Background
Petrie, George Laurens was born on February 25, 1840 in Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Son of George Holinshead Whitfield and Mary Jane Petrie.
Petrie, George Laurens was born on February 25, 1840 in Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Son of George Holinshead Whitfield and Mary Jane Petrie.
Student Davidson (North Carolina) College, 1856-1857. Bachelor of Arts, Oglethorpe (Georgia) University, 1859, Master of Arts, 1862, Doctor of Laws, 1923. Columbia Theological Seminary, 1862.
Doctor of Divinity, Hampden-Sidney (Virginia) College, 1887.
1 son, George. Ordained ministry Presbyterian Church in the United States, 1863. Chaplain 22d Alabama Volumes, C.S.A., 1863 to 1865. Teacher Classical School, Montgomery, Alabama, 1865-1866.
Professor Latin, Oakland (Mississippi) College, 1866-1870.
Pastor Greenville, Alabama, 1870-1872, St. Petersburg, Virginia, 1872-1878, Charlottesville, Virginia, since 1878. Author: Jacob’s Sons, 1910.
Israel’s Prophets, 1912. Home: Charlottesville, Virginia.
Married Mary Cooper, November 29, 1864.