From Cheryl Cartwright:
Bulletin of Yale University September 15, 1928, Obituary Record of Yale Graduates 1927-1928, page 265
Edward Bagby Pollard, Ph.D. 1893.
Born October 9, 1864, in Stevensville, Virginia
Died July 12, 1927, in Chester, Pennsylvania
Father, the Rev. John Pollard (B.A. Columbian College 1860, M.A. 1867, D.D. 1877), a Baptist minister and educator; professor of English at Richmond College fifteen years; son of Colonel John Pollard and Juliet (Jeffries) Pollard, grandson of Joseph Pollard, who fought in the Revolutionary War; descendant of Robert Pollard, who came to America from England about 1656 and settled in Virginia.
Mother, Virginia (Bagby) Pollard; daughter of John and Elizabeth (Lumpkin) Bagby; descendant of James Bagby, who came from England to Jamestown, Virginia, in 1628.
Preparatory training received at Baltimore City College; B.A. University of Richmond 1884, M.A 1886; graduated at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1890 and ordained to Baptist ministry soon afterwards, attended Yale Graduate School 1890-1893 and during that period served as pastor of Howard Avenue Baptist Church, New Haven; pastor of First Baptist Church, Roanoke, Virginia, 1893-1896; graduate student at University of Berlin in 1896, professor of Biblical literature at Columbian (now George Washington University 1896-1902 and at Georgetown (Kentucky ) College 1902-1906 (during that period also pastor of First Baptist Church, Georgetown); since 1906 had been professor of Homiletics at Crozer Theological Seminary, Chester; member International Sunday School Lesson Commission 1910-1912; editor of Service 1910-1912 and of Crozer Quarterly since 1924; author: Paul Judson (1905) and Semitic and Oriental Women (1907); contributor to religious encyclopedias and the theological press; D.D. Richmond 1901; member Richmond chapter of Beta Theta Pi and of Upland (Pennsylvania) Baptist Church at time of death.
Married June 4, 1895, in Washington, D.C., Emily Tufton, daughter of Otis Tufton Mason (B.A. Columbian 1861, M.A. 1862, PhD 1879, LLD 1897) and Sarah Elizabeth (Henderson) Mason.
Children: Emily Louise; Otis Mason (B.A. University of Pennsylvania 1919) (died in 1923) and Edward Bagby Jr. (B.A. University of Pennsylvania 1920).
Death followed an operation for hernia. Buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Survived by wife, daughter, one son, six sisters, Mrs. George H. Clarke, of Richmond, Virginia, Mrs. John W. Wills and Mrs. Robert L. Turman, both of Atlanta, Georgia, Mrs. Millard F. Cox, of Louisville, Kentucky, Mrs. Otho P. Smoot, of Bowling Green, Virginia and Mrs. Robert L. McCaslin, of Jacksonville, Florida and a brother, J. Garland Pollard (B.A. Richmond 1891), of William and Mary College.
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Bulletin of Yale University September 15, 1928, Obituary Record of Yale Graduates 1927-1928, page 265
Edward Bagby Pollard, Ph.D. 1893.
Born October 9, 1864, in Stevensville, Virginia
Died July 12, 1927, in Chester, Pennsylvania
Father, the Rev. John Pollard (B.A. Columbian College 1860, M.A. 1867, D.D. 1877), a Baptist minister and educator; professor of English at Richmond College fifteen years; son of Colonel John Pollard and Juliet (Jeffries) Pollard, grandson of Joseph Pollard, who fought in the Revolutionary War; descendant of Robert Pollard, who came to America from England about 1656 and settled in Virginia.
Mother, Virginia (Bagby) Pollard; daughter of John and Elizabeth (Lumpkin) Bagby; descendant of James Bagby, who came from England to Jamestown, Virginia, in 1628.
