Jones, Sam P. (Sam Porter), 1847-1906
Samuel Porter Jones, evangelist, was born 16 October 1847, in Oak Bowery, Alabama, and died 15 October 1906, near Little Rock, Arkansas. He grew up in Cartersville, Georgia, was admitted to the bar (1866) but abandoned law and converted to Methodism; he married Laura McElwain (1868). He began to evangelize after his appointment as agent for the Methodist Orphan's Home in Decatur, Georgia (1880) and became a national figure by the mid-1880s. After 1893 Jones devoted all his time to evangelistic work, publishing volumes of his sermons, and writing a weekly column for the Atlanta JOURNAL. A critic of most social activities and an ardent prohibitionist, he became the first prominent evangelist in the United States.
From the description of Sam P. Jones papers, 1859-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122385927
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