, rresitlingr Bishop 12th Episcopal District, also Supervising the 5th District Elected May, l'XIS. 18 Who's Who RT. REV. JOSEPH S. FLIPPER, Presiding Bishop 9th Episcopal DiSiri.^. Ele<5ted May, 1908. In General Conference 19 RT. REV. J. ALBERT JOHNSON, Presiding Bishop 14:h Episcopal Dislric^. Elected May, l')()N. 20 Who's Who RT. REV. WILLIAM H. HEARD, Presiding Bishop 13th Episcopal Distridt. Ele<3ed May, 1908. 21 22 Who's Wk<* REV. H. T. JOHNSON, Editor Christian Recorder 1802100'). Died July 23, 1010. In General Conference 23 REV. R. R. WRIGHT, JR., Managing: Editor The Chri^ian Recorder. Who's Who REV. 11'. BECKETT. Sorrplurv rtf Mic*.iAn<. In General Conference 25 REV. JOHN HURST, Financial Secretary. 26 Who'slWho PROF. JOHN R. HAWKINS, Commissioner of Education. Ia General Conference PROF. IRA T. BRYANT, Secretary and Treasurer Sunday School Lnion Who's Who PROF. H. T. KEALING. Editor The A. M. E. Review. Tn General Conference 29 REV. BENJAMIN F. WATSON, Secretary and Treasurer Church Extension Society. Who's \Vha 30 REV. GEORGE \V. ALLEN, Editor The Southern Chrislian Recorder. In General Conference 31 REV. JULIAN C. CALDWELL, Secretary Allen Chiistian Endeavor League. Who's 32 REV. IV. A. LWVIS, Secrctar\ CunncOtionul Pre.ichoi>' Aid Socifh. In General Conference 33 Part III Delegates to the 24th Quadrennial Session Rev. C. W. Abington The subject of this sketch, Rev. C. \Y. Abington, was born in Roanoke county, Virginia, in 1872. The death of his father when lie was only 4 years old, and he being one of several chil¬ dren, his life became a struggle from the beginning. He received his early train¬ ing in the school of his native State. He went to Tennessee alone when a mere hoy, where he continued his studies un¬ der difficulties, but his desire for learn¬ ing and usefulness was not to tie daunt¬ ed by difficulties. He was converted in Chattanooga, Tenn., in 1804, at which time he had a distinct call to the min- ihtry. He became one of the most active Christian workers of that city. Not sat¬ isfied with anything but the best prepara¬ tion, he at once entered school in At¬ lanta, (Georgia, where he remained until lie graduated with honors in 181)8. ^He received his first appointment to Fort Wood Church, Chattanooga, on leaving school, but v as soon called to the work of the Church in the Middle West, where he has labored with distinguished success. He has spent ten years in two charges, St. Paul Church, Guthrie, Okla., and Metropolitan Church, Austin, Texas, and is now in hiv third year in Bethel Church, Dallas Texas, the first M. E. Church of that city. Dr. Abington belong.-, to the truly con¬ structive class of ministers and knows no failure. He is the president of the inter¬ denominational ministerial union of the city of Dallas, which institution is doing excellent work under his leadership. He enjoys the confidence of all clashes of peo¬ ple and is called in consultation in all matters of inter-racial nature. He is a member of the trustee board of Paul ^iiinn College and no man works more earnestly foi its success. As a preacher he belongs to the first rank, being quite at home in the pulpits made famous by (he lamented Grant and Armstrong, which lie has occupied for almost a de¬ cade. His quiet, brotherly and unassum¬ ing disposition and his unquestioned Chris¬ tian intergity are winning for him a place in the hearts of the men of Texas. David B. Allen (New England Lonferer^e) Mr. Allen is proprietor of the leading restaurant in Newport, tfie popular Rhode Island summer resort. He was born in Danville, Va., January 2, 18-15. His boy¬ hood was spent upon a farm, where he worked until 1874, when he found em¬ ployment in a tobacco factory. He mov¬ ed to Newport in 1880 and worked for several vears as head cook in a hotel in that city. Pie opened a cafe in Newport in 3 88(5 and was chef, waiter, cashier and ''boss." This has grown to be one of the largest restaurants in the State. For sev¬ eral years Mr. Allen has conducted a very prosperous catering business in Newport. In 185(2 he became a member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and has had several official positions. He has twice been a member of the General Conference of the African .Methodist Episcopal Church since 1900. He is a member of the commission on the location and the program for the General Con¬ ference of 1912. He is a member of several fraternal organizations. He is president of the 34 Who's Who Khode Island Loan and Investment Com- tion. He served as financial Agent for pany, and was a charter member of the Wilberforce University for one year. He Negro Business League in Boston, 11100. is now Presiding Elder of the First 1 Ma- He owns a fine home in Newport. Itrict of the Pittsbm^h Conference. Prof. D. B ALLEN Lay Delegate New England Con Hev. Tony Jackson Askow, D. D Born in Hertford County. Xoith Caro¬ lina, jUarcli 20, 1M(58. Attended the pub¬ lic schools, and in 18S."> graduated from the State Normal, at Plymouth, N. C. Taught school two years in his home State, and in 1SS7 came North, attending Dickerson Seminary at Williamsport, Pa., and took a course in Theology in the Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny City, Pa. Joined the Pittsburgh Confer¬ ence in October, 1S!>4, *nd served from the smallest, mission to the largest station in the conference. Built St. Paul Church, in Pittsburgh, and served three years in the Bermuda Islands. W. I., pastoring St. Paul Church, the largest and most influ¬ ential church in any of the foreign fields. At the same time was Presiding Elder of the conference. Was the leader of the Delegation from the Bermuda Conference to the General Conference at Norfolk. Ya., 1008, and a delegate to the forthcoming General Conference at Kansas City, 1912, and a candidate for Secretary of E'duca- Rev. T. J. AsKLW REV. H. P. ANDERSON, D D. Delegate New Jersey Conference In General Conference 35 sity of Chicago, graduated from Taylor University and later from McCormiek Theological Seminary, Chicago, 111. A dil¬ igent student, he has met with the de¬ mands of his community. Rev. J. C. Anderson Ke\. .1. (\ Anderson is pastor of Quinn Chapel A. M. E. Church, Louisville, Ivei tucky. lie is vice president of Wavinaiiu Institute, Harrodshurg, Kentucky, an< I president of its Executive Board and is now serving his third year as president of the Falls City A. M. E. Ministerial Asso¬ ciation. He is leader of the West Ken¬ tucky conference delegation, in the Cen¬ tral Conference at Kansas ( ity, 1!>1 li, hav¬ ing re< eived every vote in his c onferenc e, except one. Entering the itinerancy in January, 1S.H!) at Marshal'town, Iowa, he has re- ceived his 24th annual appointment as pastor, and has served from the smallest missions to stations of first rank in the connection, pastoring such churches as St. James, St Paul, Minn.; Wyman Chapel, Chicago, 111. and his present church. He is now pastoring his third charge in fif¬ teen years. He has organized churches and bought and paid for church property of every des¬ cription and wiped out debts whereever he has sone. Scores and hundreds of souls added to the church in every place, Oo- ing to Louisville, Ky., at the close of the last quadrerinium he began at once the preparation for improvements. In Oc¬ tober last he purchased a church which originally cost $75,(XX) and entertained the West Kentucky Conference. This property is acknowledged to be the finest and most commodious and convenient church owned by the race in the State of Kentucky. The subject of this sketch having stud¬ ied in Handine University and the Univer- Rev A. HENRY AT LAW AY President Edward Waters College REV. HEXRY Y. ARNETT, M. S. Rev. Henry Y. Arnett, M. S., son of the late Bishop B. W. Arnett, was born at Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio; attended the primary schools of Cincinnati; attended WTilberforce University, graduating from the Sci¬ entific Department with the "Class of 18S9." Taught mathematics in Kittrell Normal and Industrial In¬ stitute; pedagogy and natural phil¬ osophy in Allen University; was pri¬ vate secretary to the President, and afterwards the financial secretary of Wilberforce University. Also, in connection with other duties, serv¬ ed as musical director of the Har¬ monic Association of Wilberforce University, and was director of the 36 Who's Who musical department of Allen Uni¬ versity. In State affairs he has served as railway mail agent in the United States Government; was for twelve years an assistant sergeant-at-arms of the Republican National Conven- of his home, lie pursued a jj-s ^h00l under private instructors. ■ u j £a£ tow°Lr £,e fjsss?S2 ears often receiving, high compliments tToin Boards of Examiners for efficiency and studiousnesa. ^ t ^ Kev. Barksdale joined the A. M. k. Church in 1878; entered the ministry of said church in 1882. For 31 years he REV. H. V ARNE1' I' Delegate from Philadelphia. tion; was appointed comparer of deeds for the District of Columbia by President of the United States, William ftfcKinley. As a churchman he has served as class leader, superintendent of Sun¬ day School; secretary to the Histori¬ cal Commission of the A. M. E. Church; delegate to the General Conferences at Columbus and at Chi¬ cago; pastor of Holmesburg Mission for four years; pastor of Frankford Station, Philadelphia, for five years; member of the Dollar Money, Dis¬ bursements and Contingent Commit¬ tees of his Annual Conference. He is at present the pastor of "Mt. Pis- gah" church, in the city of Philadel¬ phia. Rev. James D. Barksdale Rev. Jas. I). Barksdale was born at Goldville, S. C1., October 24, 18(!0. Com¬ pleting a normal course in the schools Rev. J. D. BARKSDALE Delegate from Missouri Conference has been successful as a minister, tilling some of the most important appointment* of the church. Has served in ^outh Car¬ olina. Michigan, Indiana, New Mexico, and Missouri in a way that commends him most highly to the connection. He is now serving with credit his ninth year as presiding elder of the Missouri ((inference has been elected seveial time* as a delegate to the general conference. He is very scholarly. The Prof, of Astronomy in the University of Michigan said of liiin, that he had the best knowl¬ edge of astronomy of any of his race that he had ever met. He has written rnauy In General Conference 37 papers on scientific and doctrinal subjects, that have been highly complimented by learned white men. Dr. Elijah Hughes, of the Presbyterian Church, of Richmond. Ind., said of' a pa¬ per written by Rev. Earksdale on Rib ical Sanctification, that it was one of the irost learned discusisions of that doctrine that lie had ever read or heard. Marianna, Fla.; entered the ministry in 1899. Pastored Bohemia one year; Wilton one year; Century one year; Molino and Pensacola, Miss., one year; Pensacola Circuit, one year; Caryville Circuit one year; De Funick Station, three years; Carrabelle Sta- >Ii\ 1,. H. Ballad Li. H. Ballad joined the church in 18!>2 under Presiding Eilder Abraham Weston; has been steward of the church twenty ytars; superintendent of the St. .lames Sunday School twenty-three; class leader ten years; trustee of the church fifteen years; trustee of Allen University five years. He has two boys in college at Al¬ len University, one will finish college course this term. He also owns his own home. REV. S. H. BETTS, D.D. Rev. S. H. Betts, D.D., Presiding El¬ der of the Marianna District, A. M. E. Church, one of the leading ministers of the Connection, the author of two or three books, a forceful preacher, a thoughtful writer and a trustee or Ed¬ ward Waters College at Jacksonville, Fla., who now resides at Box 263, Rev S. H. HE I IS tion, one year; Marianna Station, one year; and is now Presiding Elder of the Marianna District. He has built two churches, remodeled one, bought lots for another, saved another from being sold, by paying off all indebted¬ ness. He always paid as he built and left no debt. He is regarded as one of the best pastors we have. We therefore think the same will be true of him as Presiding Elder. Rev. W. T. Biggers, D. D. Rev Biggers, of Kansas, is one of the successful young pastors of Kansas. In his early boyhood days his parents moved to Oswego, Kansas, where they were priv¬ ileged to give their son the advantage of a splendid school education. Later he was converted and joined the A. M. El Church under the pastorate of Rev. Pompey John¬ son. At the age of eighteen he took a 38 Who's Who regular course in art and graduated in the work of free-hand drawing, crayon, pas¬ tel and water colors. He sat up a studio and traveled through Western Kansas and Oklahoma. It was while engaged in the picture bus¬ iness that he felt his call to the ministry, Conference, in Omaha, Nebraska, ir' ^ he published a daily paper t'ia favorable comment fjomf^ted first SKSa. "wUrtE ence which met 1 l,,™8'»e™ei£«tion'fiom chairman ot the Alternate the Kansas Conference to funeral Con¬ ference at Norfolk, Ya., in 1908, where he received a strong vote for the editorshij of The Western Christian Recorder. Rev. \V. T. BIGGERS and was licensed to preach under the pas- I torate of Rev. J. 13. Wallas, Rev. John M. Wilkenson, Presiding Elder. Rev. Biggers immediately gave himself up to the work j of the ministry, and in the year 1804. | March 10, entered the pastorate at Coffey- j vide, Kansas, and joined the Kansas Con¬ ference at Parsons, Kans., the following September, under Bishop James A. Han¬ dy, who, on March 10, 180(5, ordained him deacon. Bishop B. T. Tanner, 1). D., or¬ dained him Elder in Omaha, Nebraska, September, 1000. During the winter of 101)0, while stationed at St. Paul Church, Kansas City, Kans., Rev. Biggers studied theology at Western University. Follow¬ ing this he was transformed to the Puget Sound Conference and stationed at Port¬ land, Ore., where he continued his theo¬ logical studies under the tutorship of Dr. C. E. (-line, 1). ])., of1 the Millamet Col¬ lege. Not liking the West, the Reverend returned to the Kansas Conference, and in connection with his pastorate, started a Christian paper, namely, The Christian Wayfarer; afterwards the name was changed to The Central Christian Re¬ corder. During the session of the Kansas Rev. A. S. Blake, P. E. West Point District of the Northea-t Missisfippi Annual Conference. 1 was born in Port (Mison, Mis:*.. Aug. 1 •">, 1ST-, and there i eared unto manhood by my parents. Win E. and A. G. Blake, who have been members of our church ever since its organization in that town more than forty years ago. I was con¬ verted at 11 \cars and joined the ehuivh of my parents. My education was in the public school of that town and Alcorn College. While at Alcorn I was moie divinely called to the ministry, and there I set for plans to do something to show the effect of my calling in helping to re¬ organize the young boys' Christian asso¬ ciation which had died within that In¬ stitution. Seeing the need of a Biblical In General Conference 39 c ass I al.-o set forth to intercede with the chaplain (Dr. E. A. Ousley) to spend one hour with the class each Sunday evening and the same is still alive at the Institution. On leaving there, 1 enter¬ ed the ministry the following year, 1800, at Summit, Miss., under Bishop W. J 5. Derrick. I was ordained a deacon in 1808 by Bishop Derrick, at Meridian, ' Miss. in 1!M)1 I was ordained an elder by Bishop Tyree, at Hattiesbuig, Miss., since then I have been in effective work at the following named places: Biloxi, Natchez, MeComb City, Aberdeen, Oxfoid, We^t l'oint and TupeV, Miss., and from the last named place I vas appointed presiding elder of the Hollv Springs ds- trict by that venerable prelate Bt. Btv. H. M. Turner, and thence to the West J Vint district this year. s-ion. He built a nice church, St. Peters¬ burg being attached in September, the same year; there he purchased another lot and built a nice church. He had a church built at Belair, in 1890. He was appointed to Willi^ton Circuit and stayed 4 years and built two mce churches. Next he was appointed to High Springs. Here by reason of fire and 3 storms he was forced to build three churches on the same site, the last of which was a four- thousand dollar brick structure and stay¬ ed four years; entertained the conference and Bishop Tanner moved him to Ocalf, where he-stayed one year and did much needful repairing; he was then transferred to the South Florida Conference to Palat- ka; here he stayed 4 years and built one of the finest concrete, stone buildings in the State, when finished .vill cost ($10,000) ten thousand dollars; fiom here he was n oved to Orlando, where be now pastors; here he iret a thousand dollais indebted¬ ness, this having all been paid but $100; all runs well, many souls have been con¬ verted and added to the church during these IS >e>rs. He i»s now treasurer of the South Florida Conference, and is a delegate to the General Conference at Kansas ('itv, Mo., Mav, 1912. He was n avr'ed to Miss Brida Li. Burton, at Taiton Springs, in IS! 10. Rev. H. Franklin Bray, D. D. The sub'ett of this sketch. Rev. H. Franklin Bray, 1). D., was born in Mt. Vernon. Ohio, May 14, 1875. Dr. Bray received his early education in the public schools of Indiana where his father went to live when he was yet a small boy. After finishing the public schools he went to Wilberforce University and from there to Payne Theological Seminary where he prepared himself for his life's work. He has served the following appointments, Paducah, Ky.; Elizabethtown, Ky., Pre¬ siding Elder of the Louisville, Ky, district, The subject of this sketch was born in L<'on Co., FJa., near the line of Florida and Oeorgia, November 20, 1805, of par¬ ents iust from slavery. He grew up in Wakulla County. At the age of 14 he had to stop off from school to support a lone mother. He was converted in 1880 and joined the A. M. E1. Church; was li¬ censed to in each in 1S!>3; was appointed to work .Ftily, 1804, by Pvev. ,T. W. Dukes in this mission known as Clearwater Mifi- Rev. J. S. Braswell, D. D 40 Who's Who Pueblo, Col., and Phoenix, Arizona, where he is now winding up his fourth year. In Phoenix he has built a mammoth modem church and a modern parsonage property valued at fifteen thousand dollars. He has written many poems and articles on current and sociological subjects that have attracted much favorable comment. Dr. Bray is prominently mentioned for editor of the Western Christian Recorder. He bears the distinction of having been the youngest presiding elder in the con¬ nection. He was also the youngest minis¬ terial delegate elected to the general con¬ ference at Chicago in 1904. He is, and for years has been, a trustee of Wilber- force and Western Universities. In ad¬ dition to all this he i.s the historian and treasurer of his conference and a dele¬ gate to the Ceneral Conference in May, 1912. in 1911, came much aid and sympathy from the white citizens of Wa< o. of Tex¬ as, and from various other parts of the country, that had previously been con¬ sidered forever withdrawn. Dr. Burgan is laboring zealously to place Paul Quinn College on a plane, along all lines, where she shall be looked upon as second to no Negro College in the country. A\ ith the co-operation of his church, we pi edict for him, a realization of this, his most sanguine expectation. Since, at the time of this writing, the church is searching for suitable material for the Bishopric, we are glad to suggest that due consideration be given Dr. I. M. Burgan, the subject of this sketch, who is indeed a scholar, and a preacher whose equals are few, and he nas had successful experience as a pastor and a school man, which, in our judgment makes him com¬ pare favorably, to say the least, with any nian now under consideration for election to the most exalted and honored pi sition within the sift of the A. M. E. Church. President I. M. Burgan Dr. Burgan, having successfully pasto' ed in five States of the Union, justly receives credit for being one among our foremost scholarly, progressive and Christian Min¬ isters. Dr. Burgan is, at present. Presi¬ dent of Paul Quinn College, Waco, Tex., qnd the consideration of his woith to the ! school and the connection in Texas can be understood when it is remembered that he has twice resigned the Presidency of Paul Quinn College and gone to Pastoral duties, but each time has been soon re¬ called to the Presidency of Paul Quinn Col¬ lege that the life of the college might be F preserved and strengthened. With the re- In turn of Dr. Burgan to Paul Quinn College uj Col. E. Woodbury Brinkens The subject of this sketch was bom in llliainsburg _county, South Carolina, in :bruary, 18G5. Reared without a father, began life with the cares of a mother on him whom he loved dearly. In youth In General Conference 41 lie attended school at what was then known as the Killbay Academy and Taught school in the same before leaving hi> native >tat<*. Alter corning to (Georgia and teaching in the common schools for sevM'i! vtars, lie entered Allen University, ( 'oj.unbia, South Carolina when he grad¬ uate d from the normal and law depart¬ ments with the classes of '!)(>. He has the respe< t of' the entire bar of the Brunswick circuit and has a very lucrative practice. He is a lover of his race and Ins church and a steward arid trustee of the church of his choice for 2.r> years. Delegate (General Conference, 1U12. Tomp¬ kins, l !a. and left $-~2.00 in the treasury. In 11102 lie was appointed to Mt. jMoriali Station. He paid the church out of debt of 17 years' standing, finished and beautified the edifice, bought and paid for a parsonage, lot and added more than 200 persons to the church. In liJOl! he pastored Mt. Pisgah Station, Lake City. In December, 1SMM5. he was sent to St. Stephen's, Jack¬ sonville. Here he cleared the mortgage and when the church was burned he built a new church. In December, 1910, he was made presiding elder and reappointed in 1911. He was a member of the General Conference in 190S and has been elected teacher of the delegation to the General Conference that will meet in Kansas City, Mo., May, 1912. E. W. Byrd, P. E. E. \Y. Bvrd, P. R, of the Columbia District of the East Florida Annual Con¬ ference, was converted February, 1 SoS, was licenced to exhort and preach in 189.. and was appointed on a mission by Bishop Ward in ISM. in 1895 he built a church and bought a lot leaving an indebtedness of $25.01). lSlXi and 1)7 he pastored the White Springs Circuit finishing one church and starting the rebuilding of another. Also increasing the membership from 42 to 120. Next he was sent to the Bald¬ win "Circuit where he built the church H. R. BARANCO Baton Rouge, La. H. R. Baranco, who finished his educa¬ tion in the High School at Baton Rouge, La. He was a lay delegate to the General Conference, 1904-1908-1912. A young man who has the confidence of the Bishop and the entire membeiship of the Louisi¬ ana Conference. He is a member of that famous trio, which furnished such sweet music at the last General Conference. He is also State superintendent of the Sunday schools in Louisiana. 42 Who's Who Rev. I). J. Brown. 1>. J_). The subject of this short sketch was* kern December X, 18(!7, at Bonneaus, *o\v Berkley County, S. C. His father Kev. G. H. Brown, A. M. E. minister, and a. nephew of the Northeast South Caro¬ lina Conference. His early education 'was obtained iti the public schools of the parish, and in Charleston, in old St. Mary's Grammar School, and other pub¬ lic schools. In 1XN2 he entered Claflin University, (>rangeburg, S. C., graduating in 1SS<>, and later from Drew Theological Semin- aty, Madison, N. J. l'ayne Seminary conferred the degiee of D. D. upon him. Dr. Brown was happily converted in the spring of 1884, and be¬ came immediately active in the A. M. E. Church. He was licensed a local preach¬ er, October 18.N8. He joined the Colum¬ bia annual conference, December 1885). For the succeeding ten years he pastored the following charges, viz.: Johnston, one year; St. Stephen's, two years; St. Paul, one year; Darlington, two years; Bishop- yille, three years. In all these appoint¬ ments measurable progress was made in every department of the Church. He was transferred (by his iejue>tl to the N. J. Conference by Bishop Abiahaui Grant, 13. ]>., in December, lS'.fU, and stationed at Vadison, N. .T. Here he built a splendid parsonage, increased the mem¬ bership and placed the church upon a sure footing. He was then sent to Change, N. In May, 11HI2, and for live consecutive years he laboied assiduously to build African Methodism. He was made presiding elder by Bishop Wesley J. Ga;nts, D. IX, in 11M>7. and was assigned to the Camden district of the New Jersey Conference. He has giv¬ en general satisfacton as a presiding elder, and has demonstrated to an unlimited de¬ giee what might be done through sheer common sense. He is highly respecttd. not onlv by his district, but throughout New Jersey and the First Episcopal Dis¬ trict. He is the leader of the New Jersey conference delegation to the General Conference of and also chairman of the delegation of the Fi "st District. He was a delegate to the General Con¬ ference at Columbus, Ohio, and has at¬ tended all the sessions from 18!)<> to 1908. In General Conference 43 Rev. E. B. Brown, D. D. From 1870, the year in which he was admitted into the Georgia Conference, this well-known preacher and advocate of the rights of true manhood, has very ably and successfully filled the following positions: Pastor in charge, twenty-four years; pre¬ siding elder, eight years; trustee of Morris Brown College, eighteen years; member of Executive Hoard, Morris Brown College, right years; member of some of the most important committees in his Conference, and chaplain of the Ministers' Evangelical Union, Savannah, Ga. In all these posi¬ tion lie has rendered excellent service and has been highly esteemed. He is a man of fine presence and varied gifts. He was deprived of both parents in infancy, but was blessed with a pious foster mother, whose religious instructions were largely the means of bringing him early to Christ, and have been a constant stimulant to him all through his life. