Dwight Lewelling was the son of Andrew J. Lewelling and Lucinda Palestine Childress.
Dwight became a lawyer and was admitted to the bar when he was 19. He served Dallas County as its prosecuting attorney from 1906 to 1910. He was a Democrat and served two terms in the Legislature from Dallas County (1913-1917), and once was a candidate for governor and again a candidate for attorney general. He was a staunch prohibitionist.
He left the practice of law in 1926 to organize the Baptist Gospel Mission at 611 Main between Market and Jefferson streets. Daily gospel services were held in the mission, and men could receive food and a place to sleep. Known as "Brother Lewelling" he gave the last ten years of his life to preaching and to ministering to those in need.
For a photo and more information about Brother Lewelling and the Baptist Gospel Mission see the article published in The Dallas Morning News on April 24, 1936, titled "Death of Benefactor, Dwight L. Lewelling, Shocks Mission Bums."
Dwight became a lawyer and was admitted to the bar when he was 19. He served Dallas County as its prosecuting attorney from 1906 to 1910. He was a Democrat and served two terms in the Legislature from Dallas County (1913-1917), and once was a candidate for governor and again a candidate for attorney general. He was a staunch prohibitionist.
He left the practice of law in 1926 to organize the Baptist Gospel Mission at 611 Main between Market and Jefferson streets. Daily gospel services were held in the mission, and men could receive food and a place to sleep. Known as "Brother Lewelling" he gave the last ten years of his life to preaching and to ministering to those in need.
For a photo and more information about Brother Lewelling and the Baptist Gospel Mission see the article published in The Dallas Morning News on April 24, 1936, titled "Death of Benefactor, Dwight L. Lewelling, Shocks Mission Bums."
Dwight Lewelling was the son of Andrew J. Lewelling and Lucinda Palestine Childress.
Dwight became a lawyer and was admitted to the bar when he was 19. He served Dallas County as its prosecuting attorney from 1906 to 1910. He was a Democrat and served two terms in the Legislature from Dallas County (1913-1917), and once was a candidate for governor and again a candidate for attorney general. He was a staunch prohibitionist.
He left the practice of law in 1926 to organize the Baptist Gospel Mission at 611 Main between Market and Jefferson streets. Daily gospel services were held in the mission, and men could receive food and a place to sleep. Known as "Brother Lewelling" he gave the last ten years of his life to preaching and to ministering to those in need.
For a photo and more information about Brother Lewelling and the Baptist Gospel Mission see the article published in The Dallas Morning News on April 24, 1936, titled "Death of Benefactor, Dwight L. Lewelling, Shocks Mission Bums."
Dwight became a lawyer and was admitted to the bar when he was 19. He served Dallas County as its prosecuting attorney from 1906 to 1910. He was a Democrat and served two terms in the Legislature from Dallas County (1913-1917), and once was a candidate for governor and again a candidate for attorney general. He was a staunch prohibitionist.
He left the practice of law in 1926 to organize the Baptist Gospel Mission at 611 Main between Market and Jefferson streets. Daily gospel services were held in the mission, and men could receive food and a place to sleep. Known as "Brother Lewelling" he gave the last ten years of his life to preaching and to ministering to those in need.
For a photo and more information about Brother Lewelling and the Baptist Gospel Mission see the article published in The Dallas Morning News on April 24, 1936, titled "Death of Benefactor, Dwight L. Lewelling, Shocks Mission Bums."
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