City: Nashville
DUBOSE, Horace Mellard, clergyman; born Choctaw County, Ala., November 7, 1858; Huguenot descent; son of Hezekiah and Amanda (Hawkins) DUBOSE; paternal grandparents Joel DUBOSE and Anna (Lee) DUBOSE, maternal grandparents William HAWKINS and Mary (Hill) HAWKINS; educated Waynesboro (Miss.) Academy; studied languages and classics under tutors; received D.D. from Emory and Henry College, 1892; married, first Rosa CHANEY December 6, 1882; second, Mrs. G. V. AMIS, December 20, 1899; licensed to preach M. E. Church, South, October 1, 1876; ordained 1879; admitted in Mississippi Conference 1877-80; pastor Galveston, Tex., 1881-82; Huntsville, Tex., 1883-84; Houston, Tex., 1885-86; Tyler, Tex., 1887-8; Los Angeles, Cal., 1889-90; editor Pacific Methodist Advocate, San Francisco, Cal., 1890-94; pastor at Jackson, Miss., 1897-8; Secretary Epworth League and editor of Epworth Era since 1898; delegate to General Conferences; member of Ecumenical Conference, 1901; member of World’s Sunday School Convention; President of Methodist Benevolent Association; author Rupert Wise, a poetic romance, 1889; Unto the Dawn, 1896; Planting of the Cross, 1902; Margaret, an Idyl, 1905; The Gang of Six, 1906; Life of Barbee, 1906; The Symbol of Methodism, 1907; Life at Its Best, 1908; Francis Asbury, a Biographical Study, 1909; also author of numerous pamphlets and booklets on religious subjects.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