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by Morris Brown College. Zealous, devoted and an eloquent and charming speaker, he has exerted a wide influence and in a marked degree commands the respect of all who are associated with him. At the last session of the Georgia Annual Conference he was elected delegate to the General Conference, which convenes in Kansas City, Mo., }lay, 1012. 44 Who's Who A. D. Eyas, M. D, Dr. A. I). ISyas, M. D., was born in Mississippi near Kosciusko, May (.l, 1STJ. lie, lile most of the- great and usot'ul characters of both church and ^tate, Avas born on a farm, and completed a "full course" there before lie received his "sheep-skin" from < ollege. 11 is parents being noble characters of thrift and economy, in spite ot sa\eiy, made great headway in accumulating much of this "world's goods." His literary tiaining was received at Uust University and he rounded out his fitness for life's great battle in Meharry Medical College at Nashville, Tennessee, graduating with honor in the class of 1X1)0. Tie is one of the leading physicians of Memphis, Tennessee, and has a large prac¬ tice in and out ot the city v. Inch 1 e-1 e.ik* his git at j opula" it \ . lie is iju'et and unassuming, yet ditinilied anil intelligent in beaiing and pel tonality. rJlie do, tor is a business man ot 110 mean ability and lives in splendor in one ot tlie most eVgant and substantial homes v.t the city of Memphis. His splendid wile, who was a Miss Lula iUcl'hearson befoie mairiage. is a lady of culture and refine¬ ment. He attributes much of his givat success to his faithful and devoted wite. The doctor is a consistent Cluistiun and a loyal member and honored trustee of Averj Chapel, A. M. E. Church. Mem¬ phis, Tenn. And because of his great strength of character, intelligence and pop¬ ularity, he is a delegate-elect to our forth¬ coming General Conference in Kansas City next May. In General Conference 45 Rev. W. H. Bowen, D. D. (Opelika, Ala.) Dr. W. H. Bowen Mas liorn in Barba¬ dos, that Pride of England among; her colonies, forty-six years ago. Having romplc ted the thorough course of elemen¬ tary and grammar school instruction for which British Schools are justly praised, ho obtained the Pindar and Chaadle schol- aiship and studied theology at Codring- lon College—the Oxford-Cambridge of the West Indies. I"] on leaving College he taught school in the Virgin Islands. His association with the African M. E. Church in the United States involved no sacri¬ fice of theological convictions, because of his previous fellowship with the Wesley- ans in the co^mii-s. In 1X!)1 he became a member of Beth¬ el Church (Sullivan street, now Twenty- fifth street I, New York, during the pastor- 46 Who's Who ate of Rev. Theodore Gould, and presid¬ ing eldership of Rev. R. H. Shirley. From that congregation he was recom¬ mended to the Nova Scotia Annual Con¬ ference. During his membership in that body he was ordained a deacon by Bish¬ op B. T. Tanner, and four years later an elder by Bishop ]L. J\l. Turner. Subse¬ quently he was transferred to Mississippi and then to West Africa (Sierra Leone <'onfere'nee I. While en route to the charge in Africa, Bishop Turner stopped him in Alabama, in which State he has since then continuously labored, to the benefit of the hundreds who have come within the sphere of his influence, and to the gain of the denomination. His pas¬ toral service has been eminently success¬ ful. For several months he was the tutor and dean of the Theological Department of Payne University, Selma, Ala. Dr. Bowen's seat in the coming Gener¬ al Conference was secured by the votes of the East Alabama Annual Conference, of which body he has been the chief sec¬ retary since its organization, and this because his strong moral-social character and well-directed intellectual attainments have secured for him the esteem of Irs brethren. Rev. H. W. B. BENNETT REV. DANIEL S. EENTLEY, D.». Pittsburgh, Pa. Rev. Daniel S. Bentley, D.D., was born in Madison county, Kentucky, September 20, 1850, and was edu¬ cated in Berea College, of that State. While there he was converted and the founder of that institution bap¬ tized him. He was licensed to preach in September, 18 69, and en¬ tered the itinerant ministry of the Church in 1871, uniting with the Kentucky Conference. He remain¬ ed in that Conference fourteen years; and during this time he con¬ tinued his theological studies. In the fall of 1884 he was trans¬ ferred to the Indiana Conference, and remained in that Conference for three years. From the Indiana Conference he was transferred to the Pittsburgk Conference, and stationed at Wylie Avenue A. M. E. Church, Pitts¬ burgh, Pa., in 1887. During his twenty-five years of membership in the Pittsburgh Con¬ ference he has served all the larg¬ est appointments within its domain, serving three terms as Presiding El¬ der of the leading districts. He has been a member of five General Con¬ ferences and is one of the most pop¬ ular members of the delegation to the General Conference this year. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by Living¬ stone College, and several other very- notable honors have been bestowed upon him, one being a Vice-Presi¬ dency at the great Parliament of Re¬ ligions, at Chicago, in 1893; and an¬ other was the appointment by the Board of Bishops of his Church, as alternate delegate to the Ecumeni¬ cal Council that met in London, Eng¬ land, in 1900. He is at present serving a second pastorate at the Euclid Avenue A. M. E. Church in Pittsburgh, with marvelous success. Rev. D. S. BE NT LEY, D D. Pittsburgh Conference 48 (By request—B. 1'. Monroe, Glasgow, Mo.) Dr. It. L. Beal received his training both common and scholastic in his native country, tlie West Indies. He came to this country more than thirty years ago and fol quite a time fol¬ lowed the profession of school teaching in the South. The Doctor has been a traveling elder in the A. M. E. Church twenty-seven yearn. He spent two years at San Francises Cal., at which place he did a grand work. It was through the efforts of this high churchman, St. Peters in St. Louis was rebuilt, and more than four thousand dol¬ lars were paid out during his administra¬ tion. In Lexington, Mo., his Christian bear¬ ing and business tact were soon felt. Through his untiring efforts, Lexington Station was jiaid out of debt. The .$1.")00.00 parsonage at Independ¬ ence, Mo., and the high standard of the work there stand out as monuments to the earnest labor of this great scholar. Who's Who At the Columbus Station he aKo proved master of the situation. As at all the other places, the church debts were made to melt like snow. At Columbia the debt on the church was canceled and many improvements were made. Hannibal, the second best station i» the North Missouri, loves the name of Heal, where he helped them pay a debt of He served as presiding Elder fourteen years in the North Mo. Conference; and one year and a half in the Old Missouri ('onference. He has served on all three of the dis¬ tricts in the North Missouri Conference and is now serving the second time o« the St. Joe, District. He has been elected four successive times to the General Conference and also wai a delegate to the Ecumenical Congress, which convened last Ottober in Canada. Dr. Beal has the indorsement of the conferences of the Fifth Episcopal Dis¬ trict, for the' bishopric. Rev R. L. BEAL General Conference 49 'mSmm Mr. S. W. Brumfield Air. S W. Brumfield was born in -Springfield, 111., October 14, 1864. Though not a slave, his mother was at that time free by reason of self purchase. She died in 18H8, leaving him only 18 months of age. He resided with his grandmother, Caroline Wade, until he was five years •f age, then he left home to make a living for himself and came to Kentuckv, Louis¬ ville, where he made his home for three years with a family of white people. At the death of the head of the family he left Louisville and went to Cincinnati, Ohio, a.nd entered the old Gaines School for five years. He professed a hope in Christ Feb¬ ruary INNO, and connected himself with Allen Temple A. j\I. E. Church, re¬ maining till 1882, when he came to Dan¬ ville, Ky., and connected himself with St. James' A M. E'. Church, where his mem¬ bership now is. He has served in all the official capacities of the church which are open to laymen. He was head waiter and steward in a hotel for thirty years, until he became deputy collector of Internal Revenue of ■ the Eighth District of Ken¬ tucky. which position he now holds. He was elected to represent the laity of the Kentucky Annual Conference and the great A. M. E. Church in general at the General Conference in Kansas ('ity. 50 Who's Who Rev. D. M. Baxter, D. D. Rev. D. M. Baxter, 1). D., pastor of lit. Zion A. M. E. Church, Jacksonville, Fla., was horn in Charleston, S. C., Oc¬ tober 2, 1872. Both of his parents died l»efore he was 32 years old, whereupon ke was taken to New York city and rear¬ ed by a married sister, where he com¬ pleted the common school, but at inter¬ vals returned to his native city, and it was during one of these visits when about 15 years old he was converted, and joined the church under Rev., now Bish¬ op, W. H. Heard, who was then pastor •f Mt. Zion A. M. E. Church. From the moment he was converted his highest ambition was to become a minister of the gospel. Returning north he continued his studies, earning his own support by working in the summer on the Hudson Ri\er Day Line and finally completing at Harvard University, where he was trained for the ministry and entered ac¬ tive work. He was licensed to preach in Washington, D. C., by Rev. 1). P. Seaton, was ordained deacon and elder in Florida by Bishop B. T. Tanner. He pas- tored Brooksville and added many persona to the Church, and bought some land be¬ sides winning the scholarship to Edward Waters College each year while in that charge, thereby enabling a young man to attend school free from tuition and board. He was next sent to Ocala, where much In General Conference 51 good was done for the Church and the <*ty, the parsonage and the church were both repaired and many valuable mem¬ bers were added to the Church, and again the scholarship to Edward Waters Col¬ lege was won for three years, this schol¬ arship being awarded to the church rais¬ ins the largest amount over the assess¬ ment in the district. He was next sent to Jacksonville. At this charge more than 501) persons have given him their hands and quite half of them were oon- lnent alone during the two conference years completed luis raised $11,01) were laid on the table. .Rev. Baxter is assistant dean of the Theological Department of Edward Wa¬ ters Col.ege, without salary. He is af¬ fable and sympathetic and always inter¬ ested in mission brethren. His unselfish¬ ness was rewaided by the brethren at tlie la>t annual conference, when he was elected second on the ticket to the^ Gen¬ eral ( onference, which meets in Kansas { ity. Rev. CHARLES BUNDY Delegate from N. Ohio Conference Rev. W. D. Certain D. D. Rev. W. I> Certain was born in Cam¬ den S. C., in the early sixties and was brought to Florida, by his parents when an infant. In 18t>!> he began his literary training under Miss Anna Kidder, but completed it at Stanton Normal Institute and Cook man Institute and under private lepras converted in September, 1874, and joined the East Florida Annual Con¬ ference in 1890, having served as an ex¬ torter and local preacher for several years. He has taught in Duval. Putnam and Volusia counties of his State. Rev. Certain began his work as a pastor with two members at Plant City, Fla., July, 18!)0. He has pastored the following charges: Plant City Mission, Pomona and Satsuma and Mandarin Circuits 18!)24);>, Eiast Palatka Circuit, 1894, was transferred to the West Kentucky Conference in 185)5, served Bethel Station in iShelbyville, Ky., and St James Chapel in Louisville, Ky. He was then transferred back to Florida, having complied" with the reouest of Bish¬ op Cains in paying off the debt on Bethel Rev. W. D. CERTAIN at Shelbyville, Ivy., and putting St. .Tames Chapel in a safe condition. Upon his re¬ turn to the "Land of Flowers" he was stationed at St. Paul Station, St. Augus¬ tine, Fla., but after serving this congrega¬ tion for one year, he was made Presiding Elder of the Jacksonville District for four years of the East Florida Annual Con¬ ference succeeding the late Dr. S. H. Cole¬ man. He was then appointed to St. Paul Station at Jacksonville, Fla., where he paid a mortgage, added 150 members He was then appointed Presiding Elder of the Lake City District. During his four years 52 Who's Who on that district 11 new churches were built i and the educational interests advanced 200 per cent, finaneial'y. The conference was , re-districted and Rev. Certain was appo'nt- j ed Presiding Elder of the j^uwanee Dis- [ trict, which District he acceptably presid¬ ed over for two years. He is now serving as pastor of M. Paul Station, St. Augus¬ tine, Ma., the "Ancient City." Jt wi 1 be remembered that 14 years ago. Rev. Cer¬ tain was the pastor of this church. The members of the church and the citizens of the city irrespective of denomination gave Rev. Certain a hearty welcome. With open arms he has been received, and it is felt by all that it is a blessing to this city to have this good Gospel Minister in t'.ie city scattering rays of sunshine and good cheer. In ninety days he has raised .$, a graduate of Tuskegee's class of 1890, who helped him to found Centreville In¬ dustrial Institute of which he is princi¬ pal and has been since its organization. .Mrs. Davidson died 1908, but 31 r. David¬ son continues to carry on the school. Mr. Davidson joined Mt. Sinai A. M. E. Church at Centreville, Ala., when a child, and has been a class leader, steward trustee and Sunday school superintendent, lie fills three of these offices today. He says for more than 20 years he has been superintendent of the Sunday school, he REV. H E. DANIELS Delegate from Florida Henry D. Davidson The subject of this sketch was born at ('i nti eville, Ala.. Dec. lt>, 18<>9. When Htnry was quite a child the late Captain S. W. Davidson said to the boy's father, "Damon, you ought to educate that hov ,for (one dollar) in his head will be worth $10 hi bis pocket some diiy." An unusual bit of advice concern- iug a colored hov. lib' mother died when Jic a\ as only .r> years old, but his father, heeding the advice ol (apt. Davidson, managed to ktep his sou in si liool for a greater \ art of the >lioit sessions which were never longer than three months. After finish- d ing the ]trimary schools at Centreville, lie s entered Selina' University at Sehna, Ala., m INNS. After going there one session he went back home and taught the school c attended the year before. 1 When Payne University opened for its first session in 1NNS>, he entered there and graduated with the first class in 0 189,'!. f HENRY D. DAVIDSON, rincipal Ceuterville Industrial Insti¬ tute, Centreville, Ala. dcs not remember missing 2l> times for ckn-^s or anv other cause. He has been for a number of years lairman of the Bibb County Colored eather's Association. This is the third time he has been lion- red with an election to the General Coa- ■rence of the A. M. E. Church. REV. G. F DAVID, Presiding Elder Lexington (Ky.) District, Delegate to General Conference. Rev. D. C. DEAS Rev. A. M. DEI.IMA 62 Who's Who Wm. H Davis Rev. R. R. DOWNS WILLIAM H. DAVJS William IT. Davis was born in Ripley, Ohio, in lSliS. His parents moved to Kentucky when he was two years of age. At the age of seven he entered the schools of Ironton, Ohio, and received a common school education. He was united in mar¬ riage to Miss H. F. Frye in 1802. In IS'.M) he joined the church and has filled all the offices open to laymen in his church. He is secretary of the Lexing¬ ton District Conference and he has heen a delegate from his church, also lay dele¬ gate from the district to the Annual Con¬ ference for eight successive years. He 1 been Sunday school superintendent for >iv- tcen yeais and was elected lay delegate to the (Jeneral Conference, May, 1!)12. He is a prominent Odd Fellow and Knight ol' Pythia« and has been secretary of hoth bodies for quite a number of years. He is now engaged in the grocery business. REV. J. E. EDWARDS In General Conference 63 Ala., under Prof. Priegg, to prepare myself for this work. I entered the active ministry 1896 at Tampa, Fla., and served the following places: Ft. Pierce, Titusville, Miami, the magic city of Florida. Under my administra¬ tion one of the best wooden churches in the state of Florida was erected. Let God be praised. We saved Key West, Pt. Tampa City, Palmetto, Wetaka, Eeatonville and Bethel Sta¬ tion, De Land, Fla. These fifteen years in the Master's vineyard have been i years of pleasure. Though dark days have been before me yet the Lord has kept me provided for. We are striving to complete a $10,000 building at this place, commenced by Rev. S. G. Bak¬ er. We raised over $2,500 for all pur¬ poses this year and added 75 mem¬ bers to our church. We also built a $2,600 church at Eatonville, Fla., and with this good wife to encourage me in hours of adversity I mean to con¬ tinue. I have served under many good Bishops and P. E. Bishops Gaines, Handy, Tanner. But the Bish¬ op of them all is our Moses, Bishop Salter. Rev. W. G. Fields Rev. W. G. Fields, pastor Bethel A.M. E. Church DeLand, Fla., was born in Greensborough, Hale County, Ala., [ December 22nd, 1866. He was the, eldest son of Granderson and Mil- dredge Fields; was raised on the farm | in Hale County, Ala. His father and j mother, though Baptists, trained their i children up in the A. M. E. Church. Attended the public district school in I Hale County until finish; entered the ! Telebody Academy at Greensborough i IS78, Prof. W. B. Paterson, principal; ! finished in 1882; taught a district j school in the summer of 1883. In i the year 1886 was married to Miss Alice Osborn. I continued my school work. Our union was blessed witb three children, W. G. Fields, Jr., J. G Fields and Miss M. E. Fields. All still live. In 1883 I was converted ax>4 called to preach. I filled every place in my church successfully from a sex¬ ton to the pastorate and it was pleas¬ ant to me. In 1892 I entered the Theological Seminary at Tuscaloosa, W. A. FOUNTAIN President Morris Brown College 64 „ Ttl 1911 he waS $350.00 to $517.00- Tennessee transferred to the . of aw_ Conference and statione drew, Memphis, where he is meeting with much success. A modern build- ing is to be erected here during the -year. His record as pastor and Pre- iding Elder is good and every c] arge served by him has been built up and the people have been loatk to tii\ e him up. J. P. CRIFFIN Memphis, Tennessee Rev. James Franklin Griffin, D.D., was born in Banks county, Georgia, July 31, INKS. He was converted and licensed to preach in Brunswick, (la.; joined the Conference in Sa- \annah, (la., and was ordained dea¬ con at Tuskegee, Ala., and an elder at Montgomery, Ala., by Rt. Rev. H M. Turner, D.D. He served one charge in the Geor¬ gia Conference, Sapps Still Mission, and the following charges in Ala¬ bama: Tuskegee Mission, West Point, St. Mark Circuit; Hatche- chubbee Circuit, Union Springs Sta., and Anniston Sta. At each of these charges he made vast improvements. He was next placed in charge of the Anniston District, where he served for eighteen months; adding more than two hundred members to the District, doubling the General Day's collection, raising the W. H. & F. Missionary Collection from $21.00 to Rev. A. L. Gaines, D. D. A native (iem in. ( onij It ted In- ani¬ mal -iliool toui-e <>t Kn<»\ Institute. Ath¬ ens. (i.i.; hi- piepaiatoiv ami collegiate niiirx's at Atlanta UniverMt\ ; his theo¬ logical ionise at Gammon N.I100I ot Ihe- olc in. ami pin2 wa.s transferred by Bishop Grant and took charge ot St. John Chinch. Nor- fo'k. Ya . whicli he served four years. He served Emanuel Church, l>oitMiiouth. \a.. four vears, and as piesiding elder of the Norfolk, \ a., District tor three yeais In llMKi he was transtened by Bishop B. F. bee t > the Baltimore Conference and sta¬ tioned at Bethel Climvli, which church he served five years. He is now servtr<>. 1!M)0. 1!M>4 and l!*iV is a delegate to the General Conte.A" 1012. At the (reneral Conference xr $128.00, and the Dollar Money from | folk, Ya.^ in r.KKS.'he stood''n^tVor~ to the In General Conference 65 late Dr. H\ T. Johnson for the editorship tlie Christian Recorder. His friends are urging his election at Kansas City for the editorship of the Christian Recorder 011 the ground of his competency as well as from the fact that lie is the logical suc¬ cessor of the late Editor Johnson Prof. Reuben J. Gardner Rev I. G. GLASS, D. D. The subject of this sketch was horn in Thomas county in He attended the public schoo's of his county, irom whence he went to Valdosta, (hi., where he attended the high school. He then taught in the public schools of his county. He attended the Atlanta University in 1 S.X7-NN, entered the ministry in Decem¬ ber ISSN. He has pastorcd the follow¬ ing charge s: Tifton and Savannah Missions Add, Etfingham and Spring Vale Cir¬ cuits, Blake'y, Albany and Bainbridge Stations. He attended the State Indus¬ trial ( ollcge one year. 'Ie has served as Presiding Elder 7 years, being now over the American D stiict, Southwest (Jcoiui.i < mifeience. He was elected dele¬ gate tn (Jelieial Conference in 1MII4, 1!MIS an 1 1!t11. The subject of this sketch wa.s 1 orn in humble < ircumstam es, at Wetuinpka, Ala.r March )>(>, 1X71. During tin- fall of 187;» his parents moved with him to New Town, Miss. He remained there, in Warren (ounty, with his parents for several years. Moving during the fall of 1SS2 and 1883 11 Bolivar county, Miss. In 1SN<>, after having completed the course of common education as is acquired in the public schools, he entered the Alcorn A. & M- College, at Rodney, Miss. He remained there four consecutive years, applying him¬ self with diligence to the mastery of the text in the regular course. Impend by an intense desire for yet stronger prepara¬ tion at the end of i'.mr years, he went to Xashvi'le, Tenn., where he matriculated in the Central Tennessee College in 1S!H>. Heie he was the prize winner in his class for three years. Mr Gardner a><» won the medal on class exhibit at the Colum¬ bian Exposition, Chicago, 111., 1SMIM. He has been a delegate to the Teachers' National Association at its sessions in Nashville, Tenn., and Atlanta, Ca. For a number of years he was ^ president of the Bolivar County Teachers' Association- He has served as secretary-correspondent of the State Christian Endeavor League. His standing is high in the fraternal world. He was a delegate to the B. M. C. 66 Who's Who at Richmond, Va.; Atlantic City, N J-, and at Baltimore, Md. It was his pleasure to move to Mound Bayou, Miss., in 1908, and engage with the Mound Bayou Oil Mill & Manufactur¬ ing Co. as its first traveling representative. It was during his time of service with this company and on account of his peculiar fitness that he was called into the service of the American Express Co., and the Ya¬ zoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad as its agent at Mound Bayou, Miss., which place he still holds with credit to himself and .distinction for the race. At Lyons, Miirs., She was elected to represent the Church of Iris choice in the General Conference, which convenes at Kansas City, Kansas, May, 1912. He was married to Miss Addie L. Blair, of1 Nashville, Tenn , May 18, 1898. To a loving mother and a tenderly devoted wife lie attributes much of his success. was the a child of this union. His | parents \ ^ both devout Christians and ! under their influence lie was taught to j love and venerate Ord. He was baptiz- I eil by Rev. G. W. Witiierspoon in 1878; I was converted in 189."), licensed to preach 1 in 1890, joined the Florida Annual Con¬ ference under Bishop James A. Handy, D.D., 1900, ordained Deacon in 190o, by B'shop B. F. Tanner, D. D.; was ordain¬ ed Elder by Bishop Tanner, 1907. Has been an itinerant preacher for 9 years. He has built a number of churches and repaired several, and has added 400 mem¬ bers to the A. M. E. connection, most of whom were converts. Rev. N. Z. Graham Rev. Noah Graham, one of the first Colored School teachers of Leon Coun¬ ty, Fla., and one of the oldest Methodist preachers in the State, as well as being a Legislator of Leon county for 2 consec¬ utive terms and Parthenia Graham were the parents of Rev. N. Z. Graham, who Kev. Jolin A. Gressjr, B. A. He was born in Eureka, Kansas, Feb¬ ruary 18, 1877. Here he spent his child¬ hood and early manhood, graduating from the Eureka Hiijh School in 18915, and from the scientific course of the S'outliern Kansas Academy, in 1897. In the fall of 1897 he entered the Kansas State Uni¬ versity. When the Spanish-American war broke out, he enlisted as a volunteer in the 23d Kansas Regiment, and was made Quarter¬ master-sergeant of Co. B, in which ca¬ pacity he servrd with his regiment during In General Conference 67 the winter of 1S98-9, while doing duty in the province of Santiago de Cuba. At the close of the war, he again en¬ tered school at the Kansas University, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, in June 1902. While yet a student, Rev. Gregg was given local preacher's license. In 1900 he was mar¬ ried to Miss C'elia Nelson, of Laurence, an accomplished young lady. Bishop Shaffer gave Rev. Gregg his first appointment at Emporia, Kansas. Re¬ ceiving a call to the mission fields of South Africa, he and his wife spent two and a half years in our work at Cape town. On his return he was stationed at Beth¬ el Church in Leavenworth, Kansas. Here he became Bishop Grant's private secre¬ tary, a very intimate friendship springing up between them. Next, he was sent to Ebenezer Church, St. Joseph, Mo., and is now in his fourth year as pastoT of this charge. He is second choice for rep¬ resentative to the Kansas City General ('onference. R.ev. Horace S Graves, D. D. Delegate Iowa Conference Rev. J Gll'LINS Rev. P. W. GREATHEART 68 Who's Who Rev. A. P. GRAY In General Conference 69 Rev. A. P. Gray, D. D The subject of this sketch, Rev. An¬ derson Plummer (J ray, D. D. was born in Davidson, Ohio, near Nashville, Tennessee, Oct. J7, 180S, the son of Alfred and Mary (hay, being the sixth child of a family of ten. His parents were devout Christians. His widowed mother still lives to counsel him in the way of right¬ eousness. lie attended the public school in Davidson county and Nashville, Teni\. Jle was very obedient and considered, a vciy brilliant student. June 17, 188.", he was united in holy wedlock to Miss Sarah White, the daughter of Milton and Frances White. At the age of1 17, May in, IVMi, he was converted and joined St. .Tames A. M. E. Clinch, East Nash¬ ville, the church of his parents during the pastorate of Rev. H. C. Bruen, D. 1). and iiecane an active worker in the church and Sunday school. December 24, IS,SO. he wa« given exhorter license by I lie sainted presiding elder, Rev. J. W. Early. Dec. IS, INS!), lie received a lo¬ cal pi eaclici s license from Rev. Bedford Gieen, presiding elder. Oct. 4, 185)1, he was admitted into the Tennessee Confer- eni-e, liishop A. XV. Wayman, presiding, Bishop B. F. Lee, pre¬ siding. In 15>!