He graduated at the University of Tennessee in 1880 and attended Vanderbilt University in 1881. Transferred to Holston Conference in 1891, but the transfer was announced in 1892. He served charges with efficiency and success in Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia; twenty-one years as presiding elder, in five districts, one of which, Chattanooga, he served twice; he served fifteen years as President of Martha Washington College. He was twice married: (1) Miss Lillie Sawyers, on Dec., 1883. They had two sons. She died Feb. 6, 1897. (2) Miss Josie Peck, of Pearisburg, Va., on Oct. 18, 1899; they had one daughter.
He graduated at the University of Tennessee in 1880 and attended Vanderbilt University in 1881. Transferred to Holston Conference in 1891, but the transfer was announced in 1892. He served charges with efficiency and success in Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia; twenty-one years as presiding elder, in five districts, one of which, Chattanooga, he served twice; he served fifteen years as President of Martha Washington College. He was twice married: (1) Miss Lillie Sawyers, on Dec., 1883. They had two sons. She died Feb. 6, 1897. (2) Miss Josie Peck, of Pearisburg, Va., on Oct. 18, 1899; they had one daughter.
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