Background
Trawick, Arcadius Mcswain was born on November 21, 1869 in Henry County, Tennessee, United States. Son of Andrew Marcus and Martha (McSwain) Trawick.
Trawick, Arcadius Mcswain was born on November 21, 1869 in Henry County, Tennessee, United States. Son of Andrew Marcus and Martha (McSwain) Trawick.
Student Southwestern Presbyterian U., Clarksville, Tennessee. Bachelor of Arts, Vanderbilt, 1894, Bachelor of Divinity, 1897. Studied Columbia University and School of Philanthropy, New York.
Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1892.
Pastor East End, Nashville, Tennessee, 1892-1896, Shelbyville, Tennessee, 1897-1899, Wifield Memorial, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1899-1900, Magnolia, Arkansas, 1900-1901, Hobson Chapel, Nashville, 1902-1905, McMinnville, Tennessee, 1905-1908. Professor sociology and psychology, Methodist Training School, Nashville, 1908-1911. Student secretary International Committee Young Men’s Christian Association, 1911-1919.
Professor sociology and field work, Scarritt Bible and Training School, Kansas City, Missoury, 1919-1921. Professor religious education, Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina., since 1921. Teacher of sociology, summer school, Emory University, 1926.
Teacher of religious education, same, 1927. Special lecturer National War Works Council and Fosdick Commision on Training Camp Activities, 1917-1919, and on inter-racial cooperation in southern colls.
Married Emma Shapard, September 7, 1897 (died December 29, 1905).; married second, Mary Maude Wilder, June 8, 1909. Children: Mary Louisa, Sarah Catherine.