>7 he had the degree of Doctor Divinity conferred upon him from Morris Brown College. He was elected on the first ballot ranking second as a del¬ egate from the Tennessee Conference to t ie Oeneral t (inference which met in Nor¬ folk, Virginia, -May, 100S. In 1011 he \ as elected leader of his delegation to the Oeneral Conference winch meets in Kansas City, Mav, 15)12. He is also chair¬ man of the State delegation and holds the appointment of presiding elder of the Shell\ ville district. Being a member of the iinaine coniniittee for twelve years, also one of the trustees of Turner Nor¬ mal ( ollege, Shellj ville, Tenn. Dr. Gray is the leal tjpe of an African Methodist minister, a deep thinker, a profound Gos¬ pel preacher and his business qualities are excellent. Rev. J M. GILMERE, Delegate from Ohio. Rev. John H. Grant Born at Frankfort, Ivy., Dec. 11, 18(J5. Attended the public and private schools of his home town, finishing the Stli grade work at the age of thirteen. Began work as book agent for the 8outh Western Pub¬ lishing House, of Nashville, Tenn. On account of advanced wages entered the book business of W. W. Houston and Co., of Philadelphia, Pa. Converted in 1888; licensed to preach by Rev. («eo. Burks, Frankfort, Ky., 185)0. began teaching in Mississippi in 1S!)0, and enteicd the pas¬ torate in the "-ame year at Raymond, Miss. OnIain'jd deacon by Bishop B. W. Arnett, Port Gibson, Miss., in 1M)2 and Elder by Bishop B. W. Arnett in Springfield, Ohio, in 185)4. Pastored in London, Ohio, 1S5)4 ■Hid 1S!)5, Hiid at the same time was a student at Wilberforct University. In 1S!)(! pastored Oxford, Ohio, and a stu¬ dent in Miami University of Oxford, Ohio. 1807 pastor at Lebanon, Ohio; 1 SO.S pas¬ tored at Finley, Ohio, and was a student m the Finley College, graduating in 185)9 from the Theological department receiving the degree of B. D. Fall of J8HSJ appoint¬ ed pastor of Toledo, Ohio, in the same year was transferred to the Pittsburgh Conference and was stationed at \\ ilke.s- i'.arre. Pa. In 151(10 was transferred to West Tennessee Conference and station¬ ed at Jackson, Tenn. In the same year finished a law course in Lane College, 70 Who's Who REV. J OH Jackson, Tenn., receiving the degree ot LL. B. 1001 was appointed pastor of iSt. James A. M. E. Church, Memphis, Tenn. 1002 appointed pastor of Avery Chapel, Memphis, Tenn.. continuing in charge of liaid church until 1005. 1001 received the degree of D. D. from Shorter College, Argenta, Ark., 100G was apointed pastor of Bethel A. M. E. Church, Memphis, J H. GRANT Tenn., continuing in this pastorate until 10t ;8. 1000-10 was appointed pastor Quito Mission. 1011 appointed Conference Evangelist; 1012 left without an appoint¬ ment. In these twenty odd years of minister¬ ial service he has been idle but one year, that is, without an appointment. Prof C. G. GARRETT 72 Who's Who Washington, 1893-94. He was then- transferred to Springfield, Mass., and later back to the Philadelphia Con¬ ference, where he served several ap¬ pointments. In 1905 he was appointed Preside ing Elder of the Camden District of the New Jersey Conference, and re¬ appointed in 1906. In 1907 he was appointed Presiding Elder of the Newark District. Reappointed 1908 and 1909. In 1910 was changed by Bishop Gaines to the Trenton Dis¬ trict. He now represents the New Jersey Conference as its delegate. REV. J. T. HAMMOND, D.D., Rev. J. T. Hammond, Presiding Elder of Trenton District of the New Jersey .Conference, was born in Fred¬ erick county, Maryland, April 2 6, 1853; was liberated by the act of the Emancipation. In 1866 he was converted. In 1871 he left Mary¬ land and went to Columbia, Pa., where he joined the A. M. E. Church. He was admitted to the Philadel¬ phia Conference May 4, 1874. He pastored at Stroudsburg, Pa., 18 74 and a part of '75. In September, 1875, he was sent by the Philadel¬ phia Conference as a student to Wil- berforce University, where he stud¬ ied five years, during which time he served the following missions in the Ohio Conference: Selma, South Charleston and Harveysburg. He was ordained deacon at Columbus, Ohio, in 1880. Leaving Wilberforce in 1881 he served Frankford, Lan¬ caster, Rennville and Circleville. He was ordained elder September 15, 18 8 4. He served at Seaford, Dela¬ ware; Carlyle, Pa.; New Haven, Conn., and Smyrna, Delaware. He was transferred to the Puget Sound Conference and stationed at Tacoma REV. G. H. HAWKINS, P. E., Rev. G. H. Hawkins, D. D., P. E., was born in Leon County, Florida, Aug. 29, 1S70. He is the son of Rev. G. H. Hawkins, one of the old superan¬ nuates of the South Florida Confer¬ ence, Rev. Hawkins, Sr., was ordained by the side of the late Bishop a. A. Grant, rendered at Bush Harbor, In General Conference 73 by the late Bishop T. M. D'. Ward in 1873. Rev. G. H. Hawkins, Jr., the sub¬ ject of this sketch, was converted in 1888 in Orlando, Fla., under the pas¬ torate of Rev F. H. Long. He was li¬ censed as an exhorter during the pas¬ torate of Rev. D. W. Gillespie, 1890. Licensed local preacher during the pastorate of Rev. R. B. Brookins, by Presiding Elder M. M. Moore, 1891. Taught school at Fort Myers one term, taken up and given work June 12, 1892, by Presiding Elder J. H. Dukes. He has held the following charges; Monatee, 1892-93, remodeled the church, increased the membership from 15 to 50; 1894, Tarpon Springs, increased the membership, cared for the district conference, painted the church and seated it with chairs; 1895-9G, Kissimmer, built a new church, 35x50, and left an indebted¬ ness of only ($50) Fifty Dollars; 1897, Eatonville and Longwood, lengthened the church 10 feet and paid for it, had a big revival and every unconverted person living in the town professed re¬ ligion; 1898-99, Lakeland, found the church under a $250 mortgage, paying interest on this amount at the rate of 24 per cent., here he paid ($75) Seventy-five dollars of his personal money and cleared the property; 1900, Key West, a great work was accom¬ plished here and an increase of ($30) thirty dollars in Dollar Money was reported to the Annual Conference, held in Dayton; appointed Presiding Elder by Bishop J. A. Moody; Lees- burg district, 1901-2-3-4, four years; Gainesville district by Bishop B. T. Tanner, 1905-6, two years; Oscala dis¬ trict, by Bishop B. T. Tanner, 1907-8-9, three years; Dunnellon district, by Bishop M. B. Salter, 1910-11, two years; was a member of the General Conference held in Norfolk, Va., 1908; have been elected delegate to the next General Conference at Kansas City, 1912; quite a number of his friends are urging him to allow the use of his Dame for one of the General officers. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by the faculty of Edward Waters College in 1907. jl. ±±. HAW _L . Hi., Leader of Central Oklahoma Delegates. Rev. John Wesley Hair, 11. >1. The subject of this sketch was born in Slimpter County, Alabama, April 7, 1.S73, of slave parents. His father was a Dea- 74 Who's Who con of the Baptist Church; and his mother a Stewardess of A. M. E. Church. He was converted in the year 1881), in the New Hope A. M. E. Church; Licensed to exhort bv the lamented Dr. Stringer; Licensed to preach by Rev. J. 31. Con¬ ner in the year 1897. Admitted to the Annual Conference IS'JS). Serving his first appointment at Flower Hill, at Bolton, Miss. Ordained Deacon and Elder by Bishop Evens Tyree. Served at Indian- ola, Miss, for five years, raising it from a mission to a station. Built a church for ,$2r>(H), having paid the debt on the same. Served at Yazoo City, paid an indebted¬ ness of $000, same as previous records, served at China Grove station. He was conspicuous in the General Conference at Norfolk, Ya., serving his fourth year at Jackson, Miss., the most difficult charge in the State to pastor. He was unani¬ mously elected chairman of the Delegation of the 8th Episcopal District. He has a vigilant eye on the Financial Department. per, as one of his first teachers. After finishing the public school be found it nec- essary to go to work to assist his widow¬ ed mother in her struggles with two oth¬ er children besides himself. But before many years had passed he saw his way clear to enter Morris Brown C o'.'ege, where he graduated from the Theological Department. He is serving his seventeenth year as an itinerant preacher in the A. M. E Church, and has pastored the following charges: Tapwarden, Mis-ion, Thomas- vide, (* a.; Fowlstown Circuit, Donahoriville Circuit, Cairo Circuit, Mt. Zion Circuit, Talbatlan Station, ^t. John Station, St. Thomas Station and is now serving his first year at Campbell Chapel Station in Ameiirus, Ga. He has bought a church lot or built a parsonage or church at al¬ most every p'ace he has -erved, and the bui'din^s rank from the lommon frame structure up to the m^t beiutil'dl brick edifice in the State. This i- tic second time he ha- 1 pen h]pi ted by his liethren to represent them in the General ( <>n- ferenc e. Rev. J. T. Hall, D. D, The subject of this sketch was born in Key, Ga., in 180!), April 16. He began his education in the public school of the above-named place with our own Rt. Rev. J. S. Flipper, D. D., then Prof. J. S. Flip- A. H. Hill Born 1870, June 7, reared in Arkansas. Was converted 188*2. At the age of 12. Joined the A M. E. Church. Licensed to exhort in 1888, and to preach in 1890, In General Conference 75 having joined the South Arkansas Confer¬ ence, November, 1889. In 1892 he en¬ tered the colored branch of the Universi¬ ty of Arkansas—graduating with honors in 1896. In 1898 he entered Wilberforce; completed with honors in 1901. During his college days he kept up pastoral work. He has pastored the following places: Marvell, Palmer, Jackson, Greenville Mis erions, Altheimer, Clarendon, Mirianna. While away at school at Wilberforce he served the Secbnd Church at Dayton two years, and a second church, in Springfield, one year. Returning to Arkansas, 1901, he was sent to Ft. Smith, where he pastor¬ ed till called up to the presidency of Short¬ er 1904. Spent fifteen years in the pastor¬ ate, and is closing his eighth year as pres¬ ident of Shorter. Prof. Howard, at Allen University, where he remained until he graduated from the Scientific Department in 1899, valedictor¬ ian of1 his class, although the youngest member of the class of four young men. Rev. D. G. HILL Baltimore Conference Prof. G. W. Howard, B. D. Pi;of. G. W. Howard was born at Georgetown, South Carolina, May 1, 1880. He attended school at Georgetown until he completed the graded and high schools. The vear after his graduation he attended the State College at Orangeburg, S. C., where he remained a year and did not re¬ turn because of the eliminating of some of the *tudies of the College Department. Quite a number of the students failed to return and matriculated at other colleges. G. W. HOWARD He was elected the same year vice princi¬ pal of the City High School at his home and is still teaching there. He is con¬ sidered a mathematician of no mean ability and has the enviable record of graduating at the head of all his classes. He is ac¬ tive in church work, being a member of the Steward Board of Bethel A. M. E Church and secretary of the same. Super¬ intendent of the Sunday School, the larg¬ est in the city. A member of the- Odd Fellows. Knights of1 Pythias, Masons, Good Samaritans and Worthy Patron of East¬ ern Star Chapter. Was a delegate to the General Conference at Chicago, 1904; Nor¬ folk, Va., 1908, and to Kansas City, Mo., 1912. He attributes his success to his loyalty to his church and fidelity to his friends. Professor P. H. Hurst Professor P. H. Hurst was born in Thomasville, Ga., March 4, 1857, and joined the A. M. E. Church quite young. He attended the city schools of Thomas¬ ville, Ga., of Tallahassee, 11a., also the Atlanta University. He has held some very prominent positions, having served as Justice of the Peace of Leon County, 76 Who's Who Fla., also as postmaster of Duncansville, Ga. He married Miss E. F. Martin and reared six children. After her death he married Miss Rosa Qnarterman, a vtry accomplished young lady of Savanah. He has made teaching his profession and has P. H HURST taught in Savannah, Ga., Blacksliear, Ga.. llomervil'e, Folkston and Jessup, Ga., his present home. He has a host oi friends all over Georgia and Florida. He was elected Lay Delegate to the General Conference from the Georgia Annual Con¬ ference. Afis. R. L. Hurst, his wife, is his assistant. No one has done more for the uplift of the race than he. Rev. M. A. Hunter, B. D. The subject of this sketch is a native of Wept. Mississippi. He received his elementary education in the public schools of Holmes County. He also attended Central Mississippi College, Jackson College, Jackson, Mississippi, and for five years was a student at \Yilbei- ioree University, Wilherforce, Ohio; grad¬ uating with the class of l!IO.~i, from the regular Theological course of Payne Sem¬ inary. He received Deacon's orders at the hands of the Rt. Rev. W. B. Derrick, D. D., 180!), and was ordained elder by the same Bishop, October 4, 1004, Portsmouth, Ohio. He pastored with a mark degree of suc¬ cess Selma, O., Chillicothe, O.; Erie, Pa.; Rev. M. A. HUNTER Brownsville, Ta.; Meridian, Miss., and Clarksdale, Miss. He a\ as elected delegate to the Gtn- eral Conference by North Mississippi (. o:i- i'erenee. Rev. E. H. Hunter Rev. E. H. Hunter, L.L.M., D.D., pastor St. John's A. M. E. Church, Norfolk, Va., and one of Virginia's delegates to the twenty-four General Conferences, and was born in Raleigh, N. C., November 13, 1865. He was educated in school of Raleigh and at Lincoln University, from which he received the A.B. and A.M. degrees. At Howard University he took a thor¬ ough course in law, earning both the L.L.B. and L.L.M. degrees. He afterward pursued theological stud¬ ies at Howard. The honorary de¬ gree of D.D. was confered by Kit- trell College, over his protest, in rec¬ ognition of distinguished services, in In General Conference .the prosecution of his ministerial call. Dr. Hunter's connection with, and service to the Church began in early youth and has been continuous and unbroken. During his youth his home was a kind of "Bethany" for Methodist Ministers, General Officers and Bishops. He was accordingly KEV. E. H. HUNTER Norfolk, Ya. closely identified with the fathers. His career in Church and Sunday School activities covers nearly for¬ ty years of service. He began as S. S. "Page" at six, and being convert¬ ed at sixteen, was immediately made a class leader. He entered the min¬ istry in 1901. Dr. Hunter has seen service in 77 practically every official capacity known to the Church. For nineteen years he was a very active layman in Metropolitan Church, Washington, D C. He did most effective work, along all lines, in that Church and city. Hp is a licensed practitioner in all the Courts of the District of Columbia; and held, the unique po¬ sition of Law Examiner in the Gen¬ eral Land Office, with a most com¬ fortable salary and' practically life tenure, which he resigned In order that his entire life might be given to the Master, through the Church of his choice. Dr. Hunter is Virginia's candidate for the office of Financial Secretary- 1 Mr. Thomas H. Hooper Yr. Hooper "was converted twenty-five years ago and joined St Stephen's A. M- E. Church, Wilmington, N. C., in which he had been a steward for twelve years, endeavoring to foster the interests of the church &t all times, enjoying the highest respec t of all the pastors, never allowing one to leave for the annual conference without paving his dollar money, indncing others to pay theirs. He has attended every District Confer¬ ence man is a child oi the chinch, join¬ ing it whtn i|ii'te yt ung. He ha^ 1 etn a preacher tor fourte n yeuis and a member of the Southwe!-t . Ir. K. Rev. C. H. King, D. D„ P. E„ was born in Georgia, a little over HO years ato; was converted, and joined the A M. E. Church in 1N74; licensed to exhort in 1ST-"). Local preacher in 1877. He re¬ ceived the first part of his education in the public schools of his native State, after which he took a course of theology under Dr. Ashley, a very eminent North¬ ern teacher, and under Rev. R. A. Ha'l, in Atlanta, Ga. He has served success¬ fully, his church, as Sunday school teacher, steward, class leader and trustee. At the request of Bethel Church, At¬ lanta, Ga., (the late Bishop W. J. Gaines being its pastor), he was ordained a dea¬ con bv Rt Rev. Wm. F. Diekerson, Jan. 15, 1882. He joined the Tennessee Conference in 1884 under Bishop H. M. Turner. His first charge was at Knoxville, Tenn., where he served for two years, and built a church valued at $0000, which was the first A. M. E- church built in Knoxville. It is said he constructed most of the build¬ ing with his own hands. He was ordained Elder by Bishop H. M Turner in Pulaski, Tenn., Nov. 1, 1HST), and transferred to the North Carolina Conference, succeeding Kev. W. H. H. Butler, as presiding elder of the Wilmington District. He has 88 Who's Who Mr. Watson L. Law Watson L. Law was born in the year of 1ST4, September 4; was converted and became a member of Bethel A. M. E. Church in the year of 1893, and has filled every office therein successfully as a lay¬ man. A butcher by trade and meat deal¬ er. Served as Corporal in the 3d N. C. V. Regiment, under Col. James H. Young, during the Spanish-American War. He was appointed by the Gov. of N. C. as del¬ egate to the Negro Educational Congress of Denver, Colo., 1912. Elected as Lay Delegate to the General Conference, May 191-J. Mr. H. P. Lawhorn II. P. Lawhorn, lay delegate to the General Conference from Puget Sound Conference and promoter of the proposed change in the financial system of the church, was born in Park County, Indi¬ ana, where his babyhood was spent. In his early childhood his parents moved to a farm near Casilton. Indiana, and from this place in 1873 they moved into Green County, near Lyons, Indiana. In this home he grew from boydiood to manhood and here he attended the coun¬ ty schools. Haying very creditably fin- itdied his work in the county schools, he was recommended by the county superin¬ tendent of schools for appointment to Purdue College. Owing, however, to the prejudice of the times he was not allowed to attend Purdue, but was admitted to the Lincoln School in La Fayette, Ind., « under the principalship of Mr. I>aac Bur- dett. After leaving sc-liool he returned to the farm life of his youth, and on the 15th of September, 1889, he married Miss Anva- lara Bronner, of Decatur, Illinois. In April 1891 he decided to try his for¬ tune in the ever-growing West. Conse¬ quently the fourteenth day of April. 1891, found him in Tacoma, "rose of the West." No honest work has ever been too mean for this "soldier of fortune.'' He has worked successfully in the local brick¬ yards, as a street cleaner, as head clerk H. P. LAWHORN, in a local supply house and lias run a a fruit, vegetable and grocery' business for himself. For a long term of years he was a member of the local police force, and today is counted one of the prosperous real estate men in a prosperous city. Before coming West he was a deputy county coroner of Greene county, Indiana, for two years. Mr. Lawhorn has been a member of Allen A. M. E. Church in Tacoma for the past eighteen years, and during that time has tilled all the offices open to the laity. At the present time he is District Superin¬ tendent of, the S. S., and Conference sec¬ retary for the Allen C. E. Leajrue. He has been elected lay delegate to every In General Conference 89 Genera] Conference since 1SD2, and lay- member to nearly every annual conference since the organization of the Puget Sound Conference. ten several articles, "tracts" and "pamphlets" on timely subjects, such as "Weak Links in African Method¬ ism," "To Whom Shall I Go," "Why I am a Member of the A. M. E. Church," "The Dawn of the Twen¬ tieth Century," etc. He is one of the Directors of Payne Theological Seminary, at Wilberforce, Ohio. His honorary degree of "Doctor of Di¬ vinity" was conferred by Paul Quinn College and Payne Theological Semi¬ nary at Wilberforce. He holds that his marriage to Miss Pearl H. Slade in 1891 has contributed much to the splendid career and popularity which he now enjoys. REV. J. I. LOWE, D.D., Delegate from Arkansas. J. A. Lindsay is a South Carolin¬ ian by birth, but has spent the greater part of his life in Georgia. His education was begun in the com¬ mon schools of his native State and rounded out in Clark University and Gammon Theological Seminary, where he graduated in 1888. He began his ministerial career on the Flatshoals Mission. Since that time he has pastored successfully Hamp¬ ton, Lovejoy, Jonesboro, Monticello, Griffin, St. Philip, Savannah, Bethel, Augusta and Avery Chapel, Mem¬ phis. He was presiding elder eight years in Georgia and led his Confer¬ ences. In 1903 he was elected dean of theology of Morris Brown College, Atlanta, but preferred the pastorate to this proffered honor. He taught school ten years in his native State and Georgia. Member of Missionary Board, New York City, eight years. Banner pastor in the South, having raised on one Sabbath at St. Philip near $3,000. Is studious and of phil¬ osophic turn of mind. He has writ- REV. J. A LINDSAY, D. I)., 90 Who's Who Rev. R. H. W. LEAK Delegate from North Carolina In General Conference 91 j aaazEss Rev. E. W.Lee, D.D. Former President of Morris Brown College, who died while attending the Bishop's Council at Wilberforce, Ohio, in June, 191 j. Mr. Daniel J. Lee Daniel Jerome Lee, son of Benja¬ min P. and Adaline Lee, was born in Millville, N. J., April 20, 1873. He spent his early boyhood in Mill¬ ville, after which his parents moved to Flemington, N. J., where they still reside. Mr. Lee married Miss Anna George, of Bordentown, N. J., Au¬ gust 28, fifteen years ago, and their married life was a happy and ideal one. About eleven years ago they mov¬ ed to Newark, N. J., where Mr. Lee entered the employ of W. F. Day & Bro., caterers, 899 Broad street. He was a highly favored and trusted employee, well liked by his employ- ■ ■■■■■ ^ ers and all with whom he came in contact. Mr. Lee's activities in St. James' A. M. E. Church, of which he was a faithful member as treasurer and DANIEL J. LEE. steward, were characteristic of his unselfish disposition. As an evi¬ dence of the high appreciation in which he was held by the Church he was elected to the highest hon¬ or, a lay delegate to the General Conference by the A. M. E. Church to be held in Kansas City, May, 1912. He was also a lay trustee of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, O. Deceased is survived by a loving wife, father, mother, four brothers, two sisters and a host of friends, who miss him in his home and in the community in which he was an hon¬ ored citizen. n'1"* < :,i r 92 Who's Who MR. SMITH MA HONE. He was born at Opelika, Ala., in Lee county, 1885, and was reared there until 1891, when he moved to Troy, Ala., which has been his home until now, In 1904 he joined St. Paul's A. M. E. Church, under the pastorage of Rev. C. G. Hatcher. In 1905 he was elected superintendent of the Sunday School and has served in this capacity until January 14, 1912, at which time he resigned. He has beer steward from 19 04 until present he having, through his earnest and fair dealing won the confidence of the members of his church, and has been elected dele¬ gate to the Troy District Conference, for six years in success. He. is ac¬ quainted with the A. M. E. Church doctrine and its discipline. In May, 1911, he was elected by the Electoral College as lay delegate to the next General Conference in Kansas City, Mo. As a fraternal man he is wide¬ ly known. He is Deputy Grand Master of the Independent Order of Immaculate of Alabama, and is sec¬ retary of the local Mason Lodge and Keeper of Records and Seal of K< of P. Lodge, and financial secretary of I. O. I. Lodge. He is one of the most influential young men of his city and is a barber by trade, and is proprietor of one of the nicest shops and office combined in the city. You will find him at 204 Wal¬ nut street. S. J. McKniaht Mr. S. .T. McKniaht, of Rimini, S. an official member of Antiocli A. INI. E. ('Lurch, of tlie Wateree district, served as superintendent for eight years. In now serving as assistant post master in his native town, said position having been held for the past '25 years. He is also a trustee of Allen University. Was elected on first ballot, with .">8 out of 70 votes, at the electoral college as lay delegate to the General Conference. He stands with the delegation for Dr. W. D. Chappele for Episcopal honors. In General Conference 93 REV. J Delegate . g. martin, t>. d. Baltimore Conference gate to Annual Conferences from 1904 to the present and lay delegate to the General Conference of the A. M. E. Church in 1904, 1908 and 1912. Has been a member of the Bar of State Court, U. S. District and Circuit Courts and U. S. Supreme Court. Successful practitioner in South Carolina up to 1904 and in R.hode Island to the present. Only Negro member of Rhode Island Bar Association. Has large practice, 89 per cent, of his earnings from white people. Well liked by both races in New England. Refused place on Republican General Assembly be¬ cause of candidacy for Secretary of Education of the A. M. E. Church. Greatly interested in Christian Edu¬ cation and his addresses on "Educa¬ tion" before New York Annual Con¬ ference at Brooklyn, N. Y., and New England Annual Conference at New Haven, Conn., in 1910, will long be remembered by all who heard him, judging from comments of Bishop Gaines and General Officers present ?nd prominent ministers of said Conferences, as well as visiting cler¬ gies of other denominations who heard him. He is a man of busy lire, but divides his time, talent and -"i^ans with the Church and says: "All that I have been, all that I am and all that I hope to be, if any¬ thing, T owe to the Christian Church." Mr. Mitchell is a candi- 1ate for Secretary of Education. LAWYER J. L. MITCHELL, Julius L. Mitchell grew up in the Sunday School of Emmanuel A. M. E. Church, Charleston, S. C., his na¬ tive State. He has been a lay dele¬ Rev. D. Sherman Moten D. D. Rev. D. S. Moteii, von of I. M. and f Moten, was Lorn November 5, i sr;r>. After comnleting liis preliminary t duration He taught school, then attend- <"1 Howard Institute and Paul Ouinn C'ol- 'et'e. In IS BO he went to Wilherforce i "'liversity and attended Pa rue Theolog- ;<•»(! ordained deacon bv Bishop Payne hi 1 ip, and elder by Bishop Arnet-t in lS'Jo. While in With erforee he acted as an assistant instructor, as he had previously done at Paul Quinn. On graduating he returned to Texas and was assigned to Bastrop. lie has pastored successfully, Bethel, San Antonio. 