Background
Atkins, James was born on April 18, 1850 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of James and Mary F. Atkins.
Atkins, James was born on April 18, 1850 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of James and Mary F. Atkins.
Student Emory and Henry College, 1866-1872, Master of Arts Doctor of Divinity, Trinity College.
Ordained Methodist Episcopal Church, South ministry, 1872. Pastor, 1872-1879; president Asheville Female College, 1879-1889, 1893-1896, Emory and Henry College, 1889-1893. Sunday school editor, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1896-1906.
Elected bishop, May 1906.
Bishop in charge of South. Methodist Mission in Belgium, Poland and Czecho-Slovakia, 1918-1921. Home: Waynesville, North Carolina.
Married Ella M. Branner, September 14, 1876.