Background
Carey, Archibald James was born on August 25, 1867 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Son of Jefferson Alexander and Anna Bell Carey.
Carey, Archibald James was born on August 25, 1867 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Son of Jefferson Alexander and Anna Bell Carey.
Educated Atlanta University, University of Chicago, Chicago Theological Seminary. Honorary Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy, Brown U. Doctor of Divinity, Wilberforce.
Ordained African Methodist Episcopal ministry, 1891. Pastor Bethel Church (Athens), Mount Zion Church (Jacksonville, Florida), various churches in Chicago. Bishop of Kentucky and Tennessee, African Methodist Episcopal Church, May 13, since 1921.
Speaker at 100th Anniversary of Perry’s Victory, Put-In-Bay, Michigan, 1912, and at Ecumenical Conference, London, England., 1921.
Chairman Selective Service Board Northern 5, Chicago, World War. Member Illinois Constitutional Convention, 1920-1922.
Trustee Wilberforce U. Chancellor Turner Normal College, Shelbyville, Tennessee.
Mason.
Married Elizabeth Hill Davis, December 18, 1890.