2 vears; St. James, Terrell. •"> years: Allen Chapel, Fort Worth Texas, .r>' years, and Oorsieana, Texas. From Corsicana he was called to be 94 Who's Who Rev. D. S. MO FEN, D. D. men in the church, as well as in Texas. He married Miss Daisy Williams, a grad¬ uate of Wilberforce and a much beloved Christian woman. Rev C. H. Murray The subject of this story was born 45 years ago on the Eastern shore of Maryland, a few miles from the birthplace of the sainted lit. Kev. A. W. Wayman and the Hon. Frederick Douglass. He is the son of Mary (_'. and Joseph Murray, whose ancestors, without a miss¬ ing link, have been identified with, and contributors to the development of the grand old A. M. K. Church for the last (it) years. Before entering the ministry he was a member oi the Alother Bethel, Baltimore. Six years old he joined the Sunday School, and converted when ten years of age. He entered Public School seven years old, and 'was educated in the public schools of Baltimore and New Jersey, studied in Douglass Institute two years, studied also under Prof. S. Hidings, of 1*1 ew Jersey. Drs. F. J. Peck, -J. H. A. Johnson, J. W. Beckett, J. F. Lane, of Baltimore. Rev. CHARLES H. MURRAY Port Deposit, one year; Presiding Elder five years; Catonsville Station, one year; served as trustee of Kittrel College and Wilberforce, eight years. Elected as one of the delegates to the General Confer¬ ence in ^Norfolk, Ya., l'J< IS. Electtd chairman of the Baltimore Conference del¬ egation to the General Conference, Kan¬ sas City, Mo. Rev. J. F. Morris Rev. J. Fletcher Morris, the dele¬ gate to the General Conference of the A. M. E. Church that meets at Kansas City, May, 1912, was born in Barber county, Alabama. Entered the ministry in 1893, at Hartshorne, then Indian Territory, now Okla¬ homa. Joined the Indian Mission Conference in 1894 and was ordain¬ ed Deacon by Bishop Turner same time. Ordained Elder in 1S96 by the late Bishop W. J. Gaines, and come (lean of theology in Paul Quinn College. He is a great organizer, a public spirited minister, and hard stu¬ dent. He has written considerably and is regarded as one of the brightest young I Dr. G. J. (j). Webster, (white), of M. E. Church and Prof. Moor, was admitted in¬ to the Baltimore Confeienee, 185J3, un¬ der Rt. Kev. W. J. Gainer, and success¬ fully served the following: Xeedysville, one year; Carroll, three years; Frederick City, five years; Randallstown, two years; In General Conference 95 has served the following charges as pastor: Ardmore, Muskogee, Atoka, Hartshorne, Alderson, Carbon and McAlester, and Presiding Elder of the Atoka District for 5 years; State Evangelist two years. Included in his work the editing of a paper for Conference, having been twice elect¬ ed Delegate and twice Alternate. He built the first brick church in the State of Oklahoma for our people. He also served as private secre¬ tary for Bishop Gaines for four years, was a member of the Publi- Rev. J. FLETCHER MORRIS two years while he was Presiding Elder. He was one of the pioneers that started into Oklahoma with one small Conference, just a start, and now there are three. Rev. Morris, though comparatively a young man, being but forty-two years old, will this year attend his third General cation Board of the Southern Chris- tion Recorder during the adminis¬ tration of Dr. R. M. Cheeks. Rev. Morris was also the Dele¬ gate for the Choctaw and Chicksaw Freedmen to Washington, D. C., and the president of their association for four years. Rev. E. T. MARTYNT Sierra Leone Conference, "West Africa In General Conference 97 Rev. R. W. Mance Robert Weston Mance was horn in (okesbury, then Abbeville county, South Carolina, September 27, l87G. His father was a prominent member of the Colum¬ bia South Carolina A. M. E. Conference, and a Charter Trustee of Allen Univer¬ sity. His mother was a member of the dis¬ tinguished Nash family. Robert Westcn Mance attended the public schools of New- iv, matriculated in Claflin University, in 1880, and graduated from the college department with the'degree of Bachelor ol Arts, May 1899. In June 1899, he was elected principal of the Hoge High School, at Newberry, S. C., when he resigned in 1907 to as¬ sume the large responsibilities of the pas¬ torate, at Georgetown, S. C. He joined the Columbia Conference, at Greenville, S. C\, December 1901, and was ordained deacon by Bishop W. J. Gaines, in 1903. In 1905 he was ordained eld^r by Bishop L. J. Coppin. He has held the following appointments: 98 Who's Who New Miller Mission, Tranquil Mission. Enoree Mission and St. Paul Circuit of tlie Columbia Conference. He was trans¬ ferred to the South Carolina Conference, April 1!)07, and assigned to the pastorate of Bethel church. Georgetown. He served this charge two years and nine months; re¬ modeled the church at a cost of $14,00 ); paid $7000 indebtedness and set the pace for the church rallies in .^outh Carolina. He was appointed presiding elder by Bishop B. J<\ Lee, December, 1900, which position he now fills creditably, having raised large sums of money for christian education and Missionary endeavor as well as enhancing the routine work of the district. He is the chairman of the South Caro¬ lina delegation to the ensuing General Conference and held in high esteem by the ministry and laity of the State. REV. A L. MURRAY, D D. Delegate from New Jersey Rev. J. J. Morrant Delegate from Mississippi Rev. N J. McCRACKEN, D.D. Delegate from Illinois Conference In General Conference Was l)oui in Hillsboro, Highland coun¬ ty,. Ohio. Was reared in the same State, attended public school in the State of Ohio in hit- early boyhood days. After the death of his father and mo¬ ther, as an orphan he entered College at Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio, striving hard for an education. After several years he linished the Normal course in 181)5. Not yet satisfied he re¬ entered the college, took a post graduate course and graduated with honors in the college deprutnient in 1 S'JS. In the fall of 1S!),S hf came to Texas to teach school. .His work has been progressive. He ranks throughout the State as one of the lead¬ ing teachers, and holds a permanent State ci rl ideate. lie is at present Principal of "Finch School, No. 1, Clhatfield Texas," and has been for the past seven years. , Ever since he has been in the State, he lias been an earnest Christian worker. A faithful inenibtr of the A. M. E. Church, anil active in all of its departments, fi¬ nancial as well as spiritual. i'"or the past eight years he h;rs 1 seen annnaliy elected delegate to the District ( (inferences, Sunday School Conventions and annual ('onierences in the State of Texas and in all rendered excellent service for the church and people. He is a tius- tce of Paul Ouinn College, also of Wil¬ l-erf <'roe I'niveisity. Has now been eleet- e 1 as •- Rev. D. A. Perrin, A. B., of Tampa, Bev. D. A. Perrin, A. B., was born in South Carolina; graduated from Allen Uni¬ versity in 1880 and Claflin University in lSOfh Taught in the public schools and for a short while held the chair of history in the State College at Orangeburg. He was converted in his seventeenth year, and since then has lived a consist¬ ent Christian and an active member in the A. M. E. Church. He joined the min¬ istry at Marion, S. C. in 18!*-, during the administration of Bishop M. B. Salter was stationed at Orangeourg, S. C., where he rebuilt the church and increased the membership from thirty (30) to three hundred (300) in four (4) years. It was during his pastorate in Orangeburg that he attended Claflin. In 1897 he resigned the chair of history Rev. D. A. PERRIN, A B. in the State College and was transferred to Florida and stationed at Bethel, Talla¬ hassee, Fla., where he did great work in building up the Church and saving souls. While here he was married to Miss Ro- wena E. Andrews, the only child of Air. and Mrs. \V. J. Andrews, of Sumpter, S. C, and three children have blessed their union. In 1000 he was sent by Bishop Gaines to St. Paul, Tampa, Fla., wheie he pastored with great success until he was made presiding elder by Bishop Handy at Bartow, in 15)03, which position he has held in the South Florida Conference ever since. Rev. Perrin has been a suc¬ cess in all of his appointments and has managed large business concerns since his stay in Tampa. He is treasurer of the largest corporation of color in the city of Tampa and is respected by white and col¬ ored for his business acumen. The Church could not do better in electing him finan¬ cial secretary. He was a delegate to the General Con¬ ference in 1000 and lead his delegation in 1004 and in 1008. At Norfolk he ran for financial secretary and received the highest vote save that cast for Dr. Lee, deceased, and the present incumbent. Dr.' Hurst, who was elected, .tie is. therefore, the logical candidate. In General Conference 101 Rev-MungoMelanchthon Ponton He is a graduate of Lincoln and Bos¬ ton Universities. He studied theology at Andover and Newton Seminaries. Took lectures at Yale, Harvard and the Lowell Institute, together with the general lec¬ ture course of Boston. Lincoln University gave him A. B. and A. M.; Boston University S. T. B.; Mor¬ ris Brown College S. T. D., and Wilber- force D. D., at its last commencement. He 'pastored in the New Etagland, North Ohio, West Arkansas and North Georgia Conferences. Pastoring some of the lead¬ ing charges as well as filling some of the smaller missions and circuits. Was dean of Morris Brown College for seven years, during which time he estab¬ lished out of the theological department of Morris Brown College what is now known as Turner Theological Seminary. Was head of the John C. Martin Edu¬ cational Fund in the South for four years. The Johln C. Martin Professorship in Morris Brown College one year. Presi- ent of Campbell College five years, and member -of the A. M. E. Church for for¬ ty-two years, an active member, and in the active service of the church and its ministry twenty-nine years, or since 1882, beginning in Pennsylvania and ending in [ Mississippi. And now, by the aid, the will and consent of his brethren among I whom he works, he seeks as a son of the church to serve the race and church, his God and mankind in the highest of¬ fice in the gift of man. Rev. Wm. T. Pope, D.D. Rev. W. T. Pope, the subject of this sketch, was born in Washington, Georgia, thirty-eight years ago, and was brought to Orkansas an infant in arms. He is the product of the public schools of this State. Always a hard stndent, he has risen above his environment, and is one of the most forceful characters of the younger element of African Methodism in this State. He was admitted to the West Arkansas Conference by Bishop W B. Derrick in 1897, by whom he was also ordained a deacon and an elder. He has made quite a record as a church builder and financier, having erected churches at Gregory, Fordyce and Forrest City^ Arkansas, and one at McComb City, Miss. , , As editor of "The African Methodist, published in the interest of our church and school work in the State of Arkansas, he is exerting a powerful influence for good. He is a trustee of Shorter College, su¬ perintendent of Allen's Christian En¬ deavor Leagues of the East Arkansas Conference; has served both the West, his home conference, and the East, as 102 Who's Who secretary, giving up the position when ap¬ pointed presiding elder; a member of the forthcoming General Conference and lead¬ er of his delegation. He is a strong man in the pulpit and a great organizer. He is most optimistic as regards the future of African Methodism and the race. He believes the church should provide substantial support for its pastors and ' conference dependants. Rev. Wm. Henry Prince, B.D. The subject of this sketch was born in Mobi'e, Ala., December S, 1807. His mother was filled with the fit e and spirit of Methodism, which she instilled into her two children. Very early in youth Rev. Prince had to leave the public school to seek em¬ ployment to assist his widowed mother to earn a livelihood. At the age of twen¬ ty-one he was converted and united with Big Zion, A. M. E. Zion Church, and the following year entered Livingstone College. After two years, for the lack of means he could not remain to com¬ plete his course, and returning to his na¬ tive State in lN!),r> he entered the min¬ istry and had three successful years' pas¬ toral work, but preferring the A. M. E. Church he joined the Southwest Georgia Conference in ISDN and was ordained elder 1900, and he has served from the Cuthbert Mission to the Turner Monu¬ mental in Georgia, building churches and paying mortgage debts. Success crowns his ministry. In 1905 Rev. Prince, though tun'^y- eight years of age, entered the Turner Theological Seminary and completed the course with class honors in 1908. The first prize in the middle year ora- torial contest was awarded him, and he wa.s given the first prize for originality and oratory in the contest between the Morris Brown College department and Turner Theological Seminary in his senior year. Upon the completion of his semi¬ nary course Bishop Grant called him West to St. Paul Church, Pueblo, Col¬ orado. In five months many were added to the church and the church well or¬ ganized. which is now one of the best organized churches west of Kansas. He- was next sent to La Junta, Colorado, where he built up a good membership and erect- ot' a parsonage. From La Junta Bisho]» Grant appointed him presiding elder of the Pueblo district, and in two years his constructive work in Arizona made it pos¬ sible for the organization of the Arizona Conference, over which he now presides. Rev. Prince ave his the title of Dollar- Money King of the Connection, as hi.s dis¬ trict reports more money per capita tha» anv other district in the church. He was ejected leader of his delegation to the General Conference at Kansas City and received every vote of his conference except one. Kev. S. P. PRYOR Delegate, Doihnn, Ala. In General Conference 103 Rev. F. JESSE PECK 104 Who's Who Rev. ROBERT L. POPE In General Conference 105 Rev. G W. PORTER tic training, but pursued studies and took up the barber's profession, at which he distinguished himself and gained a coinpe- I tence. Has been a member of three Gen- ' eral Conferences and the chief recording 1 secretary of each. Has served continu¬ ously in the various lay capacities in the church for twenty-five years. In 1908 he was elected endowment sec¬ retary of the Odd Fellows in the State of North Carolina. The department was over $12,000 behind with its payments and paying only $100. All this indebted¬ ness has been paid, the face of the policy raised to $200 for the last two years, and now a cash balance of over $12,000 is held. He is a man who believes in a square deal for all, from bishop down, and stands against graft of every kind. He believes that one managing board in the A. M. E. Church is sufficient to han¬ dle all of the departments, and while it would save thousands of dollars in money, would at the same time be more efficient. A hard worker and strict business man. Has no patience with cliques and rings in the church. A philanthropist, a humani¬ tarian. The most beloved man of our town, regardless of color. P. A. Richardson The subject of this sketch is a native ®f Halifax county, N. C. Was converted and joined the A. M. E. Church in his youth. Was left motherless at twelve years of a^e. Deprived of an early scholas- C. V. ROMAN, M. D. 106 Who's Who Dr. C. V. Roman The subject of this sketch belongs to that class known as self-made men. He was born in Pennsylvania, reared and educated in Canada, where he had the ad¬ vantages of some of the be.-t schools, con¬ tact with good people and travel. In his early manhood he went South to teach, where he has remained ever since. Dr. Roman has been a member of the A. M. E. Church for more than a quarter of a century, and a reader of the review from its first number. He has always shown an intense interest in Sunday school work, having for many years taught a Bible class. Not only has the doctor won re¬ pute in his profession, being associated with Meharry Medical College and editor of the Journal of the National Medical Association, but he has also won consid¬ erate repute as a speaker and writer. At the last Ecumenical Conference he made a strong and scholarly address and one which made a deep impression. Rev. I. W. L. Roundtree Fifty years ago Rev. I. W. L. Round- tree was born in Loundes county, Ga., oil a country farm about twenty-five mfes from the railway. His parents were Rev. William and Anna Roundtree. As soon as schools were opened in that vicinity for the children of the freedmen he was sent to the nearest one, which he attended for a short while. Before he was out of his teens he went to Florida, where he worked on a farm, cut stocks and cross ties, and felled trees for a liveli¬ hood. Desiiing to acquire an educat on he attended Cookman Institute, in Jack¬ sonville, F a. After teaching school for several terms he found his way to Lin coin University, where he remained as a student for four years, graduating in 18X6 with the degree of A. B. Shortly after he graduated from L'nco'n he became pastor of the A. M. E. Church of Farmville, Ya., where he remained for two years, during wlii"h time he also taught in the public sch( o1. In 1S8S he entered Diew Seminary, from which p^ce he graduated with the degree of B. D. Having been appointed pastor of Mt. Pisgah A. M. E. Chuieh, Princeton. N. J., bv Bishop H. M. Turner in 1892, he decided to further pursue his studies at Princeton University. Here toi three years, he diligently devoted his time to the study of philosophy and science. German and Chaldee languages, afterward receiving from the university the degree of M. M. (Merited Master). Since then he has taken up an extended course in Princeton Theological Seminary in Old and New Testament, Theology, Hebrew, New Testament, Greek and Theism and Historical Theology. He is widely read in his profession. He was one of the representatives of the A. M. E. Church at the World's Tem¬ perance Congress which was held in Chi¬ cago in 1893. He was also a member of the Federation of Churches Convention held in New York city and of the one held four years later in Philade'phia. Was presiding elder for twelve years in New Jersey, during which time he assisted in securing larce appropriations for the Bor- REV I.W. L ROUND TREE, D. D. dentown Industrial Schrol, whrse build¬ ings, land, etc., are woith $1.">0.000. Btvent y he caused to be introduced and engineered through the New Jersey Sen¬ ate and the House the Emancipation Proc¬ lamation bid (wlr'ch canies with it an appropriation of $20,000), for the celebra- t on of the fiftieth anniversary of the free¬ dom of the negri es of the State of New Jersey, which celebration takes place in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1913. He has taken an active part along the lines of public questions affecting the wel¬ fare of the negro; has attended every Gen¬ eral Confeieme since 1892; is a hard student, devoting his time to secular and religious studies; a successful pastor and an earnest preacher. He was married in 1888 to Miss Fannie Co'.son, a public school teacher of Petersburg. Ya. He says he owes his success to his wife. In General Conference 107 RhlV. J. W. RANKIN, D. D. 108 Who's Who REV. D. P. ROBERTS, D D In General Conference 109 Rev. J. W. REYNOLDS GoU Coast Conference, West Africa 110 Who's Who J. P. RICHARDS, President A. M. E Seminary, Freetown, Afiic?. In General Conference 111 REV. B. J. RAMSEY W. H. RIVERS Lay Delegate, Fairfax, S. C. . PRESIDENT WILLIAM SANDERS SCARBOROUGH, M.A., LL.D., PH.D. Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio. William Sanders Scarborough, President of Wilberforce Universi¬ ty, Wilberforce, Ohio, U. S. A., was born in Macon, Georgia, February 16, 185 2. He received his early edu¬ cation in his native city before and during the Civil War. In 1869, he entered Atlanta University. Two years later he entered Oberlin Col¬ lege, Oberlin, Ohio, being graduated from the Department of Philosophy and the Arts with the degree of A. B. in 18 75. Later he received from his Alma Mater the degree of M.A. He has since been honored by other colleges with the degrees of Ph.D. and LL.D. In 1877 he was elected head of 112 Who's Who the Classical Department in Wilber- force University. In 1881 he pub¬ lished through A. S. Barnes & Co., a Greek text-book—"First Lesson in W. S. SCARBOROUGH Greek"—the first and only Greek book ever written by a Negro. He has also written a treatise entitled, "The Birds of Aristophanes—a The¬ ory of Interpretation"—aside from numerous tracts and pamphlets, cov¬ ering a variety of subjects, classical, archaeological, sociological and ra¬ cial. In 1891 he was transferred to the chair of Hellenistic Greek in Payne Theological Seminary of Wil- berforce University upon the open¬ ing of this school. In 1897 he was again re-elected as Professor of Latin and Greek in the University and was made vice-president of the same. In 1908. he was elected president of Wilberforce University, a position which he now holds, and where he is doing a wonderful work in up¬ building the University financially, raising its standards and bringing it before the public. President Scarborough has long been a contributor to the press of his country, including the leading magazines. He has been for many years the exegetical editor of the A. M. E. Church Sunday School pub¬ lications. He is a member of a num¬ ber of learned societies, American Philological, American Dialect, American Social Scence, Archaeolog¬ ical Institute of America, American Spelling Reform, American Folk- Lore, American Modern Language, American Political and Social Sci¬ ence, the Egyptian Exploration Fund Association, National Geographical Society, American Negro Academy, of which he is first vice-president. He has several times been one of the invited orators at the Lincoln League Banquet of the State of Ohio. At a conference of the Negro lead¬ ers in Columbus, Ohio, he was elect¬ ed president of the Afro-American State League designed to further the interests of the Negro throughout the country. He was appointed by the Governor of Ohio a delegate to the National Conference in St. Louis in the interest of Negro Education. He is the only Negro representative on the Board of the Lincoln Memo¬ rial Association of Ohio, which is presided over by the Governor. He has now in press a volume of his works on the race question. He was a delegate to the Ecumenical Methodist Conference held in Lon¬ don in 1901, representing the Afri¬ can Methodist Episcopal Church, and was in attendance upon the Universal Race Congress in London, 1911, representing Wilberforce Uni¬ versity, of which he is president. Rev. R. H. Singleton, D. D. The subject of this sketch was horn on the Island of Hilton Head, S. C., Septem¬ ber 11, 1805. Here lie was educated. Graduated from Turner's Theological Sem¬ inary, Atlanta. Ga.. in the class of 1901. Received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Morris Brown Colleger Atlanta. Ga., in 1004. Was converted November 2S. 1SS8, and united with the church. Was licensed to preach October 10, 1S00; admitted to the Georgia Annual Conference, A. M. E. Church, December 20, 1802, and has served in this conference ever since. Was ordained elder December 21, 1S96. He has served for fifteen years as chief In General Conference 113 secretary of his conference and has been elected a delegate in three successive Gen¬ eral Conferences. 1!)<)4, 1!!0N and 1!)12. At the General Conference at Norfolk in R. H. SINGLETON, D.P., 100S he was a candidate for bishop to West Africa. He pastored for a number of years at Brunswick and Wavcross, Ga., leaving a splendid record. Rebuilt St. Philip's Monumental Church after the wreck of the storm of 189G, spending five years there. Served as presiding elder of the Yaldosta district for four years, and of the West Savannah district for one year. Is now serving his third year as pastor of St. Philip's Church, Savannah. Pa., where he has built a model paison- age and is building a modern church. He is the founder of the Central Park Normal and Industrial Institute. In all of this he has been nobly assisted by his devoted wife, who for twenty-three years has walked by his side. Rev. T. A. Smythe, D. D. Rev. T. A. Smythe, D. D., was licensed to preach in Charles Street Church, Bos¬ ton Maffs., November, 18!