Background
Nisbet, Charles Richard was born on July 24, 1871 in Macon, Georgia, United States. Son of James Taylor and Mary Seymour (Wingfield) Nisbet.
Nisbet, Charles Richard was born on July 24, 1871 in Macon, Georgia, United States. Son of James Taylor and Mary Seymour (Wingfield) Nisbet.
Preparatory education, high school (Atlanta, Georgia.) and Moreland Park Military Academy. Student of University of Georgia. Admitted to Georgia bar, 1894.
Student Princeton Theological Seminary, 1895-1896, 1897-1898.
Doctor of Divinity, Southwestern Presbyterian University, Clarksville, Tennessee (now at Memphis), 1909.
Began preaching at Bainbridge, Georgia, 1898, later at Kirkwood, Georgia. Ordained ministry Presbyterian Church in the United States, 1898. Pastor successively Westminster Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Woodland Street Presbyterian Church, Nashville, Tennessee, and Trinity Presbyterian Church, Saint Louis, until 1911, Central Presbyterian Church, Kansas City, Missoury, 1911-1927, Caldwell Memorial Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, North Carolina, since 1927.
President Council of Churches Greater Kansas City, 1926-1927.
Trustee Synodical College, Fulton, Missouri (president of the board). Trustee Davidson College, Queens College.
Member Christian Ministers’ Association of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (president), Chi Phi. Mason, Knights of Pythias. Clubs: Goodfellows, Charlotte Country, Mission Hills Golf and Country.
Married Ola May Jones, February 15, 1899 (died July 19, 1929). Married second, Mistress. Children: Mary Elizabeth (Mistress Samuel Clinton Marty), Charles Richard.