City: Nashville
FOLK, Edgar Estes, editor and publisher; born Haywood County, Tenn., September 6, 1856; German-Italian descent; son of Henry Bate and Martha C. (Estes) FOLK; educated Brownsville Academy, Wake Forest College, N. C., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky.; graduated Wake Forest with A.M. degree 1877, D.D. 1895; married Lizzie HANDLY, March 6, 1888; author “Mormon Monster,” “Folk-McQuiddy Discussion on Plan of Salvation,” “Baptist Principles,” “Southern Pilgrims in Eastern Lands,” and various lectures and addresses; has served as pastor at Murfreesboro, Tenn., Millersburg, Ky., Albany, Ga.; editor of Baptist and Reflector since 1888; President Sunday School Board Southern Baptist Convention since 1895; President Tennessee Anti-Saloon League,, 1899-1911; Vice-President and stockholder in the Folk-Keelin Printing Company, President Baptist Publishing Company, publishers of Baptist and Reflector.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