>2. Attended Boston University, and from there studied uu McGill University, Montreal, Canada, where he graduated 1R9(>. Joined the Montreal Conference of the Methodist Church in Canada, and transferred to the Philadelphia Annual Conference of the A. M. E. Church and was ordained May, 1901. Filled the following appointments: Bristol, Pa., where he burned the mort¬ gage; Ilarrishurg. Pa., where he reduced the debt from sixteen to ten thousand Rev. T. A. SMYTHE D.D. dollars; Campbell Chapel, Frankford, where he reduced the debt considerably and installed an organ; Bethel. Detroit, where he paid four thousand dollars on the debt, installed a pipe organ and re¬ modeled the church at a cost of over two thousand dollars, all of which was paid for; burned the mortgage on Bethel Church, Indianapolis, where he is now stationed. Rev. H. K. Solomon. Rev. Henry King Solomon, D.D., the son of Anderson and Tempy Sol¬ omon, was born in Macon County, Ala¬ bama, near Sharters Depot, on the Wm. Howard's plantation, 23 miles above the city of Montgomery, Ala., September 15th. His father was drowned when he, Henry King, was only six months old. At the age of eight years his mother put him with some white people for nis noard and 114 Who's Who for them to educate him. He stayed with them for some time, and his cousin, Hon. B. K. Bruce, came for him to put him to some school, hut his mother would not allow Hon. Bruce to take him away. So he went to his uncle Green. Solomon and he and Mound Bayou, Miss., with only six members. Here he built a church. About this time Hon. I. T. Montgom¬ ery and Benj. Green came into the now famous Negro town. He went next to Shelby and built four churches and a parsonage. Then to Netta Guma and built a church and parsonage. Then to Vicksburg circuit, where he did such good work that Bishop Derrick appointed him Presiding Elder, and he has presided ever since always having the first place in his conference. In 1899 Campbell Col¬ lege conferred upon him the degree of D.D. He is a born leader, but a modest Christian gentleman. H. K. SOLOMON, D.D. worked on the farm for five years and then he left his uncle and went to Montgomery and worked for the fire company, and went to night school for two years, making mucn progress in his books. He held several other positions. One of these gave him the opportunity to travel over a large part of the country with a rich son of his employer. He finally settled in Lake Providence, La. But it was in 1884 when he was converted and joined the A. M. B. Church under Rev. Geo. An¬ drews, at Catfish Point, Bolivar Co., Mississippi. At the time he was call¬ ed to preach he was justice of the peace. Rev. E. R. Carter licensed him in 1887 and he was sent to Cleveland Rev. J. E. Starks Rev. J. E. Starks is the leader of the delegation from the Florida Conference to the General Conference, Kansas City, Mo., May, 1912. He has pastored all the lead¬ ing churches in the West Florida Confer¬ ence, viz.: Marianna, Appalachicola and Allen Chapel, Pensacola, Fla. From the last place he was transferred to the Flor¬ ida Conference by Bishop Salter and sta¬ tioned at Bethel A. M. E. Church, Talla¬ hassee, Fla. The great success that at¬ tended his labors in the above named sta¬ tions is still in evidence at his present charge. He was a member of the General Conference in 190S at Norfolk, Va. In General Conference 115 Rev. T. N. M. SMITH 116 Who's Who Rev. N. B. STERRETT, D. D. In General Conference 117 REV. H, M. STEADY, D.D. West Africa 118 Who's Who Mr. I. E. STEADY Lay Delegate from West Africa In General Conference 119 Rev. Frank W. Sowell, D.D. The deadly missiles of the Civil War had not ceased whistling when this dis¬ tinguished churchman was born. He at¬ tended the night and day schools of his native city, also Shaw University, Raleigh, N. C. He was converted October 22, 1879, and became a member of Union Bethel A. M. E. Church, Durham, N. C. He joined the North Carolina A. M. E. Conference in 1886 and was ordained dea¬ con by Rt. Rev. J. P. Campbell, D. D., in 18S8, and elder by Rt. Rev. W. J. Gaines, D. D., in 1889. He is a success¬ ful pastor, having organized and built sev¬ eral churches and parsonages. He also possesses poetical powers, having written a good many poems. 120 Who's Who Rev. James A. Smith Rev. James A. Smith, the son of Law¬ rence and Jemima Smith, was born near Smithfield, N. C., August 14, 18G9. He was converted and joined St. John A. M. E. Cliuch, Selma, N. C., at the age of twelve years. At fifteen he was elected delegate to represent St. John A. M. E. Sunday School in the Sunday school con¬ vention of the Raleigh district. In 1890 ke was elected district Sunday school su¬ perintendent, which position he held for seven years. He was licensed to preach Rev. James A. Smith was a lay delegate to the General Conference which met at Wilmington, N. C., in 1896. and was a member of the Church Extension Commit¬ tee. By the request of his church he wag elected and ordained local deacon at !New- bern, N. C.. bv the late Bishop J. A. Handy, D. D., 'in 1896. In May, 1899, Rev. James Dean. L. L. M., D. D., the distinguished presiding elder of the New- bern district of the North Carolina Con¬ ference. had him appointed to the pastoral charge of Spring Hope Circuit. Rev. Smith threw his entire energy into his new -field Rev. JAMES under the administration of Rev. A. C. Boone in 189,'». This same year he began teaching in the public schools of Johnston county, where he taught for six years. He taught in other counties of North Carolina as follows: Warren county four years, and Pender county four years. His brilliant record as a safe and practical public school teacher is yet alive and is highly spoken ®f by the people of the communities in which he taught. A. SMITH of labor, and during his revival of that year there were forty-two conversions and many accessions to inspire the disheart¬ ened membership and ble^s the work of his hands. His first pastoral report was made to the conference which convened at Kinston, N. C., in November, 1S99, when he was admitted on trial, and from which conference he was appointed by Bishop J. A. Handy, D. D., to Warren- ton Station, which he pastored with credit In General Conference 121 for three years and four months. Rev. Smith during his second year's pastorate of Warrenton Station, December 12, 1900, married Miss M. Esther Harris, the daugh¬ ter of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Harris, of Warrenton, N. C. He was elected and ordained an elder at the conference of Wilmington, N. C., in 1903, by Bishop B. F. Lee, D. D. From Warrenton he went t o t he Littleton Cir- •uit, which he organized and built up. He has served the following other eharges with great credit to the church and conference: Nashville Circuit, four months; Rocky Point Circuit, four years; St. Luke Station. Fayetteville, N. C., one year; St. James, Kinston, N. C., one year. Rev. Smith is now serving his third year as presiding elder of the Weldon district ©f the North Carolina Conference, of which he was secretary for seven years. He is now one of the trustees of Kittrell College and a member of the Executive Board. He is a sound and plain Gospel preacher, a deep thinker, sympathetic, unassuming, a born leader of men. As an evidence of his sterling worth and stand- wig among his brethren of the North Caro¬ lina Conference he was elected delegate to the approaching General Conference by acclamation. successful years of pastorate at Ebenezer Church, Baltimore. During his stay at this important charge he raised over $2400 Dollar Money, renovated the par¬ sonage and church, and left practically an almost new congregation that had been added to the church during his stay. Dr. Stepteau has served his church and race in Louisiana, Virginia, Texas, Mississippi, Cuba and Maryland. His early training was received at the public schools at Wytheville, Va., from which he graduated at the age of sixteen. He then taught school two years, and in the fall of '86 entered Wilberforce University, from which school he graduated in 1892. He served three years as president of Ward Academy, Natchez, Miss. Dr. Stepteau owes much to the devotion and moral strength of a pious Christian mother and firmness of an ever-exacting father, both being devoted Christians and thorougk African Methodists. They instilled i* their "first born," as his father still de¬ lights t o call him, the principles for whick the grand old church stands. He has served from the humblest mi«- sion point in the Baltimore Conference to the largest within its confines, and i* readv to go and serve wherever the churcb needs him most. Rev. A. STROUD Delegate North Carolina conference Rev. C. H. Stepteau, B.S. Rev. C. Harold Stepteau, B. S.. D. D„ is tlie presiding elder ot the 1 otomac dis- +ri,.t of the Baltimore Conference, lie is , nitf his third year in this capacity, being appointed to the same after four 122 Who's Who REV. L. H. SMITH, D.D Delegate from Georgia 1900. Organized Colored Men's Business League, and its president. One of the or¬ ganizers of the Deer Lake Irrigated Or¬ chards Company, the largest orchard tract owned and controlled by negroes, which is located at Deer Lake. Wash. At pres¬ ent time one of the directors, vice presi¬ dent and general agent of the above com¬ pany. PROF. HAL. M. TAYLOR. F.'A. Stokes Delegate from Puget Round Conference. Born March 13, 1870, at Gibson City, 111. Moved to 8pokane, Wash., July, The subject of this sketch was born in Elgin, Arkansas, 18S3. His father died when he was one year of age, his mother when he was six, leaving him in the hands of a grand¬ mother, who brought him up on a farm without any educational advan¬ tages. He worked for her till he was sixteen. Then he left her and went to an uncle, who was an A. M. E. preacher (Rev. W. S. Gip- son). He taught him to go to Sun¬ day School and to learn the doctrine of his Church. He joined the Church when he was eighteen and has held every position eligible for a lay- In General Conference 123 man from sexton to a delegate to the General Conference. He never attended a high school. He entered Shorter College in 1901 in what was then the second year English and stayed in this school nine years, working his way through. He finished the Englisv College preparatory and was . Junior class when news c , him from his home that he w^„ elected to the head of one of the schools there. This was the town of Newport, Ar¬ kansas. He accepted it for one year aiming to go back and finish his ed¬ ucation, but was re-elected and also was elected to the State Normal Col¬ lege at Pine Bluff, Ark., which he accepted and where he is now labor¬ ing. He attributes a great deal of what he is to that iron-willed presi¬ dent, Dr. Thos. H. Jackson, D.D., IJL.D., PH.D., who was president of Shorter when he entered. On July 5, 1911, he led his delegations in the race for General Conference. RKV. M. W. THORNTON Delegate Philadelphia Conference. Rev. M. W. Thornton. Kev. Montrose William Thornton, D. D., Ph. li. the subject of this sketch, for the fourth time consecutively enjoys the dis¬ tinction of being a delegate to the General Conference of the A. M. E. Church. Elect¬ ed from the Mississippi Conference in 1900, the mother conference has accorded him this honor three times in succession, including the leadership in 190S. Dr. Thornton is one of the most suc¬ cessful pastors and preachers of the con¬ nection. His career has been one of con¬ tinued success. Having served many other charges, he broke the record of time and held Bethel, Wilmington, five years. In like manner he is now closing his fifth year at Mother Bethel, with the honor of being the only minister since Richard Al¬ len that has held this church in succes¬ sion for such a number of years. In 1895 this young man was elected president of Campbell College. Jackson, Mis-1. It had been struggling for fourteen years with Bishop Derrick. In less than two years he erected its first building on a plot of five acres of ground, gave it a full equipment and an enrollment of 200 students. Dr. Thornton has built several churches, paid off several mortgages, raised thou¬ sands of dollars for the connection, and added thousands to the church. He is identified with several successful business enterprises and is a strong rep¬ resentative of his church and race. In 1N92 he graduated from Drake Uni¬ versity. Des Moines, Iowa, and was the first negro to receive a diploma irom this institution. Campbell, Paul Quinn and the Philadel¬ phia Bible Colleges have in turn bestowed upon him the doctor's degree. He is an abV writer and has been editor of several publications. Dr. 1'hornton is a life trustee of Wilber- force, president of the board of directors of the Philadelphia Bible Institute. Mr. Burl W. Tyree Burl W. Tyree was- born in Madison county. State of Ohio, in 1N5S. My par¬ ents, Addisoin and Mary Tyree, were Vir¬ ginians. They traveled from Orange coun¬ ty, Virginia, in a road wagon with a fam¬ ily- of twelve, settled in Madison county on a farm in 1X5.1. I was reared on a farm until the age of nineteen, when I went into town to learn the barber trade. My advantage for schooling was meagre. My parents rather than have their chil¬ dren grow up without any schooling hired a teacher, gave a room in their own house, so that theirs and the few surrounding colored children could learn to read and write. I connected myself after my con¬ version with Payne Chapel A. M. E. 124 Who's Who Mr. BURL W. TYREE Church, of Hamilton, Ohio, in 1SS6. I have remained in this church and com¬ munity until the present time, serving as steward, trustee, Sunday school superin¬ tendent, etc., and have labored for the upbuilding of my church and people. I was elected by my church as delegate to the Electoral College held at Akron, Ohio, in February, 1911. Was elected by the Electoral College, indorsed by the an¬ nual conference as delegate to the General Conference held in Kansas City, Mo., May, 1912. Rev. D. J. Turpin The subject of this sketch was born in the city of Philadelphia, Pa., in the year 1807, his parents being Rev. J. H. Turpin and Mary ,J. Turpin. Joined the North¬ east, N. C., Annual Conference in 1S95. Ordained deacon by Bishop B. W. Arnett. Ordained elder by Bishop A. Grant in 1897, and at present a trustee of Allen University. Statistical secretary, North¬ east Annual Conference. Delegate to Gen¬ eral Conference, 1912. L. A. TOWNSLEY Rev. D. J. TURPIN In General Conference 125 W. T. VERNON Delegate representing Gold Coast Conference, So. Africa Rev. J. P. Q. Wallace Kev. Jesse Paul Quinn Wallace, pastor ■of Bethel A. M. E. Church, Detroit. Mich., was born in Washington county, Pa., in 1868. His grandparents and par¬ ents were among the first to join the A. M. E. Church in that section, their homes being the stopping place of the early pioneers. Dr. Wallace was edu¬ cated in the public schools of Pennsylvania and Ohio, also taught in each State. He completed the college preparatory course at Wilberfoice University, also the regu¬ lar course in Payne Theological Seminary. After spending two years in his home conference he was elected president of Edward Waters College, Jacksonville. Fla. He resigned and returned to' the Pitts¬ burgh Conference. Ftom there he was transferred to Toledo, Ohio; from there to Indiana, and from there to Michigan. In each of these < onferences he did a MTilendid work. Wilberforce conferred the X'nve of D. D. on him in 1!)0C. lie- was elected as a delegate from In¬ diana to the last General Conference. He is now a delegate from the Michigan Con¬ ference. He has just paid the mortgage on his present church, which was a heavy bur¬ den on this church for years. Dr. Wallace is a candidate for Commis¬ sioner of Education and desires the con¬ sideration of the de'egates solely on the grounds of fitness and merit. C. Raleygh Williams, M.D. Was born in Lake City, Columbia coun¬ ty, Florida, October 1, 1878. Attended graded school in the 80's under his father (Rev. S. A. Williams), and graduated from high school in 1897, entered Edward Wa¬ ters College in 1S08, and graduated in 1901 as "vale" of his class. In the fall of 1903 he entered Meharry Medical College, of Nashville, Tenn., and in the spring of 1907 graduated from that institution a full-fledged M. D., and since that time he has been in the active prac¬ tice of his chosen profession. He has .served every office in the church available for a layman, with credit to himself and Who's Who C. RALEYGH WILLIAMS, M. I). honor to our church. And he now has the distinction of being one of the first delegates elected to attend the General Conference in Kansas City, 1912, hting elected May 11, 1910. Rev. G. B. Williams, D.D. Was admitted to the East Florida Con¬ ference in 1892. Organized and built St. Stephen's A. M. E. Church, Jacksonville, Fla., and pastored the same five yeais. He pastored Grant's Chapel A. M. E. Church, Jacksonville, one year, andrais-ed $701.71 that year, with membership of forty-five. Was transferred to the West Florida Conference by Bishop Gaines, and stationed at Monticello, Fla., to take the place of a removed in the interval of con¬ ference. There he pastored four years* pay¬ ing the church out of an old-standing debt of over $22N, and increased the member¬ ship to 120. From Bethel A. ]\I. E. Church he went to the Alt. Olive Circuit, where he huilt a new chancel in one of the churches on the circuit and piocured in part tlie limber and blocks for a new parsonage and increased the membership on the circuit forty-eight. At the an¬ nual ((inference the b'shop called for a man to build a brick church in 1'ensa- (ola, Florida. Brother Williams was ap¬ pointed, and in four years he built the brick church, basement and or.ditoiium, 50x100 feel. at a cost of over $20,000; Rev. G B. WILLIAMS cancelled the mortgage, gained the law suit, increased the membership from 250 to 381, and iaised for all purposes $18.- !)00.S0, an average of $1725 per year; increased the Dollar Money from 8120 to $200. He was appointed pre-iding elder by Bishop B. T. Tanner, of the Pensacola district, and in one year he increased the Dollar Money from $52!* and $019; Edu¬ cational money from $1S0 to $2S5. Bishop Salters moved him to the Gulg district, to succeed the lamented Dr. E. W . John¬ son. Here he is serving his fourth year and has increased the Dollar Money from $141 to $710, increased the Ediuational monev from $170 to 8.100; Mite Mission¬ ary money from $11.50 to $104.81: Allen League money fiom $.">.75 to $78.51. He has served and is serving as trustee of Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, for fourteen yeais. and is the assistant sec¬ retary of the board. Abo was elected as a trustee of Wilberforce ColVge; twice elected as delegate to the General Confer¬ ence, and is a delegate to the ensuing General Conference at Kansas City, Mo. He was a member of the Committee on Credentials at Norfolk, also assistant sec¬ retary on the Boundary Committee. He is beside a successful pastor also a successful business man, owning property in Jackson¬ ville, Pensacola and St. Andrew's Bay In General Conference 127 Rev. F. T. M. WEBSTER 128 Who's Wh° Rev. J. W. WASHINGTON, Louisiana Conference In General Conference 129 R. RECHE WILLIAMS, M.D. Fernandina, Fla. My parents were slaves. My father ■was born in Nassau Co., where I now live, and lived here until a man Then his young mistress moved to Marion Co. where I was born in 1881. the youngest child of ten children. 1 attended school in the country and at Ocala until fifteen years old; took ex¬ amination, passed and began teaching 1898 entered Cookman Institute at Jacksonville, Fla., where I graduated in 1902. Began the study of medicine 1903 at Meharry Medical College at Nashville, Tenn., and graduated 1907 Was President of class of 73 gradu¬ ates. Came back to Florida; passed exam iaation, highest average of any taking examination in Spring, 1907, and be¬ gan practicing at Fermandina. Was •onverted 1899 and at one time was secretary of Mt. Zion Sunday School at Jacksonville, auxiliary trustee of church and member of choir. In 1908 ivas elected president of State of A. C. L., being then president of Ferroanc- dina League, am now steward off church and three times elected dis¬ trict steward, once district president of A. C. L. and once lay delegate t® Annual Conference. Have been twice elected Grand Metr¬ ical Director of State for G. U. O. of Ot, F. and am at present secretary off State Medical Association whiehi wilfi hold next session at Ocala, Fla. Am now a candidate to represent our church as lay delegate in 1912. My success these four years in prac¬ tice of medicine has been phenomenal- Mr. William Watt Brother William Watt, of Bonita, 1m~, is a member of St. John A. M. E. Churck- He became a member of the church 1882 under the administration of Eev. JL B. Webb, P. E. He was elected to th« position of secretary in 1901, which posi¬ tion he is still filling with great credit- In July, 1911, he was elected lav dele¬ gate to the General Conference of M»jr, 130 Dr. E. W. West Dr. E. W. West, wlio hails from some of the leading schools of Mississippi and Tennessee, is at pre-ent the G. M. D. ot the Knights of Pythias of the jurisdiction of Arkansas, and enjoys a lucrative prac¬ tice among the whites as well as the col¬ ored people of his town. He is vice president of Provident Hos¬ pital, of Arkansas. He is a prominent factor in all that tends toward race ele¬ vation. He hails as lay delegate from the East Arkansas Conference. .9. Joseph H. Watson Mr. Joseph H. Watson, of Albany, Ga., was elected lay delegate to the General Conference from the Southwest Georgia Annual Conference without opposition. Mr. Watson is a man of wide and varied experience in the aii'airs of his people. He did not stop at the common school educa¬ tion he received when a boy at the little schoolhouse on the hill, but went forth without a murmur to the great school of experience, at the same time burning the midnight oil, to the extent that today he is one of the best informed men of the race in the country. He is a man of in¬ domitable will and push. Last year lie was unanimously elected to the position of Supreme Ruler of the Supreme Circle of America. This position so worthily won places him at the head of one of the largest negro organizations in America. As a race leader he is in the front rank. Who's Who JOSEPH H. WATSON REV. CYRUS L. WILLIAMS, B.S., P.P. Rev. Cyrus L. Williams was born in Lexington county, S. C., August 21, 1876. He attended the free com¬ mon school at Lexington, C. H., S. C., under Rev. W. D. Chappelle and Prof. E. R. Carter. He attended Al¬ len University. He was a favorite at Allen for his judgment. He grad¬ uated from Normal Department in 1S95. He was elected principal for the Clinton High School, Clinton, S. C. He resigned after two years of successful work. He entered Allen University and finished the college department in 1898. He joined A. M. E. Church in 1890 and was con¬ verted in 1892. He joined the Co¬ lumbia, S. C., Conference at Union, S. C. He entered Gammon Theo¬ logical Seminary at Atlanta, Ga. He graduated from the Seminary in 1901. While in school lie was pas- In General Conference 131 toring Mt. Zion A. M. E. Church, near Decatur, Ga. Principal of Law- renceville City School, Lawrenceville, Ga., and pastor of said church two Rev. A G. WINN .9. — Rev. C. L WILLIAMS years; Jefferson Station, Jefferson, Ga., five years and principal of Win¬ der City School; St. John's Station, Athens, Ga., 3 years, and principal of Winder City School. In 1912, St. Luke's A. M. E. Church, Carters- ville, Ga. He was a member of the General Conference in 1908; General Conference in 1912; recording secre¬ tary of North Georgia Conference; trustee and member of the Execu¬ tive Board of Morris Brown Col¬ lege. As a preacher he is calm, earn¬ est and pointed. As a financier he ranks first. As a pastor he is said to be one of the best. He is a man of business, with a good financial standing in the business world. Rev. A. G.Winn. Subject of this sketch was born twenty- nine years ago. Joined traveling connec¬ tion A. M. E. Church during the ad¬ ministration of Bishop M. B. Salter, and was ordained a deacon bv him in 1003. Was ordained elder by Bishop Evans Tyree in l!)0t>. Has never been late at a roll call in these ten years, and has always met every requirement placed upon him by the church. Rev. J. L H. WATKINS Delegate Philadelphia Conference Who's Who Born at New Orleans, La., June 6, 1870. Converted April 8, 1891. En¬ tered the Louisiana Conference, Feb¬ ruary, 1893, at Piaquemine, Rt. Rev. J3. F. Lee, D.D., LL.D., presiding bishop. Ordained a deacon by Bishop B. F. Lee, at New Orleans, La., Union Bethel A. M. E. Church, February, 1896. Ordained an Elder by Bishop Josiah H. Armstrong, D.D., at the Thibodeau Louisiana Conference, February, 1897, and transferred by Bishop Armstrong to the Central Texas A. M. E. Confer¬ ence, stationed at Kyle, Texas. His stay in Texas has been one of marked success. He built parsonages at San Angelo, Rockdale. Built the beautiful, modern church edifice at Denison, and paid off several embar¬ rassing debts upon our church prop- j erty. Received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Paul Quinn College, June, 1907. Was appointed Presid¬ ing Elder by Bishop Evans Tyree, D.D., M.D.; raised each year the re¬ quired amount of $500 for Paul Quinn College upon one of the smallest dis¬ tricts in Texas, and under a moment of emergency, was appointed pastor of the Popular St. James A. M. E. REV. M. A. WRIGHT, D.D. In General Conference 133 Church at Dallas by special solicita¬ tion of the officers and members. Dr. Wright built the first A. M. E. Church at Slaughter, Louisiana. It is now evident that his success in Dallas will be simply great. Rev. M. A. Wright, D.D., is a dele¬ gate to the Kansas City General Con¬ ference. Dr. Wright was united in holy matrimony to Miss V. C. Crawford, at Plaquemine, La., 1896, and was bles¬ sed with eight children, four living and four dead. REV. R. R. WRIGHT, JR., B.D., Ph.D. R. R. Wright, Jr., the son of Major R. R, Wright, president of Georgia State Industrial College, was born in Cuthbert, Ga., April 16, 1878; educated in public schools of Augusta, Ga., the Georgia State College. Received de¬ grees of A.B. and A.M., from Georgia State College, B.D. and A.M., from the University of Chicago, and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Studied