City: Nashville
WEAVER, Rufus Washington, clergyman; born Greensboro, S. C., June 3, 1870; Scotch-Irish-English descent; son of Preston D. and Elizabeth (Forbis) WEAVER; father, merchant and farmer; paternal grandparents Rev. Amos and Emily (Tomlinson) WEAVER, maternal grandparents David and Elizabeth (Woodburn) FORBIS; attended Greensboro (N. C.) High School, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, and University of Cincinnati; graduated at Wake Forest College, 1893, and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary 1899, with A.B., M.A., Th.M., Th.D. degrees; 32d degree Mason, Odd Fellow, Knight of Pythias and member “The Palaver,” “The Old Oak” and the “Country Club” of Nashville, Tenn.; Grand Chaplain Grand Lodge of Masons 1909-10; Pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church, Nashville; Author of “The Reconstruction of Religion,” “The Christian Conventionalist,” “The History of the Doctrine of Inspiration in the Eighth Century, B. C.”.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
