Background

Violette, Ebal E. was born on February 17, 1880 in near Jacksonville, Illinois, United States. Son of Leroy and Sarah Mitilda (Lee) Violette.

Education

Educated North Prairie Seminary, rn. Winchester, Illinois, and abroad 2 years. D. Little, Canton U., 1903.

Doctor of Laws, Transylvania College, Lexington, Kentucky, 1930.

Career

Ordained Christian (Disciples) ministry, 1899. Pastor Whitehall, Illinois, 1899, Roseville, 1900-1901, Loveland, Colorado, 1901-1904, Shelbyville, Tennessee, 1904-1906. General evangelistic work, traveling, writing, lecturing, 1906-1918.

Pastor Independence Boul. Church, Kansas City, Missoury, 1918, Central Church, Kansas City, from September 1919. Director speakers’ bureau 10th Federl Reserve District, during World War, 1917-1918.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: Training for Soul-Winning, 1915. My Pledge to America, 1917. In Palestine with the 23d Psalm, 1918.Vanitas Vanitatis, 1918. In Palestine at the Empty Tomb, 1920. The Uncanny Abner Wiseman, 1920.Nature of Contents of Bible Books, 1916. Notes on Moffat’s New Testament, 1923. In Palestine on the Shores of Galilee, 1924.Myra-of-the-Mountains, 1924. Night on the River Styx and Other Poems, 1924. Paul Temperli and Other Orations, 1925.The Goal of History, 1926. The Evolution of Peace, 1926. Memory and Self-Education, 1927.Palestine Across the Ages, 1929. Twilight in God’s Acre, 1930. The Days With God, 1930.Meditations on Growing Old, 1931. Pen Portraits of World Wonders, 1931. Interviews with Great Men and Women, 1931.Sketches From a Traveller’s Diary, 1933. Romance and Lineage of the American Presidency, 1934. Auto-biography of an Average American, 1935.Contributor on international politics. Traveled extensively in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Arcitc regions. Made tour of the Far East, spring and summer 1921, as newspaper correspondent.

Membership

Clubs: City, Knife and Fork (Kansas City).

Connections

Married Hazel Dove Bonnell, of Loveland, Colorado, September 29, 1904.

Father:

Leroy Violette

Mother:

Sarah Mitilda (Lee) Violette

Spouse:

Hazel Dove Bonnell

Great niece:

Louise

I found Ebal by searching on Ancestry. I have read his works and only wished I could have met him. I would have loved to hear his stories and his travels.