in University of Berlin, and for two years held Research Fellow¬ ship in Sociology in the University of Pennsylvania. Converted and joined Bethel A. M. B. Church, Augusta, Ga., February, 1891, licensed to exhort by S. D. Rosenborough at Savannah, Ga., in 1897; licensed to preach by Rev. T. N. M. Smithv 1898; admitted to Iowa Conference, 1899; ordained deacon by Bishop Grant 1900, and Elder by Bishop Grant, 1901. Instructor in Hebrew and New Testament Greek in Payne Theological Seminary in 1901- 4. Author of various pamphlets, "The Teaching of Jesus," "The Social In¬ fluence of the Negro Church," "Self Help in Negro Education," "The Negro Problem," "History of the Ne¬ gro Race in Pennsylvania," etc., etc. Chosen Editor of the Christian Re¬ corder, 1909. Elected instructor in Sociology and German, Howard Uni¬ versity, Washington, D. C. Declined to accept editorship. Dr. Wright is President of Eighth Ward Building and Loan Association, Director Peo¬ ple's Savings Bank, Director in Arm¬ strong Association, lecturer in So¬ ciology in Summer School of Insti¬ tute for Colored Youths. jMarried 1909, Miss Charlotte Crogman, daugh¬ ter of Pres. W. H. Cr°Sman» of Clark University, Atlanta, Ga. Rev. B. F. Watson, D. D. Benjamin Franklin Watson was born many years ago (ner the middle of the last century) in Shelby county, Mo. He took up the study in agriculture at an early age under the tutorage of a yoke of oxen named "Cuff and Turk." Having mastered the course sufficiently in his early teens, he emigrated to the State of Illinois without the knowledge or consent of those claiming proprietorship of him. He enlisted in the First Iowa Colored U. S. Infantry, served as private and chief bugler and leader of the brass band; was honorably discharged and settled in Iowa, where he received his education in part. Returning to Illinois, he was converted and joined the A. M. E. Church at Quin- cy, in 18G9; was licensed to preach in 1870; received his first appointment in September, 1870, at Chillicothe, Mo., where he built a church and organized churches at Trenton, Cameron, Moores- ville and Utica; ordained deacon at Lex¬ ington Mo., in 1871; received into full membership in the Conference, at Han¬ nibal, Mo., in 1872; appointed pastor of Topeka, Kan., in 1872; ordained elder at St. Louis, Mo., in 1873; appointed to Springfield, Mo., pastor and general mis¬ sionary of the Southwest; organized church at Lebanon, Mo.; in 1874 was appointed pastor at Boonville., presided over Green and Rocliport; in 1875 and 1870 pastored Denver, presided over Col¬ orado Springs and Pueblo, elected chap¬ lain of the Senate of Colorado; in 1877 pastored the unexpired term of W. B. Ousley, completed the church and enter¬ tained the Annual Conference at Macon City, Mo., in 1877 and '78, pastored Omaha, presided over Nebraska City and Lincoln; appointed general missionary of Kansas Conference, but recalled from the field to take charge of Kansas City, Mo., in 1878, to take the place of Rev. J. C. Embry, who was appointed financial sec¬ retary; in 1880, elected commissioner of education by the General Conference at St. Louis, Mo., secured the ground for the Western University at Quindaro, Kan.; 1881-3, pastor of Wyndotte, Kan., and president of the board of Western University; 1883-5, pastor of Leaven¬ worth, Kan., and president _of the board of Western LTniversity; 1885-7, presiding elder of the Topeka district of the South Kansas Conference, and president of board of Western University; 1887-9, pastor of Topeka, Kan., and president of the board of Western University; 1889- '91, pastor of Wichita, Kan., general missionary of Oklahoma and appointed secretary of Church Extension by W. B. 134 Who's Who Derrick, secretary of missions; 1892-'93, presiding elder of Topeka district; 1893- '94, church evangelist under special ap¬ pointment of Bishop Grant—over a thou¬ sand souls converted during ten months' service; lS94-'97, pastored Ebenezer, De¬ troit, Mich.; 1897-'99, pastor of Bethel, Quincy, 111.; 1899 lo May, 1900, pastor¬ ed St. Paul, Springfield, 111., at which time he was elected secretary of Church Extension at Columbus, Ohio, continuing unto this day. Rev. J. W. Watson John Wesley Watson was born in 1SG2 at Rocky Mount Ferry, S. C., Fairfield county. Joined church in 1879. Joined the itinerant in 1885. was ordained deacon and elder by Bishop Wayman. Served the church at some of the leading points in Texas. A great church builder. Built the churches at Mt. Zion and Jestlamb and Antioch in Florida, all in one year. Built the churches at San Marcos, paid out the lot at Kyle. Built the churches at Bel- ton, Davilla, Salado, and laid the founda¬ tion at Temple, Tex. Pastored Austin and Waco. Am now presiding over Temple district. Have been a member of Gen¬ eral Conference thirteen years. Now chair¬ man of the Tenth Episcopal district dele¬ gation-. REV. J. W. WASHINGTON, D.D. Presiding Elder of the Central New Orleans District, Chairman of the Pub¬ lishing Committee, residence, 2411 Palmyra St., New Orleans, La. He served six years pastor of St. James Church, New Orleans, La., dur¬ ing which time the debt of the church was greatly reduced, and many per¬ sons converted and added to the church. His entire ministerial career has been a success. His sermons are always pointed and appreciated, and shows much study and research. In General Conference REV. C. E. ALLEN 136 Who's Who PRESIDENT A. HENRY ATTAWAY. Dr. A. Henry Attaway is at present 42 years of age, the son of Rev. Alfred and Mrs. Mary Attaway, whose piety and eminent services to the great A. M. E. Church during the pioneer period in the South is well known throughout the length and breadth of our connection. He received his training in the pub¬ lic schools of Georgia and Florida; was four years at the Florida Agricul¬ tural and Mechanical College; three years at Wilberforce University, Payne Theological Seminary; one year in the University of Kansas, and two years at Gunton's Institute of Econo¬ mics and Sociology, New York; en¬ tered the ministry of the A. M. E. Church in 1888; was ordained to Dea- conate in 1893, to Eldership in 1895 by Bishop Grant. Has held the following appoint¬ ments: Harveysburg, Ohio; South Charleston, Ohio; New Hopj^Jackson- ville, Florida; Allen Chapel, Pensa- cola, Florida; Appalachicola, Florida; St. Lukes, North Lawrence, Kansas; Benton Ave. A. M. E. Church, Spring¬ field, Missouri; Presiding Elder of the Cape Town District, Colony of Cape of Good Hope, British South Africa; Superintendent Genral (accredited to the Government) of the 14th Episco¬ pal District, under Bishop Coppin, D. D., embracing all British South Africa Much of his time during these busy, anxious years has been spent as a teacher, he was elected to the profes¬ sorship of Edward Waters College in 1894, appointed the first president of Bethel Institute, Cape Town, South Africa, 1901, where he served five years giving to this institution an equipment and facilities unsurpassed by any of our connectional institu¬ tions; Dr. Attaway founded Chats- worth Institution at a cost of ten thousand pounds, or fifty thousand dollars, securing the services of your humble servant, John A. Gregg, B.A., aluminus of the University of Kansas, bore the traveling expenses of my wife and self to and from Africa and maintained us there two years; work¬ ing side by side, thus knowing the character and personal worth of Dr. Attaway, whom I present to you a* candidate for the highest office which the church can give. He returned to this country in 1908, after having spent eight years in South Africa, was elected president of Edward Waters College in 1909, and has since this time been identified with the rebuilding of Edward Waters College and the habitation of this in¬ stitution, also organizer and appointed pastor of Wards' Chapel by Bishop M B. Salter, which he now serves. These 24 years under Almighty Got have been abundantly fruitful in th« conversion and accession of hundreds of souls by this man of God, purchas¬ ing churches and parsonage property, the building and renovating of parson¬ ages, churches and schools, the edu¬ cation of worthy young men and wo¬ men in both America and Africa. Was married in 1897 to Miss Carrie Fanni* Lee, only daughter of Judge Josepk E. Lee, U. S. Collector of Internal Revenue of Florida. REV. WM. BYRD, D. 1). Georgia. In General Conference 137 Rev. H. A. Carr, B. D. The subject of this sketch was born in Leon county, Texas, where he re¬ ceived his early education. At the age of 18 his father died, and he quit school to assume charge of the family. He was given charge of the school of his com¬ munity, where he taught for eight years. He also taught two years each at Jack¬ sonville and Buffalo, Texas. He was converted August 13, 1889, and was li¬ censed to preach in 1898. The next year he entered Paul Quinn College and took up the studies of the regular theo¬ logical department at once, finishing in 1903. He was also awarded the first prize given by Dr. W. D. Cook for the best average in deportment and efficiency. His general average was 92. He was ordained deacon in 1900 and elder in 1902. While pursuing his studies at Paul Quinn he was given his first charge at the Edwards Chapel A. M. E. Mis¬ sion, Waco, in 1900. Before he could preach his first ser¬ mon it was necessary for him to get some¬ one to buy in the church property, which was for public sale. The property was saved and Rev. Carr stayed in this Mis¬ sion three years, increased the member¬ ship and reduced the debt. He was mar¬ ried to Miss Mary Allen, a highly es¬ timable young lady, who has proven her¬ self a worthy helpmate. His next appointment was at Harrison, Texas. In his second year he was elect¬ ed dean of the theological department of Paul Quinn College. After six months he gave up work at Paul Quinn until the financial standing might be adjusted. He was appointed to Belton Station by Bishop Tyree. Here he stayed five years, accomplishing great things, in building, reducing debts and saving souls. In 1910 he was transferred to the Northeast Tex¬ as Conference. Rev. Carr is taking up his third year's work in Bethel A. M. E. Church, C'orsi- cana. Here he has built the finest A. M. E. Church in Texas. Sixty-nine mem¬ bers have been added to his new church. He was six years chief secretary of the Central Texas Conference, and is ut pres¬ ent chief secretary of the Northeast Texas. Rev. J. M. Conner, D. D. Rev. James Mayer Conner, D. D., Ph. P., was born in Winston county. Miss., in' 1803 of slave parents. He was con¬ verted and joined the A. M. E. Church and was licenced to preach by Rev J W Washington, P. E., of the West Point district. North Miss. Conference. He entered the ministry and was sent to Aberdeen Mission in 18N3, where he bought and built a ned church. In 1884 he was ordained a deacon and elder by Bishop T. M. D. Ward, D. D. After serving at Okalona, Storomsville, he was sent by Bishop Ward to Arkansas and stationed at Forrest City, Ark., to build a church. This done, in 1886, he was sent to Osceola, Ark., to build a church, and then to Newport, Ark., to build a new church. At all these places he gave the connection good churches and added many new members to the church and carried up excellent conference reports, excelling all previous reports. He served four years P. E. of the Forrest City dis¬ trict, three years on the Vicksburg dis¬ trict, two years on the Jonesboro dis¬ trict and two years on the Little Rock district. He spent two years at Hot Springs as pastor, six years at Bethel, Little Rock, Ark., and four years at Fort Smith, Ark. He bought the ground and built the parsonage at Little Rock, Ark., paid the church out of debt at Hot Springs and almost doubled the confer¬ ence dollar money at these places, also the membership. His early education was obtained in the public schools of his native State and Alabama, where he spent the early part of his life. In 180.1 was graduated from the National University, of Chicago, with the degree of Bacheloi of Sacred Theolo¬ gy ; from the American Institute of Sa¬ cred Literature, University of Chicago, in 1897, and Shorter College, with the de¬ gree of Bachelor of Divinity in 1905. He is now the president of the executive board, president of Alumni Association of Shorter College. Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Ga., conferred the degree of Doctor of Divini¬ ty upon him, and Paul Quinn College, Waco, Tex., gave him the degree of Doc¬ tor of Philosophy. Dr. Connor is an autor of several wide¬ ly known and excellent books, among them being "The Outlines of Christian Theology," "Doctrines of Christ" and "Elements of Success." These works have been reviewed by some of the best educated men of the country, and sev¬ eral of the best magazines have spoken highly of them. For many years, in connection with his church work, he published the Little Rock Reporter, Arkansas Statesman and Conner's Magazine. Dr. Conner is a leader in his city and State in and out of the church. For seven years he was at the head of the Business Men's League of Arkansas. Dr. Conner has spoilt fully twenty-nine years as a minister and pub¬ lic servant without a single mark against his character. No one who knows him will question his character. 138 Who's Who REV. S. J. CHANNEL, D.D. Dr. J. R. Crosland Dr. J. R. A. ('rossland, of St. Joseph, Mo., lias been honored for the second time as a lay delegate to the (Jene'ral Conference. lie is one of the most prom¬ inent men of the nation and enjoys the distinction of serving the government as United States Minister Consul General. He has, during the last twenty years, been one of the mo^t prominent charac¬ ters that the race lias produced. He is a member of the Trustee Board of \\ ext¬ ern University, at Kansas City. Kansas. He served as one of the city physicians two terms in the city of St. Joseph, Mo., ami he lias now a la rue and lucrative practice. He is a property owner and. eiie of St. Joseph's most substantial cit¬ izens. And yet (juite young in years, no man in the race, when y ou < onsider his years, has achieved as much piominence, and no doubt that he will be seen and felt in the next General Confeience. A Sketch of the Life of Rev. W. D. Chappelle W. D. Chappelle was born of slave- parents in ante-bellum time in Fairlield county, Eolith Cuo'ina. His father was a farmer and was the father of eleven children, lived i:i the country and, of course, his children were trained to farm. Young Chappelle worked on the farm un¬ til he was twenty-three years of age. During these years he attended school during the winter months in Winnsboro, S. C. He married Eliza Ayres when but nineteen yeais of a;:e and for four years struggled on with his farm life. He was converted in '7.1 and felt called to the ministry. He was convinced that his limited education was not sufficient to enter so stupendous a task, and he ac¬ cordingly re-entered school in the Fair- fie'd Normal Institute, where he remain¬ ed three years, but teaching during the winter months. In 18X1 he entered the ministry, joining the Columbia, South Carolina, Conference, and was assigned to Pine Grove Mission, a little church about eight miles from Columbia in Lex¬ ington county. He moved from Winns- ho'o to Columbia wilh wife and one child and enteied Allen University. lie was the onV married man then in the col- lej", which was discouraging to him, but tins proved to he his greatest asset, for his wife wis a queen of no mean ability and possessing patience which made it possible for him to suffer in a way which few men would stand, saying nothing about their wives. After about three weeks in school he found it necessary to go out and teach in order to secure a living for his wife and child. Very often lie had to will; eighteen and twenty miles to meet his appointments, and twice a month walked sixteen miles to his church, preached twice, held his board meeting and carried back on his shoulders what his people gave him. When preparing to go to school he In General Conference 139 taught a country school five miles in the country, to which he walked every day for seven months in order to save the hoard that he might have sufficient money to get through college. He was a brilliant student, making good marks every month, and in fact leading his class. This brought him to the attention of Bishop Dickerson, who offered him as¬ sistance by giving him a room in his yard, and Chappelle in return took charge of his horse, cut his wood, carried his coal, swept his pavements and did general work about the house. But for this, possibly, Chappelle could not have finish¬ ed his college course. He has held the following appointments: Pine Grove Mis¬ sion, two years; Lexington Circuit, a year and a half, filling the unexpired term of Dr. W. H. Morris; Ilock Hill Circuit, three years; Pendleton Station, two years. Appointed presiding elder in 1889, two years after he graduated from college, and served as presiding elder eleven years. In 1897, ten years after he graduated, he was elected president of his alma mater and served as such for two years, filling at the same time the position of presiding elder. He was elect¬ ed to the General Conference in 1887, the same year he graduated, re-elected in 1891, re-elected in 1895, re-elected in 1900 and elected general officer at Co¬ lumbus and served for eight years as sec¬ retary and treasurer of the Sunday School Union. In June, 1908, he was re¬ elected to the presidency of Allen Uni¬ versity, which position he now fills. The Eev. W. D. Chappelle from the time he entered the conference betrayed more than ordinary interest in the church. He was a close student of the book of disci¬ pline, studying at all times the action of men and of measures, and soon became authority in the construction of our law. He became also a master parlimentarian. He was the idol of the men on his dis¬ trict, because he championed their cause and looked after their interests. Dr. W. D. Chappelle has been one of the fore¬ most characters of the church in South Carolina for twenty-five years, having come up step by step through all of the stages from the Mission to his present position of distinction. He has been a member of the General Conference since INNS without a break. He has twice filled the president's chair in Allen Uni¬ versity. He has not lived in vain. He has gathered about him by dint of econ¬ omy considerable of this world s goods and is by no means to be classed as a pauper preacher. He is a father of three children by his first wife and two by his second wife, thr*e boys and two girls. His oldest daughter is married and lives in Clinton, S. C- His younger daughter is teaching with him in Allen University. She holds three diplomas. His oldest son is in Shaw University finishing his junior year and ImMs already two di¬ plomas. Dr. Chappelle seems to be a man of destiny, Having made his way by usefulness, courage* and ability. REV. HENRY HARRISON COOPER, P.E. Seventh child of Samuei and Sarah Cooper; born in Philadelphia, Pa.; ed¬ ucated in the Quaker schools of Phil¬ adelphia, studied theology and the classics under Rev. Thomas H. Amos, of the Presbyterian Church; Bishop L. J. Coppin, of the A. M. E. Church, and the late Bishop W. R. Nicholson, of the Reformed Episcopal Church and-Seminary. Taught school in Sussex and Kent County, Delaware, for over five years. Married Miss Mary P. Gibbs, who fell asleep in Jesus one year after. Stud¬ ied the printing art at the Industrial School of the Institute for Colored Youths, and founded and established the printing firm then known as Cooper, Parker and Purnell, at 1110 Lombard street; was converted and joined the A. M. E. Church in 1886. He was licensed to exhort July 31st, 1890, by Dr. C. T. Shaffer, and as lo¬ cal preacher November 25th, 1890, by Dr. Shaffer, having the honor of be¬ ing the first local preacher licensed in the new Bethel A. M. E. Church, Philadelphia. In 1890 was married to Mary M., daughter of the late Rev. B. W. Bolton. Seven children were the result of this union. In May, 1891, was admitted on trial in the Philadelphia Annual Confer¬ ence. He was assigned to Horntown Circuit, remaining one year; was in 1892 assigned to Holmesburg Circuit, embracing Ashtonville and Tioga. In 1893 was ordained Deacon by Bishop B. T. Tanner, at Chambersburg, Pa., and reappointed to Holmesburg, with Conshohocken attached. Next year was transferred by and at the request of Bishop Tanner to Bermuda, and sta¬ tioned at Crawl, the second appoint¬ ment in the Conference. The work was in a low condition, but God bless¬ ed it and gave a membership of 135 souls. He returned to America owing to the health of his wife and in June, 1896, returned to his home Confer¬ ence at Reading, Pa., Bishop A. Grant presiding. He was again appointed to Conshohocken, remained one year. In 140 Who's Who May, 1897, at West Chester, was elect¬ ed recording secretary of Conference, and appointed to Norwood Circuit. In 1898 at Columbia, Pa., was elect¬ ed chief secretary of the mother con¬ ference, which position he retained until 1908. He was in this year (1898) appointed to Bristol, Pa., served two years. Other points served by Rev. Cooper were Norristown, Pa., two years; La Mott, Pa., three years; Zion, Philadel¬ phia, three years; West Chester, Pa., two years. In 1910 he was appointed Presiding Elder of the Philadelphia District, the oldest District in the Con¬ nection in which Mother Bethel Church is located. He represented the Philadelphia Conference in the General Conference at Norfolk, and also at Kansas City. REV. GEO. FRANKLIN DAVID, P.E. The subject of this sketch was born March 14, 1862, near Leesburg, Har¬ rison County, Ky. His parents, Rev. Baldwin and Hannah David, moved near Cynthiana in 1867, where they lived thirteen years. In 1880 they moved to their own purchased home, near Leesburg, Ky. His father died September 4, 1906, and his mother died January 16, 1910. December 29, 1880, he was converted and joined St. James' M. E. Church, Cynthiana, Ky. He never had any advantage of school in his early life, only went to school bad days when he could not work on the farm. There was only three months' school then in Kentucky. In 1881, his fa¬ ther sent him to Cynthiana, where he served an apprenticeship as a black¬ smith for three years. He clerked three years in a grocery store. March 19, 1885, he married Miss Rhoda Williams Baker. March 6, 1886, he was licensed to preach at Cynthiana by Rev. J. M. Turner, D.D., pastor, and the late Rev. J. E. Thomas, P.E. In April he was appointed as supply in Connersvillo and Scott Station. September 19, 1886, he was admitted on trial, and was ap¬ pointed to Connersville and Scott Sta¬ tion. He has since served Leesburg, Connersville, Wilmore Circuit, Cat- lettsburg, Midway, Somerset, St. Paul, Columbus, O.; Harveysburg, O.; Mt. Vernon A. M. E. Church, Colum¬ bus, O.; Allen Chapel, Springfield, O. Being deprived of the proper scho¬ lastic training, he accepted the schol¬ arship of Bishop C. S. Smith and left Somerset, Ky., and entered Wilber- force, O., for a three years' course in the Payne Theological Seminary. June 19, 1902, both he and his wife, com¬ pleted their courses, each receiving diplomas; and in October, 1902, re¬ turned to Kentucky, being stationed at Frankfort, by Bishop B. T. Tanner, D.D., where he remodeled the parson¬ age and paid off $800.00 of the in¬ debtedness. .He was next appointed Presiding Elder over the Danville District by Bishop C. T. Shaffer, which was at that time behind, but it led the Con¬ ference for two years. In October, 1906, the good Bishop appointed him on the Lexington Dis¬ trict, which is the smallest District, numerically, but the largest territory. It was the fartherest behind, but he succeeded in having it lead the Con¬ ference for four years in general claims. In 1908, he went to Salem, N. J., where he held revival meetings, and had one hundred and three additions. Total amount of additions one thou¬ sand four hundred and fifty-nine. He received the degree of D.D. from Payne Theological Seminary in June, 1911. Jarrett E. Edwards Was born in Fail field county, S. C. His father and grandfather were min¬ isters of the Gospel. At the age of 12 he united with Bethel A. M. E. Church, in Columbia, S. C. He received his common school educa¬ tion in the public and private schools of Columbia and graduated from the theo¬ logical department of Harvard University. He was ordained a deacon by Bishop R. H. Cain and stationed at St. James Mis¬ sion. Dallas, Tex. He his served some of the most important charges in the con¬ nection in the States of Texas, California, Kansas and Missouri. He has done a great work in saving souls, building and repairing churches, removing mortgages and bringing about harmonious conditions. He has been honored by his brethren as a member of seven General Confer¬ ences. He was a member of the Third Ecumenical Conference of Methodism, which convened in London, England, in In General Conference 141 1001. He has served on several of the general boards of the church. His inter¬ est in all the educational and literary work of the church has been pronounced. He has been favorably mentioned for sev¬ eral positions in the church, among them the office of secretary of missions. He lias traveled extensively, both in Amer¬ ica and Europe. It was during his second year in Gal¬ veston that the great fire destroyed much of the city, and with it our church and parsonage, with their contents. The time for Conference was at hand.' A hasty run was made, satisfactory reports were rendered and Bishop Wayman sent him back to build. He was pastor in Galveston, Tex., at the time of the gr(-at fire. He reduced the debt of $15,000 to $3000, and all departments of the church enlarged and strengthened. He was then appointed to St. Paul's Church, Houston, Tex. From Houston he was appointed to Waco, Tex. After two years in Waco, where success was attending his labors, Bishop Grant yielded to a special demand for his re¬ turn to Galveston. He remained here two years, gathered up the forres, paid off the balance of the mortgage and built up one of the first and nfost active Chris¬ tian Endeavor Societies that African Methodism has ever known. He pastored Wesley Chapel, Houston, Tex., and was in the fall of 1893 trans¬ ferred to Oakland, California. At his first service there was less than a dozen to greet him. The Lord blessed his la¬ bors here tremendously, so that he spent five years. From Oakland he was appointed to Los Angeles, Cal. He remained here seven years, paid off an old mortgage on the Agusa street property and succeeded in securing new church property for both the church and a parsonage. Built a large modern church edifice, pui'chased a new modern cottage for a parsonage and so managed the finances of the church that the new property, that cost about $35,000, by the sale of the old property, for which his successor, Rev. F. J. Peck, B. D., got $15,000, was cleared of debt, with a balance of $2000 toward a $4000 pipe organ. From Los Angeles, Bishop Grant sent him to Topeka, Kan., where another difficult problem awaited him. The large stone church building was condemned by the city building inspector and was ordered razed. This was done, and the Chapel Annex, with basement and modern conveniences, was built, and the congregation returned to the new church home. He then spent one year in Wichita, and is now pastoring at Co¬ lumbia Mo. Dr. Edwards is one of the best pastors in the connection. J. R. Fleming J. R. Fleming was born October 16, 1803, in Washington, Milks county, Ga_ Has been a resident of Atlanta, tia., 3& years Was converted and joined the A_ M. E. Church under Rev. J. A. Wood, 1881, licensed to preach under Rev. J. G_ Yieser, joined the North Ga. Annual Con¬ ference under Bishop W. J. Gains, 188(.)