Papers of Bishop William Tecumseh Vernon, 1907-1989 1907-1989

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Papers of Bishop William Tecumseh Vernon, 1907-1989 1907-1989

http://hdl.handle.net/10407/3959044398

William Tecumseh Vernon, after his ordination in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, served as President of the A.M.E.-sponsored Western University in Quindaro, Kansas. Vernon also served as Register of the United States Treasury from 1906-1911. Reverend Vernon was consecrated a Bishop of the A.M.E. Church in 1920, and was assigned to the 17th Episcopal District in South Africa where he served for four years. The collection consists primarily of family correspondence and genealogical information, as well as records related to Vernon's service to the A.M.E. Church.

3 linear ft (6 boxes), 2 oversize boxes

University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 6354061

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William Tecumseh Vernon was born July 11, 1871, in Lebanon, Missouri to Adam and Margaret Vernon. After receiving his Bachelors degree at Lincoln University, he became a teacher in Bonne Terre, Missouri, and was later, principal of an African American school in Lebanon, Missouri. Vernon was later ordained a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church and earned a D.D. (Doctor Divinatis) at Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio. In 1896, Reverend Vernon began ten ...