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Portraits of Some Baptist Leaders. Mercer University Atlanta, Monroe F. Swilley, Jr. Library. Atlanta, GA, 2003
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| Title: | Robert C. Buckner. {a lithograph} |
| Creator(s) or Contributor(s): | Monroe F. Swilley, Jr. Library. |
| Perry, Beth. | |
| Strickland, Michael. | |
| Description: | Lithograph of Robert C. Buckner. 1881. Robert C. Buckner was born in Madisonville, Tennessee, on January 3, 1837. He was a graduate of Georgetown College. Buckner made a profession of faith in October 1844. He was pastor of Baptist churches in Albany, Owensborough, and Salvisa, Kentucky; and Paris, Texas, for 27 years. Buckner was the first Kentucky agent of the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. He served as moderator of the Red River Association, Texas; superintendent of Orphan Home work in Texas; president of the Sunday School Convention in Northern Texas; secretary of the Texas Baptist General Association; and editor of the Texas Baptist. Buckner died on April 9, 1919. JPG file (328 KB) |
| Source: | Digitized from a portrait on page 158 of: The Baptist Encyclopaedia A Dictionary of the Doctrines, Ordinances, Usages, Confessions of Faith, Sufferings, Labors, and Successes, and of the General History of the Baptist Denomination in all Lands. With Numerous Biographical Sketches of Distinguished American and Foreign Baptists, and a Supplement. Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1881. {information about the original source for the digitized image} |
| Language: | English. |
| Subject: | Baptists--Biography. |
| Buckner, Robert C., 1837-1919. | |
| Image Information: | Digital image: JPEG format, 600dpi.k 32 bit color. |