_. Pastored 15 years; has been presiding el¬ der 7 years; has been a member of the' trustee board of1 Morris Brown 15 year* He has not missed a roll call in his con¬ ference in 22 years. REV. WILLIAM ALFRED FOUNTAIN, The daily walk and conversation of pious parents were of untold influ¬ ence in forming the Christian charac¬ ter of the subject of this sketch, and leading him finally into the ranks o£ the ministry of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. William Alfred Fountain was born at Elberton, Ga., October 29, 1870. He attended school in his na¬ tive city. He graduated from Allen. University; A.B. degree from Morris Brown College, S.T.B. from Turner Theological Seminary. He also com¬ pleted two non-resident courses from Central University, Indianapolis, Ind., receiving the degrees of B. D. and Ph.D. He has pastored successfully some of the largest and most repre* sentative churches—Bethel Station, Athens, Ga.; Washington Station; Turner Chapel, Marietta, Ga.; Allen Temple, Atlanta, Ga.; presided suc¬ cessfully over the Athens District, North Georgia Conference; pastored St. Stephen A. M. E. Church, Wil¬ mington, N. C.; Steward A. M. Church, Macon, Ga. Dr. Fountain is one of the best pastors in the con¬ nection—an able pulpit orator, st- church builder; a financier and or¬ ganizer. He has fought his way to*- the front. He was selected by the Trustees- Board of Morris Brown College to fill the vacancy caused by the deatfei of the late Dr. E. W. Lee. He left the* pastorate of Steward A. M. E. ChurchE to assume this position. He was bit¬ terly assailed by his opponents, but this young man held his head above the waves of unjust criticism, ac¬ cepted God as his leader and througl* God's guidance, with his own ability. 142 Who's Who manhood and intellectual attainments, lias led Morris Brown College one step higher. He has instituted the Commercial Course, strengthened the faculty, sys¬ tematized the Industrial Department and the college is in excellent condi¬ tion. He is affable and scholarly, and a dignified Christian gentleman with high, erect thoughts seated in a heart of courtsey. By his side stands his cultured wife who has contributed so much to her husband's success. This young man has the courage of his convictions and is always to be found on the side of right. Rev. H. S. Graves Rev. Horace S. Graves was born in Paducah, Ky., the son of Rev. Stepeny and Adeline Graves. Bishop Payne transferred his father to Arkansas in the early seventies. He completed the public school of his adopted State at Forrest City. It was here where he was converted under Rev. A. JL. Ridgel, and licensed to preach by Rev. W. H. Jones, D. D., with Rev. J. M. Conner, D. D., presiding elder. After two years of study in Shorter College he was ordained deacon by Bishop Arnett, in 1892, who induced him to come to Wilberforce. He spent three years at Wilberforce and was ordained elder by Bishop Arnett in 1897. He has been thirteen years a trustee of Wilberforce, one of which he was a member of the executive board, and in¬ troduced the resolution which made Dr. Scorborough the president of the universi¬ ty. In 1910 Wilberforce conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. Sixteen years in great educational centres in the Iowa Conference, preaching largely to students, he is popularly called "the classic, or literary preacher." Twice has his conference 1 honored him by elect¬ ing him delegate to the General Confer¬ ence. His articles in the church papers under the caption, "Western Inklings," have attracted connectional attention for fifteen years. He is the first pastor to introduce the robed choir in the Iowa Conference, and for twelve years he has not used the "table collection" in his church. During all of these years he has used the Du¬ plex Envelope System and raised twenty thousand dollars in the five years he was in Des Moines, Iowa, and thirty thousand in his five years at St. Paul. He lias led the conference in soul sav¬ ing and gathering in the people for the last twelve years. He has been in Evans- ton eighteen months, and there have been over three hundred additions to the membership, half of whom have been re¬ claimed or converted. As a speaker, no one is listened to with greater interest on the conference floor than lie, for he al¬ ways has something to say, and in a way which attracts the closest attention. Rev. JOHN HARMON Life of Rev. John Hurst At t beginning of the scholastic year 1882-83 there arrived at Wilberforce Tn!ver- -y a y ung man whose home was Port-au-1 rince, Haiti, and who had trav¬ eled those 2000 miles in the expectation ot prepaiing himself for the Christian ministry. Although he came from a Catholic family, yet he and his ancestors were Methodists. Samuel Goidon, his great grandfather, born in Philadelphia, had been one of the founders of the A. M. E. Church. Toliu Gordon, his grand- lather, migrated to Haiti in 1824 and there, under adverse conditions, he, to¬ gether with others, established the first foreign work under the standard of the A. M. E. Church. This young man had been reared ill Methodism and, i'pon the advice of Rev. C. W. Mowell, lie was dispatched to America to receive further education in the envii onments of a school pertaining to a denomination which had In General Conference 143 been so close to the heart of his fore¬ fathers. Under such auspices did Rev. John Hurst begin his preparation for ( hristian service. After four years at Wilberforce, during which time he distinguished himself in scholastic circles, lit v. Hurst was grad¬ uated. He went to Baltimore to be or¬ dained by Bishop Wayman and to receive an appointment to his home church. There in Haiti he correlated the mental and religious by means of the establish¬ ment of a day school in connection with his mission work. He served his church three years, at the expiration of which the Haitian Government appointed him the first secretary of the Haitian Legation at Washington, D. C. When he had com¬ pleted his duties in this position he re¬ mained in America, transferred to the Baltimore Conference and entered upon an unique ministry. I say unique because it was spent entirely in one Conference and besides was crovned with marked success. Rev. Hurst's first American appoint¬ ment came from Bishop Gaines, vho sent him to a small circuit ne ir Baltimore, Md. There he built a church on one ot the points besides establishing a new charge to the circuit, and at the end of the year brought such a glowing report to Conference that he was deemed worthy of better work. His next charge was Waters Chapel^ Baltimore, Md. There he remained four years, all of which were fruitful. He pastored next stately ' Bethel, Baltimore's Mother Church. There he spent five years, dur¬ ing which he renovated the church at a cost of $3000 besides purchasing an ex¬ cellent piece of property which he fitted as a Home for the Aged and which today is a Home for Aged Preachers. He was returned to Waters Chapel again. Since he had left, they had purchased a new church, with a heavy debt attached, so heavy, in fact, that it was necessary to raise' $1(>Q0 annually to pay the interest alone. At the expiration of his five years at this charge, he had not only met his current expenses and paid the interest, but had materially 1 educed the indebted¬ ness. After serving St. John's Church, Baltimore, he was elected by the General Conference of 1908 to the office of finan¬ cial secretary of the A. M. E. Church. His various brilliant annual reports have posted us yearly as to his watchfulness over the church's inlerests and hive fur¬ nished suitable basis for predicting thit when the full stovy is told at Kansas City in May the whole denomination will le,Revf. Hurst has countless friends throughout the tountry and many are toiling assiduouslv for his elevation to the highest position the church has to offer. U(" is deemed worthy because he has fchown himself an executive. In few voids, he lias measured up according to the standard, "Only those should rule who know how to be ruled." Rev. M. A. HOLLINS Prof. John R. Hawkins John Russell Hawkins was born in Warrenton, North Carolina, on May 31T 1862. At the age of six years he began attending the public school of his native town and made rapid progress in his- studies. When old enough to help his father work he had to stop attending school regularly and apply himself to work on his father's farm, but he studied in night school and under private tutors. At the age of seventeen he went with four mem¬ bers of the highest class in the regular graded school to take the public cxamina tion for school teacher. Of the five ex¬ amined, he made the highest grades and received an appointment as assistant teacher in the same school where he had received his first training. In 1881 he left home and went to Hampton Institute, Hampton, Ya., where he spent one year in special study pre¬ paratory for business. In 1882 lie left Hampton and accepted a position in the government service as railway postal clerk. Here he soeen an ardent advocate of higher educa¬ tion for the negro and worked hard to fit himself for giving such advantages to lis students. For five years he spent his summers in the North, where he could get the best school advantages and keep liimself in touch with best school methods. Mr. Hawkins has been one of the most successful educators of the South and has raised large sums of money by public canvass among the philanthropists of the •country. In his native State, North Carolina, he is a recognized leader among his people, and by his ability and stand¬ ing has won the confidence and respect of all classes. A ripe scholar, a deep thinker, a ready writer and a polished ■orator, his services are almost constantly in demand. Indeed, it has been said of liim that he is one of the finest public speakers on the stage. He speaks with such power of conviction as to touch the ilieart of his audiences and at once lead them into the subject under considera¬ tion with interest and profit. In 189G, at 33 years of age, he was elected by the General Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church as commissioner of education, which position lie has filled for the past sixteen years. He is regarded as among the strongest laymen in his church and one of the best financiers of the race. One of the finest qualities of Air. Haw¬ kins is his devotion to his family and his liigh ideals in home life. In 185)2 he married Miss Lillian M. Kennedy, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, whose companionship and devotion has been a most important factor in con¬ tributing to her husband's success. They are the happy parents of two children, a girl and a boy, and are pleasantly lo¬ cated at Kittrell, N. C., in a very beau¬ tiful home. Dr. Sylvester Jefferson Was born in 1880, in Athens, Ga., and educated in Knox School, Citv High School, Athens, Ga., and Georgia State Industrial College, Savannah, Ga. Grad¬ uated from Meharry Dental College (Walden University), 1905; practiced in Nashville, Tenn., one year with Dr. H. B. Jefferson, and later moved to Clarks- ville, Tenn. (Montgomery county.), where he has continued the practice of dentistry successfully. November 20, 1907, was married to Leonie Robards, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Robards, of this city. Serves as steward of St. Peters A. M. E. Church for the seventh term. Is C. C. of 20th Century Lodge, No. 35, K. of P., Clarks- ville, Tenn. Is a member of Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias, State of Pennsyl¬ vania; also of Supreme and Grand Lodge, U. B. F. & S. M. T., State of Pennsyl¬ vania, U. S. Ts a stockholder and di¬ rector of the Clarksville Mutual Trust & Loan Co. Member of Staff of Clarksville Home Infirmary. .Also of the Clarksville Medical, Dental & Pharmaceutical Asso¬ ciation and a member of State Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Association. Delegate to General Conference of the A. M. E- Church from Centra] Tennessee Conference. JOSHUA H. JONES In General Conference 145 REV. JOSHUA H*. JONES, D.D., j LL.D. Rev. Joshua H. Jones was born and reared in the cotton and rice fields of South Carolina, has served through all the lines of church work from the back-woods mission at the country cross-roads of South Carolina, to the best pulpits of the state, thence to the best pulpits of the North and Cen¬ tral West, passing through and gradu¬ ating from three universities and climbed to the presidency of Wilber- force University, walking in the foot¬ steps and filling in this modern day an exalted position as President of Wilberforce University, which was once held by Bishop Daniel A. Payne, Bishop B. F. Lee, Dr. S. T. Mitchell, respectively. Dr. Joshua H. Jones was born in Lexington County, South Carolina, June 15, 1856. He was converted at the early age of ten years and imme¬ diately joined the Shady Grove A. M. E. Church of the Bull Swamp Circuit, Columbia Annual Conference, South Carolina, and has been an ardent member of the A. M. E. Church from that day until now without a single change. At the age of fourteen years, he was made Sunday School teacher, and at the age of sixteen years he was made Superintendent. By the time he was eighteen years old he had served in all of the local spiritual and temporal offices of his church and was then licensed as a local preacher. The pastors soon discovered his useful¬ ness and aid to them. He was a hard student, carrying his studies into the late hours of the night by the pine- torchlight. He acquired education rapidly and was a child of marked ability from the start. At the age of twenty-one years, he enteied the Normal and College Pre¬ paratory Course of Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina, finishing the course in 1880. He then went out to teach and preach one year; return¬ ing to Claflin he entered the College Course in 1881, graduating with the degree B. A. in 1885. Not daunted nor yet satisfied with his attainments, he entered Howard University, Washing¬ ton D. C., where he studied under Drs. Patton, Craighearf, Butler, Newman and Pitzer. From this great seat of learning he went to Wilberforce Uni- j versity where he studied under Drs. J T. H. Jackson and S. T. Mitchell and ! graduated in 1887, receiving the de¬ gree B.D. He was at all times an ar- j dent student, and after leaving the university walls he prosecuted his studies and became a man of broad scholarship. He served eight years on the School Board of Columbus, Ohio, where he acquired a large ex¬ perience in school management. In 1900 he was elected President of Wil¬ berforce University, where he for eight years served our Race and church with commendable zeal and great accomplishment, conferring honor upon himself, his Race and his church. Thence he returned to the pastorate where he has been laboring for these four years. Rev. J. H. Jones has served all grades of churches from the country missions, circuits and stations of South Carolina, to the metropolitan churches of the great cities of the North. He has spent thirty-eight years in the active ministry and forty- six years a communicant in the A. M. E. Church, in all of which years he has never faltered nor wavered; he has brought no reproach, shame or failure to our Connection nor to any community where he has lived and labored; his labors have been inde¬ fatigable, his administration clean and inspiring. He is today in the closest sympathy with his brethren, both ministerial and lay. He knows what it is to suffer and therefore how to sympathize. He is a man of long suffering and great patience. Dr. J. H. Jones, for two consecutive years has been endorsed by the Ohio, North Ohio, Pittsburg and West Vir¬ ginia Conferences as the choice of the Third Episcopal District for the bish¬ opric, and these Conferences instruc¬ ted their delegates to use every hon¬ orable means at their command to bring about his election. Prof. D. J. Jordan, M. D., LL, B, President Kittroll College; formerly principal Atlanta (Ga.) City School, pro¬ fessor in Morris ISrown College for twe've years, serving most of the time as vice president and piofes-sor of mutlu-math s; president Edward Waters College; for several years president State Teachers' Association of Georgia; member of two previous General Conferences; introduced 146 Who's Who Pref. D. J. JORDAN. and fought to a siit'iessful finish at Chi- ference; an ardent church man, being cago the present law allowing lay repre- both the s-on and son-in-law of A. \1. sentation in Annuil Conferences; repre- E. pieacliers; an able school man. tlior- sented A. M. E. Chinch at the great Ecu- oughly trained and piepared both by edu- menical Conference at Toionto last ()c- cation and experieuct; a graduate of Al- tober, was honored by the committee len University; a member of tlie bar of with a place on the regular program, and South Carolina and of Georgia; a plea.s- delivered what has been pronounced one ing and convincing speaker; a strong of the best addresses heard at the con- writer, a successful business man. In General Conference 147 Rev. R. S. Jenkins, D.D. I 21, 188G, in the Louisiana Conference at Thibodeaux by Bishop A. W. Wav- xtev. R. S. Jenkins, D.D., at Dallas, man, D.D. Served seven years as Texas. Born at Natchez, Mississippi, I chief secretary of the Louisiana A. M. March 10, 18G1. Mother died at New ] E. Conference from 1887 to 1893 in- Orleans, La., March 4, 1880. Convert- j elusive, Bishops Wayman, Grant and ed at New Orleans, La., March 12, Lee presiding Bishops of the Con- 1880. Received into the Church March ferences. Rev. R. S. Jenkins has come 14, 1880. Licensed to preach March from the mission to serve some of our 22, 1880. United in the bonds of Holy , largest stations and Presiding Elder REV. K. S. JENKINS, D.D. Wedlock to Miss M. E. Collins, of Natchez, Mississippi, at New Orleans September 28, 1881. Entered the reg¬ ular itinerancy of the Louisiana A. M. E. Conference at Franklin, La., March, 18X3. Recommended by the St. Peter A. M. E. Church Quarterly Conference. Ordained a Deacon in the Louisiana A. M. E. Conference at PlMfpie Mine 1NN4 by Bishop R. H. j"1 | ii D.D. Orrlainprt pn PMor March districts, viz., Bethel Church, at Ba¬ ton Rouge, La.; St. James' A. M. E. Church, at New Orleans, La.; Metro¬ politan A. M. E. Church, at Austin, Texas; St. James' A. M. E. Church, at Dallas, Texas. Rev. R. S. Jenkins was transferred from the St James' A. M. E. Church pastorate March 21, 1893, by telegram, dated at Fort Worth, Texas, by Bishop B. F. Lee; appointed Presiding*Elder of the San Antonio 148 Who's Who District, West Texas A. M. E. Confer¬ ence. Thus he, Rev. R. S. Jenkins, marched into Texas as Presiding El¬ der, and Bishop B. F. Lee has said of him, "that he was a natural born Pre¬ siding Elder." Rev. R. S. Jenkins has served also the Corsicana and Waxa hachie Presiding Elder districts. Bish¬ op Evans Tyree has said of Rev. R, S. Jenkins, ''he is able to manage men." Rev. R. S. Jenkins has built several churches, the Harper Collegiate Institute, and the most noted edifice is the St. James' A. M. E. Church, a su¬ perb brick church at Dallas. The reason why it is prized so much is that many failed, but Rev. Jenkins succeeded there after the foundation stood unmoved seven years. Rev. R. S. Jenkins is now the leading finan¬ cier of the entire Tenth Episcopal Dis¬ trict, and is the endorsed candidate for the Bishopric. Rev. R. S. Jenkins has given to the A. M. E. Church thirty years of good service and is the hus¬ band of his bride of thirty-one years ago. The children, grown and gone out of the home, have never heard their father and mother quarreling. Rev. R. S. Jenkins attended the public schools at New Orleans, finished the required course for the "Dunn promo¬ tion," attended New Orleans Univer¬ sity, thus receiving his limited knowl¬ edge of books. His sermons are full of pathos and pointed perorations. Rev. R. S. Jenkins is now serving in his fourteenth appointment of thirty years' regular service in the A. M. E. ministry, and has always succeeded himself both spiritually and financial¬ ly, and has established many churches, and when gone will leave monuments that time and tide will not easily ef¬ face nor wash away; was one of our most efficient secretaries at the Nor¬ folk, Va., General Conference, and is a delegate to the forthcoming General Conference at Kansas City. Rev. William J. Laws Rev. William J. Laws, presiding elder of the Houston district, Houston, Texas, dates his identity with the African Meth¬ odist Episcopal Church hack to the time when Bishop Daniel A. Payne was pastor of the mother church, Bethel, in Philadel¬ phia. He became a member of that Sun¬ day school when Mr. Nedabe was its Su¬ perintendent and has remained in the church from them till now. From local preacher to elder, from eider to president of Paul Quinn College, Waco, lexas, for live years, and now presiding elder of the Houston district. Ihere has not been a single break from the beginning to date. JUev. Laws is a candidate for Episcopal honors in the coming General Conference at Kansas City. REV. J. FRANK McDONALD. In an humble slave cabin, roofed witn green willow rafters covered with ooaias that stood beneath the swaying oranches of a cottonwood tree, in La- rayette County, Mo., Rev. J. Frank Mc¬ Donald came into a childhood of bond age during the uneasy, restless years preceding the War of the Rebellion. The desire for freedom burdened his childish heart and at the age of twelve years he resolved to find it. With characteristic humor and pa¬ thos he says, "One night I heard my mother praying to God to free her children. •'The next morning I opened a pray¬ er meeting with my brain, in thinking, and my legs in active praying, and when I closed that prayer meeting I found myself safe within the lines of the 'Boys in Blue.' " He was led by gratitude to present himself for enlistment before a United States recruiting officer, but met re¬ jection owing to his youth. He at once engaged as a body-ser¬ vant with a captain in the Second Colorado Regiment, whom he loyally followed through the smoke of battle, unterrified by the scream of shell or the showers of bullets and shot that fell around him. To his unbounded joy he was event¬ ually accepted as a soldier in a com¬ pany of light artillery, and enthusias¬ tically took the oath of allegiance to the flag that stood for human free¬ dom. Receiving his army discharge at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, July 25th, 1865, he entered school at Independ¬ ence, Missouri, but he was not yet ready for the restrictions of the school room; he spent four years upon the broad waters as a sailor, which gave him an opportunity to see much of the world. The future had a different life in store for him. While in Kansas City, Mo., in 1874, In General Conference 149 he attended a revival service conduct¬ ed by Rev. T. Wellington Henderson, D.D., and was so powerfully influenced by the Holy Spirit that he gave his heart to God and united with Allen Chapel, at the same time dedicating his life to the service of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. For a while he attended Prof. J. H. Cole's School at Lexington, Mo., his home, during the period receiving li¬ cense as an exhorter under Rev. Wm. L. Hared and local license under Rev. James Madison. Prior to his connection with the Mis¬ souri Conference at Columbia, Mo., Bishop James A. Shorter presiding, he broadened his scope of knowledge by reading law with his friend and com¬ panion, Rev. J. G. Hayes, a prominent Baptist minister, at the same time filling the capacity as public school teacher. In 1878 he was united in marriage to Miss L. Louise Sandford, of Macon, Missouri, and the same year was or¬ dained Deacon by Bishop James A. Shorter at Jefferson City, Mo. Two years afterward Bishop T. M. D. Ward consecrated him to the Eldership. Twenty years' as pastor and half as many as Presiding Elder Rev. McDon¬ ald has done effectual work in con¬ nection with the Missouri and North Missouri Conferences, a work that will bless for time and eternity the scores of lives that have been turned by his presentation of truth unto the glad and safe paths of righteousness. His ability placed him at the head of the Western Christian Recorder when it was first published twenty years ago. In 1900 at Columbus, Ohio, when the Western Christian Recorder was made a connectional journal, he was made managing editor without salary, and the duties of the rpgpnnsihle position are still conscientiously and proficient¬ ly performed by him. Wilberforce University m 1903 con¬ ferred upon him the right