City: Knoxville
CALHOUN, Joseph Painter, clergyman; born Gohenville, Pa., Feb. 15, 1852; son of Capt. Samuel Neal and Hannah (Sheridan) CALHOUN; paternal grandparents Hon. John and Elizabeth (Anthony) CALHOUN, maternal grandfather John SHERIDAN, his maternal grandmother was a Miss CAMPBELL prior to her marriage; student in Glen Run Academy, Armstrong Co., Pa, 1871-1875; studied law under tuition of Judge John V. Painter, Kitanning, Pa., 1875-1876; student Western Theological Seminary, 1877-1880; received D.D. degree from Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio, 1902; married Madge F. STOCKDILL, May 9, 1879; ordained Presbyterian minister, 1879; stated supply, Le Claire and Princeton, Iowa, 1879, 1881; Crooked Creek and Cherry Run, Pa., 1885-1890; pastor State Lick, Pa., 1890-1894, Newton, Kan., 1894-1895, Homewood Avenue church, Pittsburg, Pa., 1895-1906; paster First Presbyterian church of Maryville, Tenn., 1908-1910; at present he is pastor of Fourth Presbyterian church, Knoxville, Tenn.; superintendent of evangelistic work in the South and Southwest, Presbyterian church, U.S.A.; as chairman of committee, Pittsburg, Pa., he originated and organized first simultaneous campaign in 1904, by which many thousands were added to the churches participating in same, and this plan has since been adopted throughout the world.
