Belk, Samuel Robinson, 1857-1928.

Samuel Robinson Belk was born in Waxhaw, North Carolina, on March 21, 1859. He was the son of John Wesley and Elizabeth McCain Belk. He was educated at Jackson Forest Academy, received an A.B. degree from Rutherford College in North Carolina in 1882 and an M.A. degree, also from Rutherford, in 1892. In 1909 he was awarded a D.D. from the University of Georgia.

In 1884 Belk was given his license to preach. He was admitted on probation to the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (M.E.C.S.), where he served the Carver's Creek Circuit from 1885-1886. Belk married Joanna Catherine Council on June 3, 1886. The couple had five children: two sons, Paul and Samuel, and three daughters, Mary, Lee, and Ruth.

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