Bishop Atticus Green Haygood, born in Watkinsville, Oconee Co., GA - Son of Green B Haygood and Martha Ann Askew.
Brother of Pitt, Armella, Laura Askew, Myra Augusta and William Askew Haygood.
Atticus married, 6 June 1859 in Oxford, Newton Co., GA, Mary Yarbrough, a daughter of Rev Jonothan W Yarbrough.
Father of Paul, Pauline, Wilber Fletcher, Lipscomb, Mamie, Atticus Green Jr, George Pierce and Laura Haygood.
Grandson of William Haygood & Mary "Polly" Stroud and Rev Josiah Askew & Phoebe Smith.
Atticus died in Oxford, Newton Co., GA.
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Atticus G. Haygood was an editor, author, and educator. He was a distinguished president of Emory College. He was also a progressive Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Haygood gained national prominence as a spokesman for the New South, promoting business and commercial development. He fearlessly preached reunion, reconciliation, and educational opportunity for African Americans. He also championed such causes as federal aid to education and prohibition.
In 1875 he was elected president of Emory College, where he reformed the curriculum, worked to make the college more affordable, and generally helped raise Emory's profile in the region. From 1878 to 1882 he edited and contributed to the Wesleyan Christian Advocate. He was made Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in 1882.
Some of his books:
Our Children (1876);
Our Brother in Black: His Freedom and His Future (1881);
The Case of the Negro (1885).
Brother of Pitt, Armella, Laura Askew, Myra Augusta and William Askew Haygood.
Atticus married, 6 June 1859 in Oxford, Newton Co., GA, Mary Yarbrough, a daughter of Rev Jonothan W Yarbrough.
Father of Paul, Pauline, Wilber Fletcher, Lipscomb, Mamie, Atticus Green Jr, George Pierce and Laura Haygood.
Grandson of William Haygood & Mary "Polly" Stroud and Rev Josiah Askew & Phoebe Smith.
Atticus died in Oxford, Newton Co., GA.
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Atticus G. Haygood was an editor, author, and educator. He was a distinguished president of Emory College. He was also a progressive Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Haygood gained national prominence as a spokesman for the New South, promoting business and commercial development. He fearlessly preached reunion, reconciliation, and educational opportunity for African Americans. He also championed such causes as federal aid to education and prohibition.
In 1875 he was elected president of Emory College, where he reformed the curriculum, worked to make the college more affordable, and generally helped raise Emory's profile in the region. From 1878 to 1882 he edited and contributed to the Wesleyan Christian Advocate. He was made Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in 1882.
Some of his books:
Our Children (1876);
Our Brother in Black: His Freedom and His Future (1881);
The Case of the Negro (1885).
Bishop Atticus Green Haygood, born in Watkinsville, Oconee Co., GA - Son of Green B Haygood and Martha Ann Askew.
Brother of Pitt, Armella, Laura Askew, Myra Augusta and William Askew Haygood.
Atticus married, 6 June 1859 in Oxford, Newton Co., GA, Mary Yarbrough, a daughter of Rev Jonothan W Yarbrough.
Father of Paul, Pauline, Wilber Fletcher, Lipscomb, Mamie, Atticus Green Jr, George Pierce and Laura Haygood.
Grandson of William Haygood & Mary "Polly" Stroud and Rev Josiah Askew & Phoebe Smith.
Atticus died in Oxford, Newton Co., GA.
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Atticus G. Haygood was an editor, author, and educator. He was a distinguished president of Emory College. He was also a progressive Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Haygood gained national prominence as a spokesman for the New South, promoting business and commercial development. He fearlessly preached reunion, reconciliation, and educational opportunity for African Americans. He also championed such causes as federal aid to education and prohibition.
In 1875 he was elected president of Emory College, where he reformed the curriculum, worked to make the college more affordable, and generally helped raise Emory's profile in the region. From 1878 to 1882 he edited and contributed to the Wesleyan Christian Advocate. He was made Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in 1882.
Some of his books:
Our Children (1876);
Our Brother in Black: His Freedom and His Future (1881);
The Case of the Negro (1885).
Brother of Pitt, Armella, Laura Askew, Myra Augusta and William Askew Haygood.
Atticus married, 6 June 1859 in Oxford, Newton Co., GA, Mary Yarbrough, a daughter of Rev Jonothan W Yarbrough.
Father of Paul, Pauline, Wilber Fletcher, Lipscomb, Mamie, Atticus Green Jr, George Pierce and Laura Haygood.
Grandson of William Haygood & Mary "Polly" Stroud and Rev Josiah Askew & Phoebe Smith.
Atticus died in Oxford, Newton Co., GA.
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Atticus G. Haygood was an editor, author, and educator. He was a distinguished president of Emory College. He was also a progressive Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Haygood gained national prominence as a spokesman for the New South, promoting business and commercial development. He fearlessly preached reunion, reconciliation, and educational opportunity for African Americans. He also championed such causes as federal aid to education and prohibition.
In 1875 he was elected president of Emory College, where he reformed the curriculum, worked to make the college more affordable, and generally helped raise Emory's profile in the region. From 1878 to 1882 he edited and contributed to the Wesleyan Christian Advocate. He was made Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in 1882.
Some of his books:
Our Children (1876);
Our Brother in Black: His Freedom and His Future (1881);
The Case of the Negro (1885).
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