Preparatory training received at Baltimore City College; B.A. University of Richmond 1884, M.A 1886; graduated at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1890 and ordained to Baptist ministry soon afterwards, attended Yale Graduate School 1890-1893 and during that period served as pastor of Howard Avenue Baptist Church, New Haven; pastor of First Baptist Church, Roanoke, Virginia, 1893-1896; graduate student at University of Berlin in 1896, professor of Biblical literature at Columbian (now George Washington University 1896-1902 and at Georgetown (Kentucky ) College 1902-1906 (during that period also pastor of First Baptist Church, Georgetown); since 1906 had been professor of Homiletics at Crozer Theological Seminary, Chester; member International Sunday School Lesson Commission 1910-1912; editor of Service 1910-1912 and of Crozer Quarterly since 1924; author: Paul Judson (1905) and Semitic and Oriental Women (1907); contributor to religious encyclopedias and the theological press; D.D. Richmond 1901; member Richmond chapter of Beta Theta Pi and of Upland (Pennsylvania) Baptist Church at time of death.
Married June 4, 1895, in Washington, D.C., Emily Tufton, daughter of Otis Tufton Mason (B.A. Columbian 1861, M.A. 1862, PhD 1879, LLD 1897) and Sarah Elizabeth (Henderson) Mason.
Children: Emily Louise; Otis Mason (B.A. University of Pennsylvania 1919) (died in 1923) and Edward Bagby Jr. (B.A. University of Pennsylvania 1920).
Death followed an operation for hernia. Buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Survived by wife, daughter, one son, six sisters, Mrs. George H. Clarke, of Richmond, Virginia, Mrs. John W. Wills and Mrs. Robert L. Turman, both of Atlanta, Georgia, Mrs. Millard F. Cox, of Louisville, Kentucky, Mrs. Otho P. Smoot, of Bowling Green, Virginia and Mrs. Robert L. McCaslin, of Jacksonville, Florida and a brother, J. Garland Pollard (B.A. Richmond 1891), of William and Mary College.
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From Cheryl Cartwright:
Bulletin of Yale University September 15, 1928, Obituary Record of Yale Graduates 1927-1928, page 265
Edward Bagby Pollard, Ph.D. 1893.
Born October 9, 1864, in Stevensville, Virginia
Died July 12, 1927, in Chester, Pennsylvania
Father, the Rev. John Pollard (B.A. Columbian College 1860, M.A. 1867, D.D. 1877), a Baptist minister and educator; professor of English at Richmond College fifteen years; son of Colonel John Pollard and Juliet (Jeffries) Pollard, grandson of Joseph Pollard, who fought in the Revolutionary War; descendant of Robert Pollard, who came to America from England about 1656 and settled in Virginia.
Mother, Virginia (Bagby) Pollard; daughter of John and Elizabeth (Lumpkin) Bagby; descendant of James Bagby, who came from England to Jamestown, Virginia, in 1628.
Preparatory training received at Baltimore City College; B.A. University of Richmond 1884, M.A 1886; graduated at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1890 and ordained to Baptist ministry soon afterwards, attended Yale Graduate School 1890-1893 and during that period served as pastor of Howard Avenue Baptist Church, New Haven; pastor of First Baptist Church, Roanoke, Virginia, 1893-1896; graduate student at University of Berlin in 1896, professor of Biblical literature at Columbian (now George Washington University 1896-1902 and at Georgetown (Kentucky ) College 1902-1906 (during that period also pastor of First Baptist Church, Georgetown); since 1906 had been professor of Homiletics at Crozer Theological Seminary, Chester; member International Sunday School Lesson Commission 1910-1912; editor of Service 1910-1912 and of Crozer Quarterly since 1924; author: Paul Judson (1905) and Semitic and Oriental Women (1907); contributor to religious encyclopedias and the theological press; D.D. Richmond 1901; member Richmond chapter of Beta Theta Pi and of Upland (Pennsylvania) Baptist Church at time of death.
