Background
Riley, Benjamin Franklin was born on July 16, 1849 in Pineville, Alabama, United States. Son of Enoch and S. Riley.
Riley, Benjamin Franklin was born on July 16, 1849 in Pineville, Alabama, United States. Son of Enoch and S. Riley.
Bachelor of Arts, Erskine College, 1871. Studied divinity, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Crozer Theological Seminary. Doctor of Divinity, University of Alabama, 1885, Erskine College, 1887, Baylor, 1903.
F.S.Sc., from Society of Science, Letters and Art, London, 1898.
Doctor of Laws, Simmons College, Texas, 1907.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1872. Pastor Carlowville, Snow Hill, and Livingston, Alabama, 1876. Albany, Georgia, 1877-1878, Opelika, Alabama, 1879-1882.
Houston, Texas, 1900-1906.
President Howard College, Alabama, 1888-1893. Professor of English literature, University of Georgia, 1893-1900.
Superintendent Anti-Saloon League of Texas, 1907-1909. Author: History of Baptists of the Southern States, East of the Mississippi, 1898.
Home: Birmingham, Alabama
Married Emma Shaw, June 21, 1876. Children: Oscar Ernest, Benjamin Franklin, Mary Kate (Mistress North Carolina Hoyt), Ashby Autrey, Emma Lois, Alice Grace, John Enoch, Elizabeth d’Autrey.