City: Nashville
LAMAR, Abner W., minister of the gospel; born Edgefield, S. C., March 30, 1847; Huguenot descent; son of Thomas G. and Mary (Whatley) LAMAR; father’s occupation, planter, slave owner, and soldier in Confederate service, Colonel of First Regiment South Carolina Volunteer infantry; paternal grandparents Thomas G. and Martha (Carey) LAMAR, maternal grandparents Abner and Elizabeth (Wilson) WHATLEY; educated South Carolina State Military Academy, Farman University, S. C., and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky.; graduated D.D. degree Howard Payne College Texas, June, 1893; in early life was a farmer, steamboat captain Savannah river 1865-6; married Elizabeth WEBB, October 8, 1868; member K. of P., W. O. W., and Z. A. E.; Christian Socialist; served as Lieutenant in South Carolina State Cadets, 1864-5; member of Baptist Church; was General Missionary South Carolina Baptist Convention, 1872-82; pastor principal Baptist churches, Memphis, Tenn., Omaha, Neb., and Galveston, Tex.; was for ten years General Agent Tennessee for Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, and Lecturer and Evangelist for fifteen years; at present Chaplain Ward Seminary, Nashville, Tenn.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
