Background
Copass, Benjamin Andrew was born on May 29, 1865 in Clementsville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Charles Wesley and Lucinda (Bowman) Copass.
Copass, Benjamin Andrew was born on May 29, 1865 in Clementsville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Charles Wesley and Lucinda (Bowman) Copass.
Educated Willette (Tennessee) Academy. Bachelor of Arts, Bethel College, Russellville, Kentucky, 1890, Master of Arts, 1893, Doctor of Divinity, 1898. Studied Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1891-1894, University of Chicago, 1919.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1889. Pastor Clinton, Kentucky, 1894-1896, Los Angeles, California, 1896-1898, Marksbury, Kentucky, 1898-1901, Waxahachie, 1901-1906, San Marcos, 1906-1912, Denton, 1912-1913. Assistant secretary Executive Board Baptist General Convention of Texas, 1914-1918.
Professor O.T. interpretation, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, since 1918.
Member Texas History Society, Phi Gamma Delta.
Married Cloantha Williams, May 29, 1894 (died November 1902).; married second, Crickett Keys, September 12, 1904. Children: Cloantha, Benjamin A., Charles Williams (deceased), Lucile.