Charles Betts Galloway

Religious Leader
BIRTHDAY
September 1,1849
Birthplace
Mississippi
Age
May 12,1909,age 59
Birth Sign
Virgo
BIRTHDAY
September 1,1849 (age May 12,1909,age 59)
Birthplace
Mississippi

About

American religious leader who was elected Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in 1886.

Before Fame

He became a Christian in 1867, while he was studying at the University of Mississippi.

Trivia

His religious work was celebrated by Hendrix College in 1933, when the Arkansas school named a dormitory in his honor.

Family Life

His great uncle, Reverend Charles Betts, was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of North Carolina.

Associated With

He and James Bevel were both Mississippi-born religious leaders.