Background
Holt, Adoniram Judson was born on December 1, 1847 in Somerset, Kentucky, United States. Son of Aaron and Miriam (Buckner) Holt.
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Adoniram Judson Holt
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Private C.S.A., 1863-1865. Master of Arts, McKenzie College, Texas, 1866. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1874-1876, 1881-1883, graduate 1883.
Ps.M., Atlanta School of Psychology, 1899.
Doctor of Divinity, Keachi College, Louisiana, 1887, Baylor University, Texas, 1888.
Career
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1868. 1st missionary to wild Indians of Indiana Ty. 4 years; built 1st house of worship in what was later Oklahoma Ty.
Pastor Webberville, Texas, 1870-1874, missionary to Indians, 1878.
Pastor Denison, Texas, 1879-1880, Portland Avenue Church, Louisville, Kentucky, 1880-1882. Superintendent missions, Texas, 1882-1889.
Visited Palestine, 1889-1890. Pastor Nacogdoches, Texas, 1890-1892.
Secretary missions in Tennessee, 1892-1902.
President Tennessee College, 1905. Pastor South Knoxville, 1905-1909, Chickasha, Oklahoma, 1909-1910, Kissimmee, Florida, 1911-1915, Arcadia, Florida, 6 years. Editor Florida Baptist Witness, 1916-1917.
Later pastor 1st Church, Punta Gorda, Florida President Tennessee Baptist Pastors’ Conference, 1905-1909, Oklahoma Baptist Convention, 1910-1911, Florida Baptist Pastors’ Conference, since 1912.
Trustee Southern Baptist Theological Seminary 10 years. Superintendent Baptist Orphanage, Tennessee, 8 years Author: Missionary Manual, 1884.
Miriam Heth (5th edit), 1889. Parthenia, 1890; Pastor’s Record, 1923.
Pioneering in the Southwest, 1923.
The Seminole. Home: Arcadia, Florida
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Married Emma Dennis, June 16, 1875. Children: Judson Toy, Mistress Mittase Lockey, John Broadus, Verna, Carroll, Mistress Carrie C. Wall.
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American