Background
Thompson, Calvin Miles was born on November 19, 1866 in Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles and Sarah (Thompson) Thompson.
Thompson, Calvin Miles was born on November 19, 1866 in Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles and Sarah (Thompson) Thompson.
Preparatory education, Louisville Boys’ High school and under private tutors. Th.B., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1898, Master of Theology, 1899. Doctor of Divinity, Georgetown (Kentucky) College, 1906.
William Chambers Powell, Junior), Helen, Calvin M., Will C. John M., Walter Scott. Began preaching, 1888. Ordained ministry Southern Bap.
Church, 1888.
Pastor successively at Clayton, New York, Clarksburg, West Virginia, Louisville, Newport, Kentucky, Denver, Colorado, and Paducah, Kentucky, until 1907. Editor Western Recorder and president Baptist Book Concern, at Louisville, 1907-1909. Pastor Hopkinsville, Kentucky, later Winchester, until 1921.
Became correspondent secretary and treasurer Baptist State Board of Missions, Kentucky, 1921, also correspondent secretary and treasurer Baptist Education Society of Kentucky.
Trustee Theodore Harris Estate. Chairman board trustees Bethel Woman’s College, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, 1909-1917, president, 1918.
President Associated Charities, Hopkinsville, 1911-1918. Moderator General Association Kentucky Baptists, 1911-1913.
Member Convention Commission and Coöperation Program Commission Southern Baptist Convention since 1921.
Etc. Now retired.
Mason (Knight of the Order of the Thistle).; Clubs: Athenæum, Lions.
Married Clara Belle Morrison, December 27, 1888 (died January 9, 1936). Children: Clara Belle (widow of Doctor.