Background
Stainback was the son of George W. and Lucretia T. (née Eppes) Stainback who had married in 1818 and moved to Limestone County, Alabama, and then, in 1835, to Memphis, Tennessee.
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George Stainback
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Education
Stainback attended the University of Mississippi in Oxford, earning his Bachelor of Arts (1854) and A.M (1856), Doctor of Divinity (1855) degrees.
Career
In 1855-1856 he was assistant professor of Latin and Greek. During the American Civil War Stainback served as a chaplain in the Confederate army. He maintained his ministry in Columbus, Mississippi, for 13 years before moving to Huntsville, Alabama, in 1872.
He was noted for having a profound impact on former Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest shortly after the latter"s conversion in 1875.
Stainback later visited Forrest as he lay dying, and presided over Forrest"s funeral services in 1877. During the general"s eulogy, Stainback declared: "Lieutenant-General Nathan Bedford Forrest, though dead, yet speaketh.
His acts have photographed themselves upon the hearts of thousands, and will speak there forever."
Masonry
Stainback also served as a Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Masons in Mississippi, and Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge in Tennessee.
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Nationality
American