Background
Conner, James Moyer was born on March 9, 1863 in Winston Company, Mississippi, United States. Son of William and Mariah (Conner) Conner.
Conner, James Moyer was born on March 9, 1863 in Winston Company, Mississippi, United States. Son of William and Mariah (Conner) Conner.
Educational public schools, Alabama and Mississippi, American Institute Sacred Literature (University of Chicago). Bachelor of Divinity, Shorter College, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1905.
Elected bishop, May 1912, bishop of Mississippi and Louisiana, 1912-1916, Oklahoma and Arkansas, 1916-1920. Erected two modern buildings at Lampton College, Alexandria, Louisiana. Founded Flipper-Key-Davis U., Tullahassee, Oklahoma.
Erected two buildings at Shorter College, at cost of $53,000. Established agricultural college at Smale, Monroe, Arkansas, at cost of $20,000, etc. President board of trustees Shorter College, Flipper-Key-Davis U.
Trustee Wilberforce U., Xenia, O. Delaware Progressive National Convention, 1912, 16.
Mason, Knights of Pythias.
Married Glovenin L. Stewart, of Forest City, Arkansas, December 24, 1886 (deceased). Children: James Meyer, Ouintila, Lucy, Mary, Wilberforce O., Zola Z. Ordained ministry African Methodist Episcopal Church.