Married June 4, 1895, in Washington, D.C., Emily Tufton, daughter of Otis Tufton Mason (B.A. Columbian 1861, M.A. 1862, PhD 1879, LLD 1897) and Sarah Elizabeth (Henderson) Mason.
Children: Emily Louise; Otis Mason (B.A. University of Pennsylvania 1919) (died in 1923) and Edward Bagby Jr. (B.A. University of Pennsylvania 1920).
Death followed an operation for hernia. Buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Survived by wife, daughter, one son, six sisters, Mrs. George H. Clarke, of Richmond, Virginia, Mrs. John W. Wills and Mrs. Robert L. Turman, both of Atlanta, Georgia, Mrs. Millard F. Cox, of Louisville, Kentucky, Mrs. Otho P. Smoot, of Bowling Green, Virginia and Mrs. Robert L. McCaslin, of Jacksonville, Florida and a brother, J. Garland Pollard (B.A. Richmond 1891), of William and Mary College.
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Links to parents from Cheryl Cartwright.
Bulletin of Yale University September 15, 1928, Obituary Record of Yale Graduates 1927-1928, page 265
Edward Bagby Pollard, Ph.D. 1893.
Born October 9, 1864, in Stevensville, Virginia
Died July 12, 1927, in Chester, Pennsylvania
Father, the Rev. John Pollard (B.A. Columbian College 1860, M.A. 1867, D.D. 1877), a Baptist minister and educator; professor of English at Richmond College fifteen years; son of Colonel John Pollard and Juliet (Jeffries) Pollard, grandson of Joseph Pollard, who fought in the Revolutionary War; descendant of Robert Pollard, who came to America from England about 1656 and settled in Virginia.
Mother, Virginia (Bagby) Pollard; daughter of John and Elizabeth (Lumpkin) Bagby; descendant of James Bagby, who came from England to Jamestown, Virginia, in 1628.
Preparatory training received at Baltimore City College; B.A. University of Richmond 1884, M.A 1886; graduated at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1890 and ordained to Baptist ministry soon afterwards, attended Yale Graduate School 1890-1893 and during that period served as pastor of Howard Avenue Baptist Church, New Haven; pastor of First Baptist Church, Roanoke, Virginia, 1893-1896; graduate student at University of Berlin in 1896, professor of Biblical literature at Columbian (now George Washington University 1896-1902 and at Georgetown (Kentucky ) College 1902-1906 (during that period also pastor of First Baptist Church, Georgetown); since 1906 had been professor of Homiletics at Crozer Theological Seminary, Chester; member International Sunday School Lesson Commission 1910-1912; editor of Service 1910-1912 and of Crozer Quarterly since 1924; author: Paul Judson (1905) and Semitic and Oriental Women (1907); contributor to religious encyclopedias and the theological press; D.D. Richmond 1901; member Richmond chapter of Beta Theta Pi and of Upland (Pennsylvania) Baptist Church at time of death.
Married June 4, 1895, in Washington, D.C., Emily Tufton, daughter of Otis Tufton Mason (B.A. Columbian 1861, M.A. 1862, PhD 1879, LLD 1897) and Sarah Elizabeth (Henderson) Mason.
Children: Emily Louise; Otis Mason (B.A. University of Pennsylvania 1919) (died in 1923) and Edward Bagby Jr. (B.A. University of Pennsylvania 1920).
Death followed an operation for hernia. Buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Survived by wife, daughter, one son, six sisters, Mrs. George H. Clarke, of Richmond, Virginia, Mrs. John W. Wills and Mrs. Robert L. Turman, both of Atlanta, Georgia, Mrs. Millard F. Cox, of Louisville, Kentucky, Mrs. Otho P. Smoot, of Bowling Green, Virginia and Mrs. Robert L. McCaslin, of Jacksonville, Florida and a brother, J. Garland Pollard (B.A. Richmond 1891), of William and Mary College.
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