Elam Franklin Dempsey papers, 1855-1952.

United Methodist Church (U.S.). South Georgia Conference

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Dempsey, Elam Franklin, b. 1878

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Elam Franklin Dempsey, clergyman, author, and educator, was born July 6, 1878, in Atlanta, Georgia, and died September 19, 1947, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was Dean of Theology (1917-1919) and trustee (1914-1921) of Emory College, Professor of Bibilical Literature and trustee (1922-1930) of Emory University, editor of the WESLEYAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE (1930-1932), a daily columnist with the Atlanta CONSTITUTION, secretary of the North Georgia Conference Historical Society (1939-1947), and author of b...

Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

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In 1845, as a result of the North-South tensions, the Methodist Episcopal Church conferences in the Southern states withdrew to form the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In 1874 at the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South held in Louisville, Kentucky, a Board of Commissioners was appointed to meet with a similar board from the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC). The Board was empowered to begin talks the MEC board that would resolve differences between the two denomination...

Emory College

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Emory College was founded in 1836 by the Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Early faculty members included Alexander Means, Gustavus John Orr, Osborne L. Smith, and George W. W. Stone. From the description of Emory College faculty records, 1847-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 761669346 Emory College was chartered in 1836 to the Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The first librarian noted in Emory College records, in 1840, was George...

Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Woman's Missionary Society.

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United Methodist Church (U.S.). North Georgia Conference

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The Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (M.E.C.) was organized at the church's General Conference of 1830. The members met for the first time in Macon, Georgia, in 1831. Within a few years the church began to struggle with the issue of slavery. Unable to reach an agreement, the church divided in 1844 and the slave-holding states formed the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (M.E.C.,S.). In 1866 the Georgia Conference of the M.E.C.,S. was divided into the ...

Emory university

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The Baccalaureate service is an inter-religious ceremony for all graduating Emory University students receiving bachelor's degrees and consists of prayers, music, and an address by the Emory University President. The Commencement ceremony includes all Emory University graduates and consists of an address by the commencement speaker, the conferral of honorary degrees and awards, and the conferral of degrees en masse. From the description of Emory University Baccalaureate and Commencem...

United Methodist Church (U.S.)

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Although this collection contains records primarily from the N.C. and Western N.C. Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS), and national records from both the MECS and the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC), this chronology is provided as an aid to understanding the context of the records contained in this collection. 1772 First Methodist preaching in North Carolina at Currituck Court House in northea...

Haygood, Atticus G. (Atticus Greene), 1839-1896

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Atticus G. Haygood, an editor, author, and educator, was a distinguished president of Emory College and a progressive bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He gained national prominence as a spokesman for the New South, promoting business and commercial development, and he fearlessly preached reunion, reconciliation, and educational opportunity for African Americans. He also championed such causes as federal aid to education and prohibition. Atticus Greene Haygood was born on November...

Dickey, James Edward, 1864-1928.

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James Edward Dickey was an alumnus and president of Emory College. He later became a Methodist pastor and bishop. From the description of James Edward Dickey papers, 1903-1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173862921 ...

Candler, Warren A. (Warren Akin), 1857-1941

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Warren Akin Candler, Methodist clergyman and educator of Atlanta, Georgia, was born 23 August 1857, near Villa Rica in Carroll County, Georgia and died at his home in Atlanta on 25 September 1941. Candler graduated from Emory College (A.B., 1875; A.M., 1878); served various circuits in the North Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (1875-1886); married Sarah Antoinette (Nettie) Curtright (1877); was appointed editor of the CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE (1886); was elected President o...

Methodist Episcopal Church, South. North Georgia Conference

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