Teague, Eldred Burder, 1820-1902

Eldred Burder Teague was born in 20 January 1820 in Newberry, South Carolina, to John WIlliams Teague and Mary Elizabeth Davis. He married Sophia Nelson Blount (daughter of James G. Blount) on 15 June 1843 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The couple had six children: Melancthon Blount (1845-1892), Anne Mary (1846-1892), Andrew Fuller (1849-1861), Sophia Blanche (1851-?), John Shepard (1856-?), and Eldred Burder, Jr. Sophia died in 1823 in Lagrange, Georgia. Teague later married Louise Emeline Philpot in June 1861, in Tuskegee, Alabama. They had ten children: Felicia Pauline (1863), Sarah Parnel (1864-1874), Elbuda (1865-1895), Imogene (1867-1868), William Calloway (1868- before 1930), Frank Philpot (1869-1874), Gertrude (1870- by 1873), Louella (1873-?), Edward Baptist (1876- by 1958), and Bessie Reynolds (1878). Louisa died in 1887.

In 1844, he was ordained to the Baptist ministry and served many pastorates in Alabama and was a leader in the educational life there. He was president of the East Alabama Female College in Tuskegee for three years and was very influential in moving Howard College (now Samford University) from Marion, Alabama, to Birmingham. He was also a founder and editor of the Alabama Baptist .

Dr. Teague died on 24 November 1902.

From the guide to the Eldred Burder Teague papers MSS. 1390., 1844-1883, (W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama)