Galloway, Charles B. (Charles Betts), 1849-1909

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Birth 1849-09-01
Death 1909-05-12

Biographical notes:

Charles Betts Galloway, Methodist bishop and editor, was born 1 September 1849, in Kosciusko, Mississippi, and died 12 May 1909, in Jackson, Mississippi. He became a minister in the Mississippi Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (1868; serving the cities of Jackson and Vicksburg the longest); edited the New Orleans CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE (1882-1886); became a bishop (1886); was a University of Mississippi trustee (1882-1894) and a Vanderbilt University trustee (President of the Board, 1905-1909); and was called the "missionary bishop of Methodism," because of his extensive tours of Asia and South America. Galloway was the author of more than six books, including THE SOUTH AND THE NEGRO (1904).

From the description of Charles Betts Galloway papers, 1879-1910. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173862961

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  • Publishers and publishing
  • Methodist Church
  • Methodist Church
  • Methodist Church

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  • Bishops
  • Editors

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  • United States (as recorded)