to the hon¬ ored degree of Doctor of Divinity. Paul Quinn College, at Waco, Tex., the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, in the year 1908; Campbell College at Jackson, Mississippi, the degree of Doctor of Law in 1911. He has also been accepted as a member of the law department of the Business Men's Association of Kansas City, Mo. The Bishops' Council in 1901 ap¬ pointed him alternate delegate to the great Ecumenical Council held in Lon don, England. As a student Dr. McDonald cannot oe surpassed. A lack of extensive collegiate privi¬ leges has been supplied by him with vigorous and ceaseless application to his books; watching eagerly over the spare moments that he might turn them into treasures of golden thought and valuable information; and today few men in the A. M. E. Church can boast of a wider knowledge of Bibli¬ cal, historical and philosophical litera¬ ture than that held by Dr. McDonald. Madame L. Louise McDonald, the very accomplished wife of Dr. J. Frank McDonald, has been his right arm and sunshine during the whole of his ministerial career, walking side by side with him in the discharge of his every duty. The Doctor says the honeymoon is still shining. From the Sons of Allen by Dr. Hor¬ ace Talbert. REV. A. LINCOLN MURRAY, D.D., P.E. The subject of our sketch was born in Ypsilanti, Mich., in 1863. When a mere lad, he was given by his mother to his aunt, Mrs. Julia A. Hill, ol Charlestown, Ind. His father was a loyal and patriotic American, leaving his wife and babe to go to the South to do battle for his race, from whence he Lever returned, but now lies buried in ft Southern graveyard. On arriving at the proper age Rev. Murray was sent to school, where he learned very fast and was looked upon as a bright, honest scholar. He com pleted his common school education in Greencastle, Ind., and entered Depauw University. While here he made for himself a valuable reputation as a stu¬ dent possessing marked ability. He has pastored Brown Chapel, Brazil, Ind.; Greencastle, Ind.; Jackson, Mich.; Yincennes, Ind.; Allen Chapel, Indianapolis, Ind.; Bethel Church, Chicago, 111.; St. James', Atlantic City, N. J. While pastoring Allen Chapel, Indianapolis, Ind., he finished his The- 150 Who's Who ological Course at Payne Theological Seminary, Wilberforce, Ohio. His in¬ defatigable will has made him a power in the Church. At the last Conference he was elected on the first ballot dele gate to the General Conference, the leader of the delegation only receiving two more votes than he. At this writ¬ ing he is serving his third term Pre¬ siding Elder of the Newark District of the New Jersey Conference. His many friends in all sections of the Church are speaking of him in glorious terms for the Bishopric in 1916. The pride of his life is that God has allowed his dear aunt to live, who is now 101 years old, and he is per¬ mitted to take care of her. Rev. G. W. Porter, D. D. Dr. G. W. Porter was born in Paris, Term., of devout African Methodist par¬ ents, and received his education in the schools of that State. Beginning at 19 years of age, he held high rank as a teach¬ er for a number of years in Tennessee, Kentucky and Illinois. In Kentucky lie was promoted to the position of institute conductor, the du¬ ties of which required rare ability and proficiency. He held this position with credit until he entered the Christian min¬ istry. He was licensed to preach at Paris, Tenn., October 25, H80U, by the sainted Dudley E. Asbury, and was received into the West Tennessee Conference two weeks later by Bishop A. W. Wayman. Eminently successful from the begin¬ ning, he has for twenty-one years stood in the front rank of the A. M. E. Min¬ istry. What he writes is always read, and he has the happy faculty of drawing others out on the subject he treats. He is a ready and fiuent speaker and is almost always called on by his con¬ ference when qui'jk wit, good logic and fiery eloquence are needed. Dr. Porter is a great orator, and is also author of considerable note, having is¬ sued one book of poems, and his second book of poems will be issued by the A. M. E. Book Concern within a few weeks. In the year of 1 !)()»"> Morris Brown Col¬ lege. in which institution lie studied the¬ ology, conferred upon him the title of Doctor of Divinity. When he had bun a minister four years he was elected to the General Con¬ ference and lias been elected to each suc¬ ceeding session md always on first ballot. Rev. F. J. Peck, D.D. Rev. F. J. Peck was born jn Balti¬ more, Md., and has served all of his life in the A. M. E. Church. We can all the more appreciate and account for his ability when we know that he hails from a family of ministers. As 1 far back as can be traced the men of his family were ministers, he being one of the third generation in which both himself and brother are our humble servants, following in the footsteps of their father, Rev. F. J. Peck, who was a minister in the A. M. E. Church forty-two years. His grandfather, Nathaniel Peck, was a delegate to the General Con¬ ference which met in Baltimore in 1840. His great uncle, John Peck, was a delegate to the General Con¬ ference in Pittsburg in 1860. He received his earlier education in a Catholic school in Baltimore, and this had much to do with devel¬ oping his great love for music and art. He graduated from Storer Col¬ lege at Harper's Ferry, W. Va., in 1880, where he had earned his way by working at odd times. Much of his time was spent teaching in the public schools of Maryland. In 1885 he began the study of Theology in Oberlin College, completing the course in Howard University in 1892. His first appointment was given by Bishop Turner to Cattlesburg, Ky., the next by Bishop Wayman to Williamsport, Md., and while there he saved the church from public sale; then Bishop Arnett sent him to Clear Spring, Md., from thence Bishop Campbell sent him to Wash¬ ington, D. C. It was there he erected Campbell chapel; in this he experi¬ enced many difficulties, but was great¬ ly aided financially by Bishop Handy. This experience marked the beginning of his success as' a Church Builder. The constant attendance of Freder¬ ick Douglas at Campbell had much to do with the increase in the Congre¬ gation, and the prominence given the pastor's weekly sermons in "The Star." In 189 2 Bishop Handy appointed Rev. Peck to St. Joseph, Mo. At this place he found an old church building and the parsonage heavily In General Conference 151 mortgaged. He succeeded in remov¬ ing this debt, and left a handsome edifice as the result' of his labor. From here he as elected President of Western University, and there at a great sacrifice to himself he made possible the Western University of today. In 1896 he led the delega¬ tion from the North Missouri Confer¬ ence to the General Conference in Wilmington and has been a member of every general: Conference since that time. In the same year he was appointed to Allen Chapel, Kansas City Mo., by Bishop Handy as suc¬ cessor to Dr. Parks. Remaining there five years he built the church (in which the General Conference of 1912 will meet) at a cost of $43,000.- 00 to enclose it. He was next sent by Bishop Shaffer to Shorter Chapel, Denver. Here he paid off the debt and installed a costly pipe organ; at will be remembered that during this pastorate Rev. Peck led the fight against the drawing of the "color line" at the "International Sunday School Convention," in which he was victorious. After three years at Shorter he was returned to Allen Chapel by Bishop Shaffer, where he served his second term, making ten years in all, and increased the membership from 350 to 1100. The degree of D. D. was conferred on him by both Morris Brown and Wilberforce. He was sent by Bishop Grant in 1908 to Los Angeles, Cal., where he has doubled the membership, which was 404 when he took charge and is still increasing it, and frequently at his services standing room is at a premium. In every department of church work Rev. Peck has been successful —nor is he great on the financial side alone, but also .as a speaker, for he has the power to thrill any audience with religious fervor. California being so far removed from the center of our denomination, and seemingly having been so much neglected in the past, we feel that some consideration is due us. Inas¬ much as our people are coming by the hundreds weekly to the coast from the south, we should have a Bishop who would make his home amongst us, for all through the south and east we have bishops who, when not on their districts, can be found in case they are needed. Rev. Peck owns his own home in California, and for that reason we feel that the brethren from the East and North and South should rally to the sup¬ port of our friend and brother, Rev. F1. .1. Peck, as a candidate for the Bishopric from California at the General Conference of May, 1912. Yours for success, the advancement of Our Cause, and the increase of Our Zion. J. H. WILSON, Presiding Elder, California Conference. William H. Rivers, Ed. B. The subject of this sketch was born twenty-eight years ago in Charleston, S. C. He received his early training in the private schools of that city. At. Mt. Pleasant, S. C., lie attended the Laing Normal and Industiial School. Jn 181>7 he entered Avery Normal Institute, Charleston, S. C., where he remained un¬ til he entered the normal department of Allen University, Columbia, S. C. At each of these schools he distinguish¬ ed himself for studious habits, and won several prizes for excellence in class work, and at the same time made high rank in industrial work. At each school he won many class honors. Graduated from Al¬ len as valedictorian of a class of four¬ teen. While in Charleston he was employed as clerk in a fruit store kept by two colored business men. He was a prominent candidate for coun¬ ty superintendent of education for Beau¬ fort county on the Republican ticket in 1905. During the same year he was a representative from Beaufort county to the International Interdenominational S. S. Convention in Columbia, 8. C. While living in Beaufort, S. C., he was one of the organizers and secret-iry of the colored branch of the Y. M. C. A., and was also secretary of the Pierian Reading Circle. The first year after grad¬ uation was given to the study of photo¬ graphic art. The next year he was of¬ fered the principalship of the Fairfax Public School, which position he accept¬ ed and now holds. 152 Who's Who Rev. J. R. Ransom, D.D. Rev. J. R. Ransom, D. D., P. E., of the Topeka district in the Kansas Confer¬ ence, who is an aggressive candidate for the Financial Sect of the A. M. E. Church, was born in Murfreesboro, Tenn., June 30, 1861, and received a common school edu¬ cation in the country school. He was con¬ verted August 18, 1879, and was licensed to preach March 10/ 1882, and was ad¬ mitted into the Tennessee Conference at Pulaska, Tenn., September, 1885. Was assigned to the Lebanon Mission at Leba¬ non, Tenn., where he spent three years. Built two churches on this mis-ion, had on this mission 305 converts, and received into the A. M. E. Church 256 persons. While pastoring here he received pri¬ vate instructions under Dr. Green, dean of theology of the Cumberland Presbyte¬ rian Church, University of Lebanon, Tenn. He also studied two years at Cen¬ tral Tennessee College at Nashville, Tenn. He was ordained a deacon by Bishop H. M. Turner March 18, 1886, and ordained an elder in September, 18S7. and trans¬ ferred to the Kansas Conference while un¬ der Bishop Wayman in 1888. After serving several charges most ac¬ ceptably he was appointed presiding elder of the Omaha district by Bishop B. T. Tanner, where he served four years. Thence to the Kansas City district, where he did successful work for five years. He is now serving the Topeka district for the fourth year. During his ministry there have been 1965 persons converted and six churches built at a cost of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000). Rev. Ransom is prominently associated with almost every secret so¬ ciety of his race. He has taken an active part in politics for over thirty years, mak¬ ing Republican speeches in almost every campaign of his State. It was largely through Rev. Ransom's personal influence that the first $10,000 was secured foi Western University. Samuel A. Scott He was born in Washington county, Ga.. near Sandersville, October 15, 1X53, and came to Florida on December 20, 1X66; attended private school under tutor¬ ship of George Price and Professor Ham¬ ilton, a public school teacher, and others. Joined Bethel A. M. E. Church in 1X69, Rev. Richard Brigadere, pastor, Lake City, Columbia county. Served as superintend ent of Sunday school, class leader and steward of said church. Received exliort- er's license March, 1X71, given by Rev. J. H. Armstrong, P. E. Received local preacher's license March 20, 1873; re¬ newed yearly until 1XS0, at which time he joined the East Florida Conference un¬ der Bishop Campbell, who appointed him to Wilbourne, where he served with suc¬ cess for three years. He has served the following charges: Hamburg and Antioch Circuit, 1883; Sanford and Lake Mait- land, 1884-7; paid mortgage and increased members; 1888, Deland and Orange; 1889, Tampa; 1890-2, Wildwood; 1892-5, San¬ ford Station; 1895-7, Palatka; 1897, Lees- burg; 1X98, Goldsboro; 1899, Crescent City Station; 1900-4, Femandina; 1904-7, Mt. Olive, Jacksonville. In 1907 he was appointed presiding elder of the Live Oak district by Bishop Tanner. In 1908 he was elected delegate to General Conference at Norfolk, and in 1912 to Kansas City. REV. T. N. M. SMITH, D.D. The subject of this sketch was bora of North Carolina parentage, who died during the Civil War. His father was a preacher, was reared and owned by a man named Smith, who lived near Whitesville, Columbus County, N. C. Timothy Nathaniel Morgan Smith is the seventh child of his par¬ ents, Neptune and Harriet Smith, who was born unto them in 1856. After they were brought to Georgia and sold, was emancipated at eight years of age. He attended school in his home town for six or seven years; he acquired the remainder of his educa¬ tion through private instructors. Be¬ gan public life as a school teacher; married a Miss Mary E. Wilcox, at 17 years of age, who was of great ser¬ vice to him, and through her strict economy and far-sightedness helped him to amass a great deal of this world's goods. To them were born two children, living, Rev. H. E. Smith, who is one of the most successful pastors in the Georgia Conference. His daughter, Mrs. I. E. Johnson, is a fine musician. Both of his children are splendidly educated, and are rendering efficient services in the A. M. E. Church. Dr. Smith has for many years been regarded as one of the ablest preach¬ ers in this state, quick of conception, fluent in speech, humorous and pa¬ thetic, very original in thought. But few men in the state have a clearer knowledge of the scriptures than he; powerful in delivery, and persuasive in argument, this eminently qualified character is Georgia's choice for Epis¬ copal honors, and will have the unani¬ mous support of his state. He has been a member of six Gen¬ eral Conferences, and has been one In General Conference 153 ef the leading factors in this august body. He has served on three Episco¬ pal committees in the General Con¬ ference. He has been a member of the Publication Board, Sunday School Union, and is now a member of, and rice president of the Church Exten¬ sion Board. He has been connected with Mor¬ ris Brown College since its incipiency, and is one of its strongest and most influential supporters. Dr. Smith is not only a great preacher and Presiding Elder, but he is full of business, a great financier, and has real estate holdings amount¬ ing up into the thousands of dollars. He is what may be termed a well- rounded, symmetrical man. If he is •lected to the Episcopacy, he will add strength, power and influence to the present Bench of Bishops, and will lie felt in administering the executive affairs of the great A. M. E. Church. Rev. V. M. Townsend, D.D. This cut is a likeness of Rev. V. M. Townsend, B. D. He is a native of Ar¬ kansas, born in the town in whicn he iow lives, Arkadeiphia. He was con¬ verted at the age of thirteen jeans and joined the A. M. E. Church. Lhough a (tbild and converted in a big Baptist re¬ vival with many others who went to the Baptist church, he was the one in the whole crowd that could not be moved from his faith in the African Methodist Church. He worked at the carpenter's trade ua- til grown, then he entered the ministry of the West Arkansas Conference of the A. M. E. Church, receiving his first ap¬ pointment to a mission charge from the hands of Bishop Derricks. He labored and studied, and his rapid progress soon turned the eyes of the whole Stale upom him. Though having been admitted int« the Conference three years previous, ht attended the General Conference at Co¬ lumbus, Ohio, in 1900, and again at Chi¬ cago in 1904 at his own expense. Be¬ cause of young Townsend's push and ef¬ forts to prepare himself the brethren of his Conference honored him as a delegate to the General Conference at Norfolk im 1908, and Kansas City in 1912. He wai the honored chairman of the State dele¬ gation in the General Conference at Kan¬ sas City and was manager of Dr. Con¬ ner's candidacy of his State for the bishopric. He is now one of the most prominent ministers of the State. W. T. POPE. REV. G. M. TILLMAN. Rev. G. M. Tillman, alternate of th« California Conference, has behind him twenty-two years of faithful servic* to the A. M. E. Connection. Besides his early years' service in Iowa and South Dakota, he paid the debt off St. John's, Chicago, built up that member¬ ship, and after five years left for Colo. Springs, where he paid off the debt, made a number of improvements and purchased a $2,500 parsonage. He was stationed here three years. He was sent to Oakland, Cal., by Bishop Grant, where he raised in two Easter collec¬ tions, solely for Missions, $234.75, and over $1600 for trustee purposes, be¬ sides having souls converted. After two years here he went to Pasadena, Cal., where under God he has built for the Connection a $10,000 church, bought and improved a five-room mod¬ ern parsonage, increased the member¬ ship, trebled the congregation, raised all of the Conference claims, has a flourishing Sunday School, Allen's League, and all of the departments es¬ sential to the carrying on of a pro¬ gressive church. Twenty-five precious 154 Who's Who souls, the most of them strong men, were converted during the past quar¬ ter. Rev. Tillman bears an unblemished record and his only fault is his exces¬ sive modesty. Rev. Tillman will be a part of the California delegation of ministers, who will attend the General ( ont'erence at Kansas City. BEV. DR. CARLTON M. TANNER. Rev. L. A. Townsley, D.D. Rev.L. A,Townsley, D.D., was born in The above is the likeness of Rev. L. A. Townsley, D. I).. who Avas born in Talbottom, Talbot county, Georgia, Sep¬ tember lo, lK<;r>. He is what we call a self-made man. He was left an orphan at three years old. His nioTher died when he was nine months old and his father when he was three. He is the baby child of Reuben and Frances Townsley. After the death of his father he was given away to Mr. An¬ derson Stroud, who lived at Strouds, Georgia. This gentleman was kind to him, but he being a blacksmith was away from the farm life, and thus the life of little Luther was made very unhappy and miserable by those on the farm where he was reared. He entered public school at 'Strouds, Ga., in 1872, and attended consecutively till 1S77. Jn l'-wS lie at¬ tended the public ,school at Rus-e yi e, Pine Grove Academy, and 1S79-S'.eal and determin ition to become a m.ut among the leaders of liis race. He organized the Cioss Roads Debating Society, and .-o wonderful was he in argument he \va>- known both far and near, and became t imous as a debater, and won in every debate except two, for five years. He was married to Miss Sarah A. Rooks, the baby child of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rooks, of Yatesville, Ga.. which place was not a town it tint time. Tn 3SS8 he took charge of the dairy of Mr. Win. Parker (white) at Bamesville, Ga.. and held this position until he moved to At¬ lanta, Ga., in 1S.S4, where he is em¬ ployed tih one ot the first negro teVgrapli messengers in that city. While in this employment he engaged private tutors and studied philosophy, latin and higher mathematics. He letumed to farm life in 1S.M7 to 1SS9. He was converted at Sugar Hill Church, in Monroe county. (4a., September (i, ]SSS. He has served his church in ev.'iy capacity faithfully. He served as janitor ot the city public- schools of Griffin, Ha., two years, where he took the advantage of taking private lessons from Prof. P>othwell Graham (white I, superintendent of the public schools. He advanced rapidly in mithe- matics (which seemed to be his hobby) and Latin, so much so, until he was per¬ mitted to take the uuhlie school examina¬ tion (while janitor) along with those who came seeking positions. He made the highest murk (IIS pel cent. I in his exam¬ ination, and was awarded a place as teacher in the city public schools of Griffin, (4a., which place he held from 18!>3-94-!to. till he had to move to Senoia. Ga., his second pastorate. While in Griffin, Ga., he took up the study of Greek under Dr. E. W. Lee, who was pastoring there. Dr. Townsley joined the Conference at Montieello, Ga., November, 181)1. under Rt. Rev. W. >T. Gaines, D. D. He com¬ pleted Ins classes in three years, was or¬ dained to the Diaconate in lS!K-» at Mar¬ ietta, (la., and to the office of elder in 1895, by Rt. Rev. Abraham Grant, D. D., at Atlanta, Ga. He studied Hebrew under an Orthodox Jew in 1!KI0, and under a Jewish Rabbi in 1904-03, while pastoring at St. Paul A. M. Church in Atlanta, Ga. ^ a pastor he has proven to be of the ex- In General Conference 155 ceptional class. He began at a mission near Griffin, Ga., and made a wonderful success at Double Cabin, Bethlehem A. M. E. Church. At Senioa, Ga., he doubled and trebled the work, adding hundreds to the church in three years. At Thomaston, Ga., he was the most suc¬ cessful pastor before or since his day. He was an acceptable and match] e-s pastor at (Shiloh) Little Bethel, Atlanta, Ga. He pastored with great success at Cov¬ ington, Ga., for three years, paying off all debts, and built a new church after the old one was destroyed by fire, and paid for it, leaving only $000 due on the parsonage and church furniture. Over three hundred members were added to the church. He pastored two years at St. Paul, Atlanta, and Avas made presid¬ ing elder of the Griffin district to regret of the church. He added over 250 mem¬ bers to this church. While on the Grif¬ fin district he won the esteem and con¬ fidence of both races, and his name still lives as a household word among the peo¬ ple for good works. He was removed in the third year to the Atlanta district to succeed Dr. John Harmon, and he was as a magnet to the ministers and peo¬ ple on this district. He was assigned to the mother church in Georgia, St. Philip Monumental A. M. E. Church, in De¬ cember, 1908, by Bishop C. S. Smith, D. D., and since that time he has added 702 to the church where he found only 650. He paid the mortgage debt of over twenty years' standing and swept the church from every outstanding debt, has finished the lecture room and seated it. New electric and gas lights have been installed and the auditorium beautifully over¬ hauled, with new electric shower chande¬ liers installed. He has been elected three times as a delegate to the General Con¬ ference, and is now the chairman of the delegation from Georgia. He is thirty- third degree Mason, Knight Templar, Royal Illustrious Imperial Potentate of the Mystie Shrine, R. W. Grand Chaplain of the M. W. Union Grand Lodge of Georgia, Past Chancellor Commander and U. R. K. of P; member Grand Council G. U. O. of 0. F., P. M. W. Governor H. H. of Ruth and Worthy Deputy Grand Master P. B. and S. of Light. Dr. Townsley is one of the leading ministers of the A. M. E. connection, and eminent¬ ly qualified to fill any place in the church. He has added 3356 members to the church. No man stands higher in the es¬ timation of the people of Savannah than he, and the people hate to think of his removal. This is the record he has made everywhere since he has been pastoring. He was the first chief secretary of the Atlantic Conference, which position he filled honorably and with credit for nine years, till transferred to the Georgia Con¬ ference. Thus one can see what one can do with a fixed purpose of heirt. He is being urged to stand for election^as the treasurer of Morris Brown College at the next trustee meeting. He through thrift and economy has purchased a beautiful home in Atlanta, and owns more than one thous md two hundred dollars' worth of real estate in Savannah, Ga. He completed his course in theologoy at Morris Brown College, re¬ ceived the honored title of Doctor of Di¬ vinity upon a thesis, subject, "Tritheism," making a mark of 97 per cent or. the treatise. 156 Who's Who REV. W. H. H. BUTI.ER, D. D In General Conference 157 REV. L. H. REYNOLDS, Formerly Chief Secretary of the General Conference who died during the Quadrennium. 158 Who's Who REV. F. B CAROLINA One of the familiar figures who died during the Quadrennium In General Conference 159 todlkilJI—i > maim mm y»»nn tint m Tnrwm innfitianf inrnmi in mi mm A REV. J. M. TURNER, One of the old regulars who died during the Quadrennium. In General Conference * 161 PUBLICATION DEPARTMENT, A. M. E. CHURCH, Philadelphia, Pa. 3 it C* ex Names Names bishops. Turner, H. M 4 ... Gaines, W. J. (deceased) •"> ... Grant, A. (deceased) <> ... Tanner, B. T 7 Lee, B. F N Salter, M. B i» ... Handy, .T. A. (deceased)...... 10 ... Derrick, \Y. B 11 Tyru, E 12 ... GEXERAL Collett, .T. H. (deceased). Johnson, H. T. (deceased) Wright, Jr., 11. R... Beckett, W. W Hurst, .T Hawkins. ,T. It...... Bryant, I. T 20 2*1 183 24 2.", 142 2<; 148 21 Smith, ('. S 1- Shaft'er, C. T 34 Coppin, L. .T 1"> Lainpton, E. W. (deceased)... lli I'arks. II. B.. 17 Flipper, .J. S IS Johnson, J. 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