Background
Smith, Charles Spencer was born on March 16, 1852 in Colborne, Canada. Son of Nehemiah Henry and Catherine Smith.
Smith, Charles Spencer was born on March 16, 1852 in Colborne, Canada. Son of Nehemiah Henry and Catherine Smith.
Educated in public schools of Canada. Doctor of Medicine Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, 1880. (Doctor of Divinity, Wilberforce U., also Victoria College, Canada, 1911.
Doctor of Laws, Wilberforce, 1913).
Ordained ministry African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1872. Member Alabama House of Representatives, 1874-1876. Founded, August 11, 1882, secretary and treas, 1882-1900, S.S. Union African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Visited W. and S.W. coast of Africa, 1894. Elected bishop, May 1900. Presiding bishop African Methodist Episcopal Church in Michigan, Canada, and West Indies.
Author: Glimpses of Africa, West and Southwest Coast, 1895. Home: East Detroit, Mich.
Author: Glimpses of Africa, West and Southwest Coast, 1895.
Member Alabama House of Representatives, 1874-1876.
Married Katie Josephine Black, March 1876. Married second, Christine Shoecraft, December